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Shirley Rousseau Murphy
Full Series List in Order
The Children of Ynell
1 - The Ring of Fire ()2 - The Wolf Bell (Mar-1979)
3 - The Castle of Hape ()
Dragonbards
1 - Nightpool (Apr-1987)2 - The Ivory Lyre (Oct-1988)
3 - The Dragonbards (Oct-1989)
A Joe Grey Mystery
1 - Cat on the Edge (Apr-1996)2 - Cat Under Fire (Nov-1996)
3 - Cat Raise the Dead (May-1997)
4 - Cat in the Dark (Jan-1999)
5 - Cat to the Dogs (Jan-2000)
6 - Cat Spitting Mad (Dec-2000)
7 - Cat Laughing Last (Dec-2001)
8 - Cat Seeing Double (Jan-2003)
9 - Cat Fear No Evil (Jan-2004)
10 - Cat Cross Their Graves (Jan-2005)
11 - Cat Breaking Free (Dec-2005)
12 - Cat Pay the Devil (Mar-2007)
13 - Cat Deck the Halls (Dec-2007)
14 - Cat Playing Cupid (Feb-2009)
15 - Cat Striking Back (Nov-2009)
16 - Cat Coming Home (Nov-2010)
17 - Cat Telling Tales (Nov-2011)
18 - Cat Bearing Gifts (Nov-2012)
19 - Cat Shout for Joy (Feb-2016)
20 - Cat Shining Bright (Aug-2017)
21 - Cat Chase the Moon (Sep-2018)
Multi-Author Series List
Fairytale Retellings: Cinderella
Silver Woven in My Hair (1977)Book List in Order: 45 titles
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Silver Woven in My Hair
- 1977
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A medieval sixteen year-old girl who still believes in magic is helped by an old monk and a young goatherd to escape her dismal life reminiscent of Cinderella's. ...
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The Wolf Bell
- Mar-1979
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BORN TO RULE The planet Ere's ancient prophecy had foretold the birth of Ramad, a child of Ynell, gifted with a psychic vision and born into special destiny: He will be hailed as a prophet and hunted like an animal; betrayed by blood relatives and...
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Caves of Fire and Ice
- Mar-1982
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Following his true love Telien into far reaches of Time, Ramad of the Wolves is followed in turn by the Seer Skeelie, who also loves him.
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The Ivory Lyre
- Oct-1988
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It is time to cut right to the heart of the Dark. The land of Tirror lies enthralled by the Dark. Only a dragonbard and dragons can free the people, for only the union of human spirit and dragon magic can restore the memory of freedom. But no one ...
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The Dragonbards
- Oct-1989
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The Dragonbards Trilogy, Book Three Prince Tebriel and his dragonbard companions prepare to fight a fierce battle against the dark forces that threaten their world ...
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The Catswold Portal
- Apr-1992
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At the bottom of artist Braden West's California garden is a door of rich dark wood carved with beautifully stylized cats. On the other side of this magic portal lies the Netherworld--a realm of shapeshifting Catswolders, of human rebels and their cr...
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Cat on the Edge
- Apr-1996
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"It's me, your cat." "I had to split. I witnessed a crime and someone is following me. Trust me. When I get this sorted out, I'll be home. I am still your cat, and I guess I miss you..." Joe Gray jumped down to the floor without hanging up the ...
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Cat Under Fire
- Nov-1996
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"I'm a cat, like you -- Trust me, Dulcie! We're supposed to catch mice, not crooks. If you keep trying to play detective, you're going to get us. BOTH into big trouble!" Joe Grey never regretted the mysterious accident that gave him the ability to...
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Cat Raise the Dead
- May-1997
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"I'm not a human, I'm a cat!" "I have no social conscience! I can't believe you want me to go to the nursing home and play lapcat, and let myself be petted by a bunch of doddering old coots!Animal Therapy indeed!" Joe Grey was, well, peeved. Hi...
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Cat in the Dark
- Jan-1999
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"I'm a cat," said Dulcie. "Of course I worry, Joe. What if the cops set up a stake-out? What if they witness a cat opening a skylight and masterminding a robbery? The tabloids will love it. Every nut in the country will read about the trained burglar...
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Cat to the Dogs
- Jan-2000
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"For your information," said Joe Grey, "if that car wreck yesterday turns out to be a murder, I'm the one who put the cops onto it. Me. The cat you are booting out into the cold for no reason!" Ever since the earthquake, things have been going fro...
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Cat Spitting Mad
- Dec-2000
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While Joe Grey has played tricks on Max Harper, Molena Points head lawman, he's never had anything but respect for the dedicated sheriff. Now Harper's in trouble, suspected of murdering two friends, and the only witness, a young girl named Dillon, ha...
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Cat Laughing Last
- Dec-2001
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Even felines with such amazing talents as Joe Grey and his partner, Dulcie, need some down time. Using their amazing abilities to talk and read, they've helped their unwitting humans put bad guys away. But these clever four-footed detectives can't po...
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Cat Seeing Double
- Jan-2003
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Romance is in the air in the charming seaside village of Molena Point, California. Everyone is excited about the upcoming wedding of its chief of police to the lovely Charlie Getz, even cool feline detective Joe Grey. But the festivities are interrup...
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Cat Fear No Evil
- Jan-2004
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From Shirley Rousseau Murphy, six-time winner of the Cat Writers' Association Muse Medallion, here is crime-solving from the paws of the most cunning and intelligent feline detectives around: tomcat and feline sleuth extraordinaire Joe Grey, his tabb...
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Cat Cross Their Graves
- Jan-2005
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"That Kit will be the undoing of us all." Aging film star Patty Rose came to Molena Point, California, to enjoy her golden years running an inn. She didn't come there to be murdered. But it's Patty's body a cat named Kit discovers after hearing th...
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Cat Breaking Free
- Dec-2005
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"What happened? You're ready to claw the world apart." The fur starts flying when a criminal gang from L.A. invades tranquil Molena Point, California--the fur of Joe Grey, Feline P.I., that is. Joe's called Molena Point home since he was a tiny k...
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Cat Pay the Devil
- Mar-2007
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In this twelfth intricate and enchanting novel, the crafty feline trio faces perhaps their most feared enemy: two of their closest human friends are kidnapped and may not live to see freedom. Molena Point, California, nestled quietly on the Pacif...
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Cat Deck the Halls
- Dec-2007
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"Kit's eyes were black with fear. 'The child, Joe, the little child...'" Christmas in the charming seaside village of Molena Point, California, has always been a traditional affair -- but not this holiday season. Instead of singing carols and clim...
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Cat Playing Cupid
- Feb-2009
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Love--and murder--is in the air. . . . It took Joe Grey's human, Clyde, nearly forever to pop the question to Ryan Flannery, and what more romantic time to tie the knot than on Valentine's Day? But dark secrets from the past, uncovered by Joe and...
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Cat Striking Back
- Nov-2009
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Beware of the cat striking back . . . On a lovely moonlit night, Joe Grey is minding his own business, carrying a gift of mice to a litter of kittens, when he stumbles upon a murder scene. Behind an empty house lies a swimming pool, its bottom cov...
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Cat on the Money
- Sep-2010
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This short novella is part of the popular Joe Grey cat mystery series, of which Booklist said: “What makes this series so delightful for both cat lovers and readers of offbeat fantasies is that Murphy’s convincing anthropomorphism allows the cat...
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Cat Coming Home
- Nov-2010
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Cats can't come home again . . . or can they? Escaping Los Angeles and the ugly memories of her son's recent murder, Maudie Toola returns to her childhood home of Molena Point, bringing her orphaned grandson, whom she must now raise, with her. Mou...
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The Runestone of Eresu
- Feb-2011
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As a child Ramad of the Wolves had sought the potent Runestone of Eresu that could save his world from the dark, only to have it shatter at the moment it came into his hands. Now as a man, leader of his fellow Seers in their war against the dark powe...
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The Shattered Stone
- Feb-2011
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In most regions of Ere to be a Seer, gifted with telepathic and visionary powers, means death--or does it? For some it may mean an even worse fate: destruction of their minds and enslavement by the dark powers determined to conquer the world. In The ...
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Cat Telling Tales
- Nov-2011
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"Missing humans, missing cats, what's the difference?" A fire in the seaside village of Molena Point has left a twelve-year-old boy homeless--and the body of his alcoholic guardian is found in the smoldering ruins. A most curious tomcat, feline p....
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Cat Bearing Gifts
- Nov-2012
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In this poignant new entry in Shirley Rousseau Murphy's beloved, award-winning series, feline P.I. Joe Grey and his four-legged cohorts are plunged into a nightmarish mystery involving a series of strange events that endangers them and the humans the...
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Cat Shout for Joy
- Feb-2016
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Joe Grey and Dulcie are thrilled to be awaiting their first litter, but their joy is bittersweet. They are also sad for Pan’s father, the old yellow cat Misto, whose time on earth is drawing to a close. While the proud parents await the birth of...
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The Sand Ponies
- Nov-2016
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There is only one way to go: north toward their old home by the sea -- the ranch that had been sold, and their beloved horses sold, when their parents were killed in the car accident. Running away from the drunken and abusive uncle with whom they’d...
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White Ghost Summer
- Nov-2016
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No one -- certainly not Melani, who longed for the country -- could have imagined that a city house could be like this, but there it was, big and old, lovely and strange, with odd juttings and turnings and unexpected windows. And it stood just where ...
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Cat Shining Bright
- Aug-2017
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The stakes are higher and more personal than ever for feline investigator Joe Grey when death comes to his beloved coastal California town in this twentieth installment of the enchanting cat mystery series. While new father Joe Grey is overjoyed t...
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Cat Chase the Moon
- Sep-2018
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Feline P. I. Joe Grey and his friends pounce on three investigations that may connect to one larger mystery -- including one case that is very personal -- in this hair-raising installment in Shirley Rousseau Murphy’s beloved, award-winning series. ...
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The Castle of Hape
Book 3 of The Children of Ynell series. As a child Ramad of the Wolves had sought the potent Runestone of Eresu that could save his world from the dark, only to have it shatter at the moment it came into his hands. Now as a man, leader of his fellow ...
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The Ring of Fire
In most regions of Ere to be a Seer, gifted with telepathic and visionary powers, means death--or does it? For some it may mean an even worse fate: destruction of their minds and enslavement by the dark powers dete...
