Miss Cuddlywumps reviews Leger’s Secret by Lacey Dearie
There are cool cats and there are cool cats, but there are
few cats as cool as Leger. First of all, he is a black cat, which is
automatically cool. Second, he is “Glasgow’s finest cat sleuth,” which is
uber-cool. Third, he has a pet mouse named Nigel. (Honestly, I am not sure if
that third point is cool or not, but it is unique.)
In Leger’s Secret,
this particular cool cat finds himself in a tricky situation. It all starts
with Lily, a homeless calico Leger met in a previous adventure. Leger,
upstanding feline that he is, has taken it upon himself to find a home for
Lily, and the home he decides on is with one Malky Maguire. Maguire has a
questionable past, but he does love cats, so this seems a fine option. A little
catnip helps Lily settle in (and I am using “settle in” loosely; she actually
ends up hanging happily from a curtain rail, but we’ve all been there, haven’t
we?).
Unfortunately, Maguire has a problem. Someone has been
vandalizing his property, only he doesn’t know who is doing it or why. Things
escalate when the vandal strikes again, a cat is hurt, and Lily is nowhere to
be found. Now Leger has a problem.
He naturally feels obligated to identify the vandal and
locate Lily, for whom he feels responsible. But Leger’s red-haired girlfriend,
Ginger, is suspicious of his habit of hanging around other females and has
given him an ultimatum: If he wants to be with her, he has to lay off the
investigations for a while. So Leger’s secret is that he is conducting an
important investigation behind Ginger’s back.
I will not reveal any more of the story, except to tell you
that it also involves a seagull named Joe. The rest you will have to read for
yourself, and I recommend that you do.
This is the first story that we have read in the Leger
series (it is book #9), and now we wonder why we waited so long to get into it.
The writing is good and we admire the way the plot is resolved. She of Little
Talent laughed out loud at the end, when Leger gets an unfortunate surprise.
Also, it is hard not to love Leger. Quite an admirable cat, is Leger. He truly
is a cat with character, and one worth reading about.
I give Leger's Secret an enthusiastic
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