Stink Files, Dossier 003: You Only Have Nine Lives, The

The Stink Files #Dossier 003

by Holm & Hamel, Jonathan Hamel, Brad Weinman (Illustrator)

The sophisticated secret agent (whose humans insist on calling him Mr. Stink) has won a competition to be the new spokescat for the delicious cat food Le Chat Gourmet. So he and the Green family are off to France, land of fine food and beautiful felines. What starts off as a pleasant holiday takes a sinister turn as a mysterious assassin shadows Mr. Stink's every move. Who is the dark figure lurking in the background? A secret will soon be revealed and the hidden paw will at last appear. . . .

Genres: Animals, Mystery, Childrens, Humor

126 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2005

Reviews

[Kathleen]

Mr.Stink and the Green family travel to France thanks to Stink's new title of spokescat for Le Chat Gourmet cat food. While there, James/Stink has more troubles and adventures and learns his true identity. These books keep getting better and better, I am sad that this is the last one written.

[H. Givens]

The same fun writing of the others, although the plot is rather more fanciful. The ending was surprising alarming, since there aren't any more books... Stink and Macavity both fall to their dooms a la Reichenbach Falls. So, he's obviously not supposed to be dead and all the books encourage kids to report "sightings," which is a cute idea since he's just drawn as a gray tabby cat even though he's supposed to be a Bengal, but still.

[Amy]

kids who love cats will like this a lot.

[Dolly]

This is the third book in The Stink Files series by Jennifer L. Holm and Jonathan Hamel. It's a fun, fast read and has a nice mixture of animal quirkiness and espionage intrigue.

I thought the description of the various locations in France was interesting and although the plot is highly implausible, I liked that Stink was able to 'go home again.'

Our oldest and I read this book independently. She's a big fan of 'spy' books right now, so it really fit the bill. The story ended on a bit of a cliffhanger, so I am surprised that more books haven't been published in this series. Perhaps they just weren't good sellers.

[Nikki]

I loved it!

[Megan]

Mr. Stink the cat has an adventure in Paris.

[Madison]

The stink files is a great book about a spy agent cat. I think everyone should read this book because it is so fun and awsome!

[Heather]

a realy good book.