Lacey Dearie

hehe, in a way I can't win . . .

I just made a comment somewhere or other indicating something silly - that I was going to delete all of my romance books off my Kindle, and forever more just read autobiographies from the point of view of cats (said after reading yet another romance book that annoyed me in a specific way). I'd said it jokingly, but then recalled that I actually had 2 or 3 cat point of view stories I could read, and dove into the first of the three. To find that the cat, Leger, worried about his relationship with Ginger, 'his' molly/girlfriend/whatever-word-works-here. Hence my 'I can't win'.

The weird thing? This little dip into troubled romances was handled much more smoothly, and with a better resolution than many of the romance books I'd read lately. So, maybe I can win, then, eh? hehe.

Right so, this story. Leger, Bob, and their humans return to Glasgow from their brief-ish attempt to make a new life on an island running a hotel. Even before they can actually make it back home, though, they hear about a crime that occurred on their street via radio (they heard about the crime by way of radio, not that the crime occurred by way of radio). And suspect that the person involved, as the victim, was someone they know. And someone Leger feels like is family, Nicole being the person I'm referring to here.

So, they arrive at Nicole's place, knock on the door and are greeted by . . . an overly cheerful Nicole. Some confusion there, by the characters in the story not by the reader. Turns out they were right, it was Nicole who was a victim. And she's in a bit of denial, outwardly at least.

Strangely, Leger also notices that Nicole's cat friends, Ginger and Amber, are missing. Right when Nicole needs them the most.

Well, I don't want to get to far down the road here (to expose too much of the plot). The main point is that a crime occurred involving a friend of Leger's (and, I should probably have noted at some point, this friend is a young human female - probably around 18 or so). And the cats are on the case, trying to solve another mystery.

Quite enjoyable. And a happy return to Leger-land.

February 4 2016… (meer)

The 18th and possibly final Leger story. I would have normally gobbled this one up months ago, but I kept holding off. For I knew, or heard of the author's pulling back from publishing. And I wanted to hold off on reading the possible last story.

This was a story tinged with sadness. Things coming to an end, families breaking apart, dreams of being the cause of the death for a loved one, the death of innocents. Well, strike that last s there (and add an 'an' before innocent).

I assume to drum up business, though it isn't explained, a psychic has been hired to do a thrice a week show. And business has, in fact, picked up, so much so that there's feelings that the McInnes family can't keep up. Or, at least, Hugh makes a comment like that, and Annabella is flustered, nervous, and fearful. To a certain extent because of 'misplaced' money, to a certain extent because the psychic has reminded Annabella about how much bad luck she seems to have had recently. The psychic pins the blame to a black cat. Namely Leger.

Meanwhile, Lily's rolling around depressed in the office. Batting at cables. Hunting a spider. Watching people visit the office late at night in a suspicious manner. Mostly, though, avoiding Bob the dog. Who still hates Lily for putting forth the idea that Carole might have been involved in a prior mystery. Bob is a very unforgiving dog.

Crimes are committed, mysteries are solved, people are killed (though it takes including dreams with real life to turn that from person to people), cats are fed and occasionally petted, and the 5th Leger Hotel Mystery wraps up, at the very least, the hotel mysteries.… (meer)