false 6466227 1 From the Publisher: The game is afoot, and the four footed are its most cunning players in Crafty Cat Crimes. In one hundred cagey cat-tale mysteries, the largest literary litter of kitty crimestoppers ever convened in one volume prowl the mean streets in pursuit of feline felons, justice, just desserts—and the occasional pat on the head. You don't have to be a cat lover to enjoy these stories of crime and intrigue. You just have to like challenging mysteries where a twist in the tale comes naturally. There is virtually no crime these cats don't put the paw on. Whether confronted with cat burglary, catnapping, or murder most foul, they work through seemingly insoluble puzzles with a stealth, feline finickiness, and silent grace that are the envy of their two-footed counterparts. Crafty Cat Crimes includes selections to suit every reader's taste: cat cozies for the domestic-minded, comic cat capers that look at the funny side of human and animal relationships, even hardboiled escapades that mix cats and gats. Contents Introduction · Stefan Dziemianowicz The Adventure of the Hanoverian Vampires · Darrell Schweitzer A.k.a. Pookums · Martha Bayless Ali’s Cat · Diane Arrelle All for One and One for All · Steve Lockley All in a Golden Afternoon · Marilyn Mattie Brahen Allergic Reaction · Larry Segriff Archimedes and the Doughnuts · Gene DeWeese & Barbara Paul Assault of the Yow-Ling Jewels · Viki S. Rollins Aunt Edna’s Cats · Del Stone Jr. The Bed and Breakfast Burglar · Jill Giencke Beware of Cat · Kurtis Roth The Biggest Crime · John Beyer & Kathryn Burdette The Boys · Kathryn Ptacek A Breath of Subtle Air · Tracy Knight Burning Bright · Carole McIntyre The Canary and the Cat · Brian Plante The Case of the Incompetent Police Dog The Case of the Unlikely Cat Tale [Lady Sara Varnley] · Lloyd Biggle Jr. Cat Among the Pigeons · Connie Wilkins Cat and Mouse · K.D. Wentworth The Cat and the Petticoat · Rebecca Lickiss Cat Bay on Cat Cay · Bill Pronzini Cat Burglar · Jill Morgan Cat Burglar · Kathryn Ptacek The Cat Who Knew Too Much · Dorothy Cannell A Cat with a Gat · Tina L. Jens Cat’s-Eye Witness · Max Allan Collins The Cat’s Jewels · T.M. Bradshaw The Catawampus Caper · Will Murray Catnip · Ron Goulart Catnip · Jane Yolen & Heidi E.Y. Stemple The Chocolate Cat · Kristin Schwengel The Church Cat · Martha Johnson Close, But No Cigar · Barbara Paul Club Macavity · David Bischoff Copycat Killer · Beverly T. Haaf Cricket Longwhiskers · Caroline Rhodes Curse of the Cat People · Ron Goulart The Day Frank Hollings Died · Jo-Ann Lamon Reccoppa Deputy Cat · Jerri M. Oakes A Drop o’ the Pure · Paul Duncan The Duel · J.A. Jance Eight [Rick Winslow] · Kurtis Roth Evinrude · David Owens Eyes Wide Open · M. Christian Five Starving Cats and a Dead Dog · Kristine Kathryn Rusch The Fix · Michael Grisi Freedom of the Press [Cat Marsala] · Barbara D’Amato Fur Bearing · Brett Hudgins A Game of Cats and Queens · Pat MacEwen Guardian of Souls · Janet Pack Habit · Carole McIntyre The Happy Homewrecker · Leslie What A Harmless, Necessary Cat · Nancy Jane Moore Heidi’s Bird Wings · Jennifer Evans Here Today, Dead to Maui · Catherine Dain How Things Get Done in the French Quarter I Suppose This Makes Me Sancho · Gary A. Braunbeck The Jazzcat of Division Street · Wayne Allen Sallee Jeepers · Adele Polomski Joey · Hugh B. Cave Just a Little Catnip · Kimberly R. Brown Kit for Cat · Julie Kistler Lady Windermere’s Flan · Elizabeth Foxwell Land Rush · Jody Lynn Nye Letters to the Editor · Shirley Rousseau Murphy Lin Jee · Mary A. Turzillo Living the Lie · Marc Bilgrey The Magician’s Palace · Edward D. Hoch Man’s Best Friend · Nancy Jane Moore Miss Daisy and the Rosary Pea · Sidney Williams Mrs. Milligan’s Cat · Gary Lovisi My Career as a Cat Burglar · Ron Goulart Nothing Newsworthy · Jean Rabe One Tiny Slip · Judith L. Post Paw-trait of a Murderer · John Helfers Powder Puff · Gail Torgerson Pretty Kitty · Joyce Holland The Queen’s Jewels · Jayge Carr Rachel and the Bookstore Cat [Rachel Hennings] · Jon L. Breen Rags the Mighty · Will Murray Rasputin’s Hoard · Joe Murphy Rat · Trey R. Barker Revealing Russian Blue, or The Flaming Switcheroo Roscoe’s Little Secret · Kris Neri Sam Spayed and the Case of the Purloined Pussycat · Shikhar Dixit Scanning for Dollars · Lisa Lepovetsky Scratch Ticket · Christina Briley Shiny · Joe Murphy Six-Toed Ollie · Michael A. Black Slightly Guilty · Morris Hershman Stalker Goes A-Viking · Jordan Stoen Swirls of Midnight · Judith Post Tea and ’Biscuit [Jerry Brogan] · Jon L. Breen Tombs · John R. Platt Under the Circumstances · Mat Coward Watch-Cat · Ardath Mayhar The Web Designer’s Assistant · Robin Reed What a Cat Has to Do · William F. 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