Kittens Can Kill: a Pru Marlowe Pet Noir

Publisher Marketing: 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 sensitivity to animals, which caused her to flee the cacophony of Manhattan for the quiet Berkshires, adds further problems. The local vet is overwhelmed as the animal hospital's money runs out. There s a needy Sheltie and some invasive squirrels, too. 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?" Review Citations: Booklist 01/01/2015 pg. 50 (EAN 9781464203589, Hardcover) Kirkus Reviews 01/15/2015 (EAN 9781464203589, Hardcover) Publishers Weekly 01/05/2015 pg. 54 (EAN 9781464203589, Hardcover) Publishers Weekly 01/05/2015 (EAN 9781464203602, Paperback) Booklist 01/01/2015 pg. 50 (EAN 9781464203602, Paperback) Kirkus Reviews 01/15/2015 pg. 40 (EAN 9781464203602, Paperback) Contributor Bio:  Simon, Clea Clea Simon worked as a journalist and non-fiction author before turning to crime (fiction). Best known for her series of cozy mysteries starring cat-lover Theda Krakow, Clea Simon grew up in New York, before moving to Cambridge, Massachusetts to attend Harvard. She fell in love with the city and lives there still with her husband and their cat, Musetta.