Murder Most Feline: Cunning Tales of Cats and Crime

By Shirley Rousseau Murphy, Barry Hoffman, Mat Coward, et al.

Book Overview

When Law Meets Paw . . .

The result is this delightful anthology of seventeen courtroom tales by top-notch mystery writers. Cats and mysteries go hand-in-hand, no doubt. After all, what other animal is as mysterious as the common - yet never ordinary --house cat? What lurks behind that smug expression? What hidden secrets belie that indifferent stare?

Always dignified, cats are quick to deal out their own justice with a claw or bite, and so it is only natural we find them in a variety of roles in these feline mysteries. Cats take the stand in their own defense to pounce on criminals, provide evidence, and turn the legal system on its collective ear -- all in the name of justice. From a private eye who goes to bat for a cat's inheritance to a common mouser who turns out to be quite a bit more during a high-profile murder trial, these tales of crime are as crafty and cunning as kitties themselves -- and just as entertaining

The jury has returned, the bailiff is calling the court to order, and the judge is staring at the jury. Sit back and get ready to watch law meet paw in these mostly original stories.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1581822154
• ISBN13: 9781581822151
• Release Date: August 2001
• Publisher: Cumberland House Publishing
• Length: 258 Pages
• Weight: 2.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

Pussycat, pussycat, where have you been?

I love anthologies. Seldom do I read one without finding an author new to me, who then becomes one of my regular's. This book is no exception. As to where the pussycat has been, most of the stars of these stories have been in courtrooms! They've been witnesses for either the prosecution or defense, or perhaps have been the plaintiff or defendant. Cats are very versatile, and if you don't agree, here's a most enjoyable way to be proven wrong. Painless, too. Settings range from the old west to modern day big cities: plots include inheritances, missing heirs, mistaken identities, and even a couple of romantic triangles, complete with jealousy issues. Comedy isn't ignored, either. Whatever, cats are very versatile as demonstrated in these delightful seventeen stories. It would be hard to pick a favorite, however, in my opinion, two of them were perhaps more equal than the others: "Catnip" by Dick Lochte, and "For the Benefit of Bootsy" by Jeremiah Healy.