The alarm of the black cat /
Hitchens, Dolores, 1907-1973,
The alarm of the black cat / Dolores Hitchens writing as D.B. Olsen ; introduction by David Handler. - 207 pages ; 21 cm - Otto Penzler presents American mystery classic . - Otto Penzler's classic American mystery library. .
"A strange encounter with a little girl named Claudia and a dead toad sparks elderly detective fiction fan Rachel Murdock's obsessive curiosity, and she winds up renting the house next door just to see how things play out. But soon after she and her cat Samantha move in, Rachel realizes they've landed right in the middle of a deadly love triangle that's created animosity among the three families who now surround her. When Rachel finds Claudia's great-grandmother dead in her basement, she reaches out to a friend in the LAPD to solve the crime. They soon learn the three households have been torn apart by one husband's infidelity and a complicated will that could lead to a fortune. In a house plagued by forbidden love, regret, and greed, Rachel will have to trust her intuition, as well as Samantha's instincts, to survive--and keep Claudia out of the hands of a killer whose work has just begun...."--Amazon.
9781613163931 1613163932 1613163924 9781613163924
2022917458
GBC339938 bnb
020965964 Uk
Murdock, Rachel (Fictitious character) --Fiction.
Murder--Investigation--Fiction.
Cats--Fiction.
Detective and mystery fiction.
The alarm of the black cat / Dolores Hitchens writing as D.B. Olsen ; introduction by David Handler. - 207 pages ; 21 cm - Otto Penzler presents American mystery classic . - Otto Penzler's classic American mystery library. .
"A strange encounter with a little girl named Claudia and a dead toad sparks elderly detective fiction fan Rachel Murdock's obsessive curiosity, and she winds up renting the house next door just to see how things play out. But soon after she and her cat Samantha move in, Rachel realizes they've landed right in the middle of a deadly love triangle that's created animosity among the three families who now surround her. When Rachel finds Claudia's great-grandmother dead in her basement, she reaches out to a friend in the LAPD to solve the crime. They soon learn the three households have been torn apart by one husband's infidelity and a complicated will that could lead to a fortune. In a house plagued by forbidden love, regret, and greed, Rachel will have to trust her intuition, as well as Samantha's instincts, to survive--and keep Claudia out of the hands of a killer whose work has just begun...."--Amazon.
9781613163931 1613163932 1613163924 9781613163924
2022917458
GBC339938 bnb
020965964 Uk
Murdock, Rachel (Fictitious character) --Fiction.
Murder--Investigation--Fiction.
Cats--Fiction.
Detective and mystery fiction.