Alice is a cat-sitter and part time actress in NYC. She gets a call to take care of a cat in 20 minutes. Never mind that Alice does not board cats in her loft apartment. Alice runs down to the curb as an old time Bentley pulls up. A door opens, as woman and cat carrier are kicked out of the car. The chauffeur then proceeds to shot the woman in the head and drive off. Alice calls the cops as a tourist films the whole thing, which consequently makes it onto the news broadcast. Later, Alice realizes that there is $2500 taped to the bottom of what turned out to be a toy cat in the carrier. Alice decides to do some sleuthing after she gets a call from a stranger with information on the death. Thank goodness this was a short 2 hour read. It was poorly written. The characters were very two dimensional (maybe the reader needs to read earlier books in the series?) There were so many loose ends and a quickly and quirky end to the story. I was not impressed, and was frankly bored to tears. ( )

New York City, Bushy and Pancho, Mary Singer, $2,500 to board a cat named Dante? You've got to be kidding--but that was what happened. And then there's Sam Tully; and Pickles. All leading to a great read. ( )

Enjoyed it. It kept me reading. ( )

This was given to me with the words, "quick and fun". Yup. It's an Alice Nestleton mystery, with a likable character for a lead. She's asked to cat-sit for an outrageous amount of money. Sounds too good to be true, and it is. She's faced with a murder committed on her doorstep, which of course needs solving right away. It was a light read, nothing too taxing, yet enjoyable and a fun little romp. ( )

Lite, kinda different. ( )