| Edition |
1st Carroll & Graf ed. |
| Description |
335 p. ; 22 cm. |
| Contents |
Introduction -- Tinkler Tam and the Body Snatchers / E.A. Scarborough -- What the cat dragged in / J. Dawson -- Stitches in time / D. De Louise -- Cat and the kinetophone / J.L. Breen -- Tinseltown follies of 1948 / B. Crider -- Death cat of Hester Street / C. Gorman -- St. Margaret's kitten / D. Allyn -- Slightly guilty / M. Hershman -- Of Persephone, Poe, and the whisperer / T. Piccirilli -- Warm nest / S. Kennett -- Fur bearing / B. Hudgins -- Roman of no importance / E. Foxwell -- Connie / B. Little -- Living the lie / M. Bilgrey -- Mail-order Annie / G.A. Braunbeck -- Carry's cat / B. Collins -- Byron / J. Albert -- Cloud stalking mice / B.H. Rogers -- Cat o'nine lives / J. Grape -- Cat on an old school roof / P. Crowther -- Mummy case / C.N. Douglas. |
| Summary |
A collection of mystery stories featuring cat detectives over the ages. The stories range from Carole Nelson Douglas' The Mummy Case, set in a pharaoh's court in ancient Egypt, to Brett Hudgins' Fur Bearing, a fur-trade mystery in 19th century Canada. |
| Subject |
Detective and mystery stories, American.
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Historical fiction, American.
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Crime -- Fiction.
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Cats -- Fiction.
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| Added Author |
Gorman, Edward.
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Greenberg, Martin Harry.
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Segriff, Larry.
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| ISBN |
0786705558 |
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9780786705559 |
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