A Treasury of Cat Mysteries (Paperback)

~ Martin H. Greenberg (Compiler) "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..." (more)
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Editorial Reviews

From Publishers Weekly

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.
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Product Description

Mystery fans and cat lovers alike will revel in this new collection that showcases the best cat mysteries ever written by such authors as Lilian Jackson Braun, Ruth Rendell, Clark Howard, and Carole Nelson Douglas.

Product Details

• Paperback: 354 pages
• Publisher: Carroll & Graf (February 26, 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0786705418
• ISBN-13: 978-0786705412
• Product Dimensions: 8 x 5.4 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 14.4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #1,297,582 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Anthology of cat mysteries good reading., April 28, 1999

By	Harold L. Laroff (Pembroke Pines, FL) - See all my reviews

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.