This is my favorite of the author’s books. Kat is tiny and scrappy as she fights her way through the mystery. It keeps you guessing until the end. I especially liked the delicious irony that a little paperwork could have solved the case quicker than the risky mayhem. If you need a young heroine to admire I recommend Kat.

I loved the mystery of the book. Ernie was an interesting character. He reminded me of the character in the movie, Erin Brockovich, which starred Albert Finney. He was a lawyer and was the boss of Julia Roberts. Kat was a similar type of worker in Ernie's office, helping to find the murderers. The book was well-written and presented an exciting group characters. Enjoyed it all.

The rapid-fire, first-person narration of Kat's Eye reveals a fully human central character, Katherine "Kat" Carson: she is flinty but vulnerable, smart but fallible, confident but self-conscious, young but able to teach her elders a thing or two. The ensemble of secondary characters highlights her many facets: a wise, witty, well read, and supportive mentor who is also a junk food gourmand; a polished, competent, well-connected, but dismissive colleague; a down-to-earth admirer whom the tightly-wound Kat finds too callow; a physically absent, emotionally distant and damaged parent; and, of course, a cunning villain. Solving the crime involves a group effort at ratiocination in the best private-eye tradition, with Kat often providing the rogue element that moves the case along. And the writing is just plain fun. At one point, Kat remarks, "Until I met Doug, I thought normal was just a setting on the dryer." Given that she grew up for the most part without such amenities as a dryer, thanks to hapless parenting that she deeply resents, and given her guarded view of most fellow humans, this simple observation captures everything that intrigues about Kat Carson. I agree with the other reviewer who hope for more of Kat Carson's adventures!