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Cat Crimes II

Here is more catnip for he many cat lovers and mystery buffs who devoured the first volume of Cat Crimes. Editors Martin H. Greenberg and Ed Gorman have been on the prowl again to gather nineteen brand-new tales of mystery and suspense from modern masters, inspired by the cat.

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Contents:Remote / John F. Suter

Saratoga cat / Edward D. Hoch

Tom / Bill Pronzini

The Maltese double cross / Carole Nelson Douglas

All places are alike / June Haydon

Hunger / Christopher Fahy

Ailurophobia / B.W. Battin

The Maggody files: hillbilly cat / Joan Hess

Every Wednesday (a novel idea for a short story) / Nancy Pickard

The Scent of spiced oranges / Les Roberts

The Beast within / Margaret Maron

Kitty litter / Richard Laymon

A Long time sitting / Charlotte Macleod

Cat lady / Carolyn Wheat

The New black cat / Bill Crider

To kill a cat / Barbara Collins

Nine lives to live / Sharyn McCrumb

Five starving cats and a dead dog / Kristine Kathryn Rusch

The winfield trade / Jeremiah Healy

Audience
adult
Length
medium · 272 pages

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