Kittens Can Kill: A Pru Marlowe Pet Noir
The dead don’t keep pets. So when animal behaviorist expert
Pru Marlowe gets a call about a kitten, she doesn’t expect to find the cuddly
creature playing beside the cooling body of prominent Beauville lawyer David
Canaday. Heart attack? His three adult daughters angrily blame drug
interactions, feline allergies—and each other. And begin to feud over their
father, his considerable estate, and that cute ball of fluff. While the cause
of death is pending, each sister has an axe to grind –with arguments that escalate
when David’s partner reads out the will.
Pru’s special sensory talents and sensitivity to animals that
caused her to flee the cacophony of Manhattan for the quiet Berkshires add
further problems. The local vet is overwhelmed with money running out. There’s
that needy Sheltie and some invasive squirrels?
But the dead man’s kitten, his former partner, and his troublesome
family keep drawing “wild-girl” animal psychic Pru back in. Despite the wry
observations of her trusty tabby Wallis, now the wrongfully accused kitten’s
guardian, and the grudging compliance of her cop lover, this may be one time
when Pru can’t solve the mystery or save the kitten she wants to believe is
innocent. A single witness knows the truth about that bright spring morning.
How far can Pru investigate without risking her own hidden tale?
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About the Author
Clea Simon is
the author of the Pru Marlowe, Dulcie Schwartz, and Theda Krakow mystery
series, as well as three nonfiction books. A former journalist, she lives in
Somerville, Massachusetts, with her husband Jon and their cat Musetta.
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