A Treasury of Cat Mysteries gathers between its covers the best mysteries with felines in the starring r ole. Masters such as Lilian Jackson Braun, Ruth Rendell and Ed Gorman, along with many others, contribute to the often d ark world of the cat. '
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The affinity mystery fans have for cat stories may be a puzzle. It's also a publishing reality, and one which Greenberg, co-editor of the popular Cat Crimes series, makes good use of here. Picks of this litter include Sharyn McCrumb's tale of a murdered architect reborn as a cat with revenge on his mind in "Nine Lives to Live" and Mat Coward's "Where the Cat Came In," about a cat burglar who finds himself locked in a house with a large amount of cash and his cat. A doting owner of a kitten foils a murder attempt in B.J. Mull's "Too Many Tomcats," while Jon L. Breen takes a turn around the racetrack with "Tea and 'Biscuit." Award for best in this show is shared by Peter Lovesey for his stunning "Ginger's Waterloo," about a man whose domestic loyalties are torn between cat and wife; Bruce Holland Rogers for the delightful send-up of a career bureaucrat in "Enduring as Dust"; and Margaret Maron who tells in "The Beast Within" of how a dutiful, rejected wife finds release from her troubles when her mind becomes trapped in the body of a cat.
Copyright 1998 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Copyright 1998 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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Anthology of cat mysteries good reading.,
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Compiled by Martin H. Greenberg this is an anthology of 21 mysteries involving cats. Previously published short stories by Lilian Jackson Braun, of the famous "Cat Who" mysteries; Bill Crider and 19 others most of the short stories are interesting. They, for the most part, are quick reads, for this reader wanted to get to the next cat tale.
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WHEN MY SISTER AND I returned from vacation and learned that our eccentric neighbor in the wheelchair had been removed to a mental hospital, we were sorry but hardly surprised. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
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Miss Onie, Kim Semper, Miss Larkspur, Miss Columbine, Ruby Bee, Maria Yackle, Band Wagon, Linda Palmer, Margaret Abbott, Addie Crenshaw, Bianka Rapp, Cliff Sykes, White House, Kitty Kong, Charley Doyle, Aunt Katherine, Jurgen Polke, Bobbi Thomas, Julie Eskeridge, Las Vegas, Maria Jakob, Pamela Forrest, Ralph Ramsdell, Samuel Winston, David Styles New!
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WHEN MY SISTER AND I returned from vacation and learned that our eccentric neighbor in the wheelchair had been removed to a mental hospital, we were sorry but hardly surprised. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
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Miss Onie, Kim Semper, Miss Larkspur, Miss Columbine, Ruby Bee, Maria Yackle, Band Wagon, Linda Palmer, Margaret Abbott, Addie Crenshaw, Bianka Rapp, Cliff Sykes, White House, Kitty Kong, Charley Doyle, Aunt Katherine, Jurgen Polke, Bobbi Thomas, Julie Eskeridge, Las Vegas, Maria Jakob, Pamela Forrest, Ralph Ramsdell, Samuel Winston, David Styles New!
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