Mystery Cats III: More Feline Felonies

by Cynthia Manson (Editor), Ingram Myer (Contributor), Lee Somerville (Contributor)

A collection of feline mystery fables features Lilian Jackson Braun's clever Siamese, Phut Phat; Edward D. Hoch's sacred cat with cold ruby eyes; and Patricia Highsmith's mysterious feline creature that serves as one couple's conscience

Genres: Mystery, Cats, Fiction, Short Stories

252 pages, Paperback

First published February 1, 1995

About the author

Cynthia Manson is a literary agent, formerly Director of Marketing at Davis Publications, publishers of Ellery Queen and Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazines. She has also edited several anthologies.

Reviews

[C. John Kerry · Rating 3 out of 5]

First off the stories in this volume are a mixed bag of mystery and weird fiction pieces. Since I enjoy both genres that was not a problem. However, as is often the case with anthologies, I found the quality varying from story to story. Of the authors represented four of them (Hugh B. Cave, Edward D. Hoch, Many Wade Wellman and Theodore Sturgeon) were writers I have read before. The others were either writers I know of but hadn’t read or names totally new to me. The bulk of the stories were from the pages of Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine though there are a few other sources, including one take from “Weird Tales”. As I did some stories were more interesting than others. Of special note might be Edward D. Hoch’s contribution which might contain the most unusual motive for murder I have come across. All in all a reasonable volume, a few good stories, a lot of okay stories, but nothing that made me want to throw it across the room.

[Rhonda Leanne · Rating 3 out of 5]

Most of the stories were just ok for me, nothing special. I did enjoy ones where the cat played an active role in solving the mystery. A couple got low ratings due to animal abuse. Someone explain to me why books of mysteries involving cats, where the target audience is obviously cat lovers, always contain at least one (often more) stories where the cat is the victim???

[Lynette · Rating 1 out of 5]

I have no words. Only finished so it could be counted.

[Rebecca · Rating 4 out of 5]

Read as a teenager