The Cat, The Collector and the Killer

The Cat, The Collector and the Killer
Author: Leann Sweeney
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 306
Release: 2016-08-02
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0698410033

In the latest mystery from the New York Times bestselling author of The Cat, the Sneak and the Secret, a cat collector is suspected of murder. Jillian Hart and police chief Tom Stewart are enjoying peaceful, newly wedded bliss in Mercy, South Carolina, until a woman is found wandering the streets one night. She's in her night clothes, disoriented, and carrying a kitten in a tote bag. A search of the woman’s house reveals many more cats, a maze of cardboard boxes—and a dead man. Although the evidence suggests the frail woman is the killer, Jillian doesn’t believe she’s capable of such a crime. The dead man had many enemies in town, which means finding the real murderer may prove to be its own cat and mouse game...

The Cat, the Collector and the Killer

The Cat, the Collector and the Killer
Author: Leann Sweeney
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 306
Release: 2016
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0451477405

Cat quilter Jillian Hart and her trouble-making feline companions scratch out crime in small-town South Carolina in this purr-fect cosy mystery series. Jillian Hart and police chief Tom Stewart are enjoying peaceful, newly-wedded bliss in Mercy, South Carolina, until a woman is found wandering the streets one night. She's in her night clothes, disoriented and carrying a kitten in a tote bag. A search of the woman's house reveals many more cats, a maze of cardboard boxes - and a dead man.

The Cat, the Lady and the Liar

The Cat, the Lady and the Liar
Author: Leann Sweeney
Publisher: National Geographic Books
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2011-04-05
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0451233026

Cat quilter Jillian Hart finds a gorgeous stray cat belonging to the fabulously wealthy Ritaestelle Longworth, who believes she's being drugged. Before Jillian can get to those charges, a body turns up in the lake-and her cat Chablis finds Ritaestelle nearby. Can Jillian's cats aid her in solving a mystery with decades old roots?

The Cat, the Sneak and the Secret

The Cat, the Sneak and the Secret
Author: Leann Sweeney
Publisher: National Geographic Books
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2015-08-04
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0451415434

In the latest from the author of The Cat, the Vagabond and the Victim, a feline with a penchant for pilfering ends up unearthing a deadly mystery.… Jillian Hart and Tom are finally tying the knot, but first they need to make sure Tom’s stepson, Finn, is as comfortable as possible in the lake house they will all call home. So when it becomes clear that Finn has fallen for a pretty cat from the Mercy Animal Sanctuary, Jillian and Tom readily agree to make room for one more—even though the tortoiseshell kitty is a notorious kleptomaniac. So far, the cat has sneaked out of the adoption center time after time, bringing back trinkets, shoelaces, and socks. But when she brings back an antique locket, Finn enlists Tom’s and Jillian’s sleuthing skills. They hope to return the treasured item to its owner, but their search for answers is sidetracked when a body is found. Still, their sneaky cat’s find may just lead them to a killer.…

Cat on the Edge

Cat on the Edge
Author: Shirley Rousseau Murphy
Publisher: Harper Collins
Total Pages: 292
Release: 2009-10-13
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0061740225

It's been quite a week for Joe Grey. First the large, powerfulfeline discovers that, through some strange, inexplicable phenomenon, he now has the ability to understand human language. Then he discovers he can speak it as well! It's a nightmare for a cat who'd prefer to sleep the day away carefree, but Joe can handle it. That is, until he has the misfortune to witness a murder in the alley behind Jolly's Deli -- and worse, to be seen witnessing it. With all of his nine lives suddenly at risk, Joe's got no choice but to get to the bottom of the heinous crime -- because his mouse-hunting days are over for good unless he can help bring a killer to justice.

The Cat, The Professor and the Poison

The Cat, The Professor and the Poison
Author: Leann Sweeney
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 233
Release: 2010-05-04
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1101187352

Between her kitty quilt-making business and her three beloved cats, Jill has her hands full. That doesn't stop her from wanting to solve the mystery of the milk cow that's gone missing from her friend's farm. But imagine her surprise when a stolen cow leads to the discovery of fifty stray cats and one dead body-a victim of cold-blooded murder...

A Cat of a Different Color

A Cat of a Different Color
Author: Lydia Adamson
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 131
Release: 2012-10-09
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1101599243

Available Digitally for the First Time. A mystery cat takes talented actress-turned-sleuth Alice Nestleton behind the scenes—for murder... Beautiful Off-Off Broadway actress-sleuth Alice Nestleton gasps as a sinister shadow looms at the top of her apartment house stairs. But it’s only a moonstruck student from her acting class who comes bearing a gift—a gorgeous white Abyssinian-like cat. That is strange enough, but stranger still, just days later the young Lothario is killed in a Manhattan bar…and the exotic kitty is cat-napped! Alice’s own two cats, the regal Bushy and the harum-scarum Pancho, have helped her catch criminals before. But the trap she devises to corner the perpetrator of the cat theft may entangle her instead in a dead actor’s secrets and murderous drama—of love and revenge… Curl up with a copy of A Cat Tells Two Tales, available October 2012 in trade paperback from Obsidian.

The Cat Men of Gotham

The Cat Men of Gotham
Author: Peggy Gavan
Publisher: Rutgers University Press
Total Pages: 290
Release: 2019-05-03
Genre: History
ISBN: 1978800223

This book tells the stories of the tender-hearted men who adopted stray cats from the cruel streets of nineteenth- and early twentieth-century New York. Its forty-two profiles introduce us to an array of remarkable men and extraordinary cats, including sports team mascots, artists' muses, and presidential pets.

The Christie Curse

The Christie Curse
Author: Victoria Abbott
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 306
Release: 2013-03-05
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1101619449

In 1926, Agatha Christie disappeared—making headlines across the world—only to show up eleven days later at a spa under an assumed name. During those eleven days, did she have time to write a play? Jordan Kelly needs a new job and a new place to live. She’s back in Harrison Falls, New York, living with her not so law-abiding uncles, in debt thanks to a credit card–stealing ex and pending grad school loans. Enter the perfect job, a research position that includes room and board, which will allow her to spend her days hunting down rare mysteries for an avid book collector. There’s just one problem: her employer, Vera Van Alst—the most hated citizen of Harrison Falls. Jordan’s first assignment is to track down a rumored Agatha Christie play. It seems easy enough, but Jordan soon finds out that her predecessor was killed while looking for it, and there is still someone out there willing to murder to keep the play out of Vera’s hands. Jordan’s new job is good…but is it worth her life?

The Collector

The Collector
Author: Nora Roberts
Publisher: Berkley
Total Pages: 754
Release: 2014
Genre: Antiques
ISBN: 0399171088

Witnessing an apparent murder-suicide during a job, professional house-sitter Lila Emerson is recruited by the alleged perpetrator's brother, talented artist Ashton Archer, to help uncover what really happened.