Cat Striking Back

I've read a lot of these Joe Grey mysteries before, but not this one. Joe Grey is on his way to bring a mother cat and her kittens some mice as a treat. As he's passing through the backyard of an empty house, he smells the unmistakable scent of death. Some body has recently died in the empty swimming pool, but the body is gone! The narrative keeps switching to the murder's point of view, but we don't learn the identity of the murderer or the victim until the end.

It's a bit confusing in places, but not bad.

The cats are at it again - out to solve yet another murder in Molina Point without the Chief discovering that his prize snitch is a cat.

Several couples in one neighborhood all decide to go on vacation at the same time leaving Charlie's cleaning crew to check on the houses. Unbeknownst to all, one of their neighbors is planning a break in after they all leave and his wife has keys to their homes since she watches their cats or lets in workmen when the owners' are at work.

The whole plan is set - until he kills his wife, his partner in crime, and then things go downhill from there. ( )