terpkristin's Reviews > Copycat Killing

Audiobook from Random House Audio
Narrated by Cassandra Campbell
Length: 9.75 hours

I don't have a lot to say about Copycat Killing that I didn't say about Curiosity Thrilled the Cat or Sleight of Paw. This was another "Magical Cats" mystery, complete with librarian Kathleen Paulson, her cats with seemingly magical abilities, Owen and Hercules, and her friends living in small-town Minnesota. This time around, there were two murders in the town: a local artist was murdered, and it turns out that the remains of a long-missing town member was also found. As the series has evolved, author Sofie Kelly has gotten better at writing her mysteries. In the first novel, it was pretty obvious what was going on from a very early part in the book. Now in the third book in the series, there seems to be more development of the mystery, and things aren't quite as obvious early-on. As a side note, if I were a person living in this town, I'd move out--it's had a lot of murders in just over a year!!!! :D

As with the previous books, I enjoyed this light-hearted mystery. I like the characters, it feels like they could be people I'd call friends in real life. Even better, the mysteries are fun and not too creepy/gruesome. I wish that, three books in, there were more development on the cats' magical abilities. It's been long-hinted that their abilities might stem from the house where they were found, but Kelly hasn't expanded upon that. In this third book, she created an opening for this to be developed in the next book, but it feels like ti should have been addressed by now.

Narrator Cassandra Campbell did another great job reading this book. It's always easy to tell who's talking and the feeling of the various conversations. She puts emphasis when characters use exclamations or ask questions, and she's really easy to listen to.

At the end of the day, if you're looking for some light summer fun in the form of a mystery, you might enjoy the Magical Cats audiobooks...maybe even more so if, like me, you're a bit of a crazy cat lady. ;)