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Petectives: Christmas Party: A Cat Mystery Kindle Edition

by Robert J. Smith (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
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PETECTIVES: CHRISTMAS PARTYChristmastime is here and cat detectives Yoshi and Gatsby are back in this holiday whodunnit! Someone not filled with the holiday spirit is trying to kill an obnoxious dog and the Petectives are on the case. While conducting their latest investigation, Gatsby's also planning a Christmas Eve blowout for the neighborhood animals. Yoshi is dead set against the party but he may be able to use the festivities to unmask a would be killer and teach Gatsby what Christmas is all about. Throw in a canine love triangle and a cute orphan kitten and you've got the recipe for one riveting Yuletide affair. The Petectives are throwing a Christmas party and you don't want to miss it!A 19,000 word mystery novella
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Awards

  • Cat Writers Association Certificate of Excellence
  • Wattpad "Watty" Award
  • Stephen Memorial Award for Distinctive Cats
Reviews

"Robert J. Smith has the exceptional talent to deliver witty lines, combined with capturing the behavior traits of animals, creating characters so well developed you can 'hear' their voices reading dialogue... Petectives really is a charming story, told in a delightful tone, that makes a good read." - Animal Blogging with Dill the Cat

"Overall, I rather enjoyed this book. If, like me, you're a cat person, then this is Recommended. An entertaining quick read." - In Search of the Classic Mystery

"The plot, characters, and dialog are all sharply written and enough to hold this reader to the end, when I put the book down with a smile." - Bookangel.co.uk

The World's Greatest Cat Detectives

Ever wonder what your cats are doing when you're not around?

Most likely they're just sleeping but housecats Yoshi and Gatsby also manage to solve a few crimes in between naps.

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"Robert J. Smith has the exceptional talent to deliver witty lines, combined withcapturing the behavior traits of animals, creating characters so well developedyou can 'hear' their voices reading dialogue... Petectives really is a charming story, told in a delightful tone, thatmakes a good read." - Animal Blogging with Dill the Cat

"Gatsby's version of the Christmas story had me howling with laughter." -Melissa's Mochas, Mysteries & More

"I really liked the characters and it was a fast-paced read. It really is a book that the entire family can enjoy." - A Girl and Her Kindle

"Die Geschichte ist nicht gerade ellenlang, aber unglaublichlustig und gut geschrieben. Auch, wenn es ausschließlich um Haustiere geht -der Stil ist weder läppisch noch kindisch, sondern total amüsant." - Weihnachtskrimis
Translation: ("The story is not incredibly long, but unbelievably funny and well written. Also, though the story follows pets exclusively, the style is neither lazy nor childish, but totally amusing." - Christmas Crime Stories)

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PETECTIVES (Series) - Ever wonder what your cats are doing when you're not around? Most likely they're just sleeping but housecats Yoshi and Gatsby also manage to solve a few crimes in between naps. To combat the boredom of being pets, these two conduct private investigations for their fellow animals. Gatsby's a smart-mouthed orange, stripey cat who loves going outdoors, talking to witnesses, investigating leads and putting his neck on the line in the pursuit of justice. Yoshi's a witty and wise black cat who won't step a paw outside of his house but who can process the information that Gatsby brings him into solutions for even the trickiest mysteries. From shutting down dogfighting operations to stopping attempted peticide, these guys handle it all and do it with humor and style. If you're a housepet and you have a problem, call the Petectives!

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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B00AL3IODG
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Rose Grey Press; 1st edition (December 6, 2012)
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ December 6, 2012
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 187 KB
  • Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
  • Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
  • Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 134 pages
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cathairetic
5.0 out of 5 stars The case of the Impurrfect poisoner
Reviewed in the United States on May 7, 2014
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Yoshi and Gatsby are the detectives in a sort of Nero Wolfe who never goes out and Archie Goodwin who does the footwork kind of relationship. The local Dog Patrol is akin to the local police and maintain peace in the housing development where they live.

Winter is in full force. The streets and yards are filled with debris from an ice storm. The snow is deep. The sidewalks are too slippery to walk on. In this Christmas-themed story an old friend of Yoshl named Penelope moves back to the neighborhood. Her housemate, a black Labrador named Thor, eats a piece of poisoned baloney left on their back porch. Thor ends up in the vet having his stomach pumped. Penny calls the Dog Patrol to investigate and then asks Yoshi and Gatsby to help find the poisoner. Thor is confused and says that everyone likes him and that no one would want to hurt him.

There is a stray kitten wandering the streets . Penny convinces Gatsby to take him home for a few days to get him out of the freezing cold and snow. To Gatsby's utter surprise, Yoshi agrees to take in the kitten for the holidays since their people have gone away to family for the week.

Another attempt is made on Thor's life. It turns out that everyone in the vicinity, humans and animals alike, hates Thor with a passion. How on Earth can the petectives find out who wants Thor dead with an entire neighborhood full of suspects? The denouement happens at a Christmas party given by Yoshi and Gatsby for all their animal friends. Miss Marple would feel right at home in this mystery.

The animals are fun characters and the humor is spot on. Highly recommended.
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Devi Nair
5.0 out of 5 stars Simply the cutest Detective story
Reviewed in the United States on January 4, 2015
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This is one of the cutest detective novel I have read so far, and that is saying something considering I do not like cats that much too. Gatsby and Yoshi are Petectives - Pet Detectives. They are house cats but has the mind of detectives. Yoshi is more of a thinker and Gatsby is the eyes in the pair of them.

It is a short story and hardly a half an hour read. But it is interesting and funny and very much smartly written. For animal lovers, detective mystery lovers, thriller lovers, this book is for literature lovers, which includes everyone. It is a wonderful read, even in a short story. An absolute 5 star book.
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Ellen Oceanside
4.0 out of 5 stars CUTE LITTLE CAT STORY
Reviewed in the United States on November 6, 2018
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Gatsby and Yoshi are pet detectives, while owners are gone Gatsby wants a Christmas party. Common sense Yoshi said no to all the filth that would be coming in the house. Some tainted meat, on a case he was ask to look into, almost was the last of Gatsby. Cute story and an interesting look at the. Christmas story
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Janice Leilani
5.0 out of 5 stars Heartwarming story, an unusual party
Reviewed in the United States on December 11, 2019
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A friend from Yoshi's past is back and asks for help to prevent a canine friend from being poisoned - again. Gatsby brings home a kitten in need of a good home, and the kitten's problem and the mystery of who tried to poison the pooch are resolved at the Christmas party. Iconic Christmas traditions are touched on, leading up to the original story of Christmas from Matthew and Luke.
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Gail Christian
3.0 out of 5 stars Someone wants to murder a pet? At Christmas?
Reviewed in the United States on June 13, 2015
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It is late December, and Yoshi's and Gatsby's owners are out of town for the holidays so Gatsby is trying to talk Yoshi into co-hosting a party for the neighborhood pets. Yoshi will not even consider the idea, but Gatsby refuses to give up just yet.

In the meantime, a cat named Penny (who happens to be an old friend of Yoshi) has asked Gatsby and Yoshi to help her with a problem: it seems that someone wants to kill the dog with whom she is living. He was recently poisoned when he ate some tainted bologna. Can they find the culprit before he strikes again?

Well. it IS Christmas, and everything is iced over, the weather is frightful, and the winds are howling, but Gatsby will do his best. After all, that is what he and Yoshi like to do: help the neighborhood pets.

Come along with Gatsby and unravel the mystery of the poisoned pooch. See if you will figure out this who-done-it before Yoshi does.

Another quick read that will be a sure hit for all the dog and cat lovers alike.
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LE La Princessa
5.0 out of 5 stars Super cute!
Reviewed in the United States on December 31, 2019
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I wanted a nice cozy for Christmas and this was it. The Petectives solve the case. I will read more. Nice characters and a good case.
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5.0 out of 5 stars For animal lovers everywhere
Reviewed in the United States on December 13, 2014
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I chose highest rating because reading is easy, if fun and brings into the story the Christmas story. Story is humour,plot very simple but villain not known until almost end. Idea of forgiveness integral part of story. Adventurous Gatsby and Gosh I quite realistic to cat lovers.. All in all totally enjoyable book. Not for one desiring realism or seriousness.
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Sharon K. Garner
4.0 out of 5 stars Will read the others
Reviewed in the United States on December 31, 2014
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A delightful mystery featuring a cast of talking animal characters we will recognize as our own coworkers, family, and friends. The banter among the pets is right on. Don't you wonder what the unsaid conversation is among your pets? Here's the chance to find out.

The indentions are off but don't cause a problem in reading the work. I would suggest the author correct the incorrectly spelled words and word usages, such as mantle and presumable, among others.

I like this bunch so much I'll be reading the others in this series.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Eine Entdeckung unter den Weihnachtskrimis - nicht nur für Katzenfreunde
Reviewed in Germany on February 1, 2017
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Please ignore Gastby. When he was a kitten someone told him that he was funny, and now he feels the constant need to prove it.

Gatsby, ein roter Kater, und Yoshi, sein älterer Freund, ein schwarzer Kater, sind so etwas wie Sherlock Holmes und Watson unter den Haustieren. Yoshi ist dabei das detektivische Superhirn, das das Haus nicht mehr verlässt, und Gatsby ist der schreibende Scherzkeks, der für Yoshi unterwegs ist und Informationen einholt. Weihnachten steht vor der Tür, die Besitzer der Katzen sind über die Feiertage weggefahren, und Gatsby will unbedingt eine Party veranstalten, aber Yoshi ist dagegen. Also beschäftigt sich Gatsby erst einmal mit einem neuen Fall: die Katze Penelope bittet um ihre Hilfe, weil jemand den Hund Thor, der bei ihr im Haushalt lebt, umbringen will. Thor entpuppt sich als sehr lauter, immerzu bellender Labrador, der praktisch alles frisst, was man ihm unter die Nase hält. Außerdem mischt er sich in die Belange eines Hunde-Liebespaares ein – kurzum, er versteht es, allen auf den Wecker zu gehen und sich Feinde zu machen. Es sieht zunächst sogar so aus, als hätte ein Mensch ihm vergiftetes Fleisch hingeworfen, doch dieser Verdacht führt zu nichts. Dann tritt noch die Hundepolizei auf den Plan, angeführt von einem Deutschen Schäferhund. Yoshi, dem sein Schlaf wichtiger ist als alles andere, stimmt schließlich doch der Party zu und dort lösen sie den Fall auf clevere Weise auf.

Die Geschichte ist nicht gerade ellenlang, aber unglaublich lustig und gut geschrieben. Auch, wenn es ausschließlich um Haustiere geht – der Stil ist weder läppisch noch kindisch, sondern total amüsant. Gatsby ist natürlich schlau und witzig, dazu die verschiedenen Charaktere, der traditionelle Clinch zwischen Hunden und Katzen, der im Sinne von Ermittlung und Feiertagen unterdrückt werden muss, der mysteriöse Yoshi, der eigentlich den ganzen Tag nur pennt und trotzdem jeden Fall löst – ich finde dieses Buch einfach klasse! Menschen kommen so gut wie gar nicht vor, und die Haustiere müssen alles allein bewältigen, darunter Essen für die Party beschaffen, einen Vorhang aufhängen usw. Der Autor schummelt sich ein bisschen durch die unglaublichen Fähigkeiten, indem er Gatsby hier und da sagen lässt, er schweige lieber, als mit Einzelheiten zu langweilen, oder er sagt nur so viel: es war schwierig. Aber das hat genügend Charme und bleibt akzeptabel.

Yoshi continued. „All of the cats among you know that an adult cat requires sixteen hours of sleep each day.“
I shouted out a question. „Then why do you insist on twenty-three?“

Der Weihnachtsfaktor
Haustiere und Weihnachten – was könnten die miteinander zu tun haben? Zuerst mal nicht viel, außer dass eine kleine Katze namens Chuck so fasziniert vom geschmückten Weihnachtsbaum ist, dass er unbedingt hinaufklettern muss und alles zum Umfallen bringt. Das Wetter ist eisig, entsprechend gibt es die eine oder andere Rutschpartie auf der Straße, aber ansonsten ist nicht so arg viel vom Fest zu spüren. Bis zum Schluss. Auf der Party wird es dann doch noch so richtig weihnachtlich. Gatsby, der sich allerhand aufgrund vieler Fernsehfilme zusammengereimt hat, gibt auf die Frage, was Weihnachten denn nun eigentlich sei, eine total absurde Geschichte von sich, die alles abhandelt, was man so kennt – Christkind, Santa, Scrooge, Geister, Grinch, Geschenke u.v.m. Yoshi lässt es sich nicht nehmen, die originale Weihnachtsgeschichte zum Besten zu geben, und liest sie (tatsächlich!) aus der Bibel vor, damit auch alle richtig Bescheid wissen. Und im Namen der Vergebung fällt schließlich auch das Urteil über den Attentäter ziemlich milde aus.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Petectives - Christmas has arrived! And a Freebie, too!
Reviewed in Italy on February 13, 2013
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But Gatsby, the mobile partner of Yoshi is yet hating the sound of "Jingling Bells". Because the little girl he lives with has put a stupid bell around his neck! What an offense for a petective!
Now he jingles to his first appointment - but before that he had heavily argued with his partner in crime about the Christmas Party he wants to throw for the other pets in the neighborhood.
Petectives? Bell around the neck? But what are we talking about here?
Take it easy, Gatsby and Yoshi are CATS, the first a sleek and fast-moving orange-striped and Yoshi black as coal and never moving too far away from his napping place - Nero Wolfe and Archie in feline version.

But there is action in the neighborhood. Penelope aka Penny is hiring the Dynamic Duo for finding out who wants to kill her friend Thor, a big black Lab. He ate a piece of bologna and had to be taken poisoned to the hospital. Now Penny fears for an other attack and the Petectives Team must help!
The Pet Police guided by Duke, a big Gernan Shepherd has made an inquiry but without any result. Too much suspects around - from a Doberman called Zabisco to about any other pet around...
Because Thor is has a big chow-clap that never ever stops to make sounds, loud sound, very loud sounds! But neither complains with him by the Pet Police nor with his owner by regular Police could shut him down...

So Yoshi approves Gatsby's idea of a big Christmas Party to expose the culprit of attemted murder...
Now throw in a 4 months old cute, orange street cat urchin, escaped from the shelter, Gatsby's love of his live called Molasses, a love triangle between dogs, a christmas tree, a lot of chow - and a wannabe killer...
So fate will take its course - but Christmas is always the time to be forgiving.
So at the very end every pet in the neighborhood will be content and happy.

A very entertaining read without humanizing the acting animals too much.
The plot is well invented, and has a typical animalistic outcome.
It pleased me so much that I have bought the prequel too: Petectives by Robert J. Smith , set at Halloween.
I will write about the pets-perience!
Meooooow....!
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Pauline Hall
4.0 out of 5 stars Petectives: Christmas Party
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on January 27, 2014
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It was very well written, I enjoyed the story very much, but it could have done with being a little bit more funnier.
But overall it was good.
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