Cat Crimes for the Holidays [Paperback]

CELEBRATE THE HOLIDAYS WITH FAMILY AND FELINES

In these nineteen original tail-twitching tales of mystery, cats from Maine coon to Scottish fold, tabby to Siamese, white Persian to calico crack all manner of holiday capers. Arbor Day reminds a veterinarian how a kitten's coat cinched a murder case . . . A smart young woman at Christmas discovers that the way to an old man's inheritance is not through his heart but through his cat . . . A family Hanukkah celebration gives a sharp-eyed cop with a fondness for felines insight into blackmail and murder . . . An abused stray at Thanksgiving sends a family over the edge . . . And many more!

Once again mystery fans will cheer as cats meet crime for a fur-raising showdown of deceit, detection, and a dizzying display of feline fireworks."There is much to purr over."
--Publishers WeeklyMartin H. Greenberg has been called "the best anthologist since Ellery Queen." In addition to coediting the Cat Crimes series, he is the editor of Women on the Edge. He resides in Green Bay, Wisconsin.

Ed Gorman has won the Shamus Award and has been nominated for both the Edgar and Anthony Awards. He makes his home in Cedar Rapids, Iowa.

Larry Segriff is the author of three novels and the coeditor of the award-winning anthology The Fine Art of Murder. He lives in Green Bay, Wisconsin.Dr. Couch Saves a Cat
by Nancy Pickard

"It may seem terrible," the old veterinarian admitted to his granddaughter, "that I was so worried about a cat when there was a person who had just passed on. But it was an awfully nice cat, and the human being wasn't much to brag about, I'm sorry to say."

"Tell me about the cat, Grandpa."

"A child after my own heart."

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