A Cat of One's Own (Alice Nestleton Mystery #17)

Synopsis

[from inside flaps] "Alice Nestleton may be an acclaimed New York actress, but it's her performance as a cat-sitting sleuth that pays the bills. Now, in her seventeenth tantalizing adventure, Alice meets a striking-looking, unattached male. Enter Jake: Hostage. Escape artist. Eyewitness to murder. Cat. Once, Alice's old friend Amanda Avery was a struggling academic. Now she's a wealthy widow in need--of a cat Not just any cat, but the purrfect companion to cozy up to her aging Gordon Setter. And who knows more than Alice when it comes to finding the finest in feline friends? The answer to Amanda's prayers is an American short-hair called Jake, a half-tan, half-black cat of the world who looks like a harlequin, and stands out in a crowd. Unusual? Definitely. Valuable enough to steal? Hardly. But within a week he's snatched, and Alice is hired to help find him. The case turns deadly when Amanda meets a violent fate at the catnapper's hands, and Jake becomes a crucial, if silent, witness to the crime. A clue to what the tomcat saw is hidden in Amanda's not-so-innocent past--one that conceals enough secrets to turn a simple catnapping into a baffling case of homicide. As Alice searches for answers with the help of her wisecracking boyfriend, Tony Basilio, she becomes trapped in a dangerous game of cat and mouse--where only her own feline instincts can protect her from a cunning killer who will go to any lengths to bury those dark secrets forever...." Millions of citizens live in New York City. A surprisingly large number of them come unforgettably to life as Alice Nestleton, forty-something-year-old Actress and cat sitter investigates a wide variety of crimes in the Alice Nestleton Mysteries available from Bookshare including #1 A Cat in the Manger, #2 A Cat of a Different Color, #3 A Cat in Wolf's Clothing, #4 A Cat in the Wings, #5 A Cat in the Wings, #6 A Cat With a Fiddle, #7 A Cat in a Glass House, #9 A Cat on the Cutting Edge, #12 A Cat Under the Mistletoe, #15 A Cat on Jingle Bell Rock, and #21 A Cat on the Bus, with the rest of the books in the series coming soon. The action in these relatively short novels gets underway on page one. The reader isn't given a moment to lose interest. Being an actress, Alice notices details about places and people that bring the reader into the picture. Being a cat lover, Alice misses no opportunity to lavishly describe her own two cats and cats she meets along her way, as well as sprinkling in catnips of feline trivia cat-loving and curious readers will enjoy.

Copyright:

1998

Book Details

Book Quality:

Excellent

Book Size:

186 Pages

ISBN-13:

9780525944287

Publisher:

Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated

Date of Addition:

11/28/11

Copyrighted By:

Lydia Adamson

Adult content:

No

Language:

English

Has Image Descriptions:

No

Categories:

Literature and Fiction, Mystery and Thrillers

Submitted By:

Evan Reese

Proofread By:

Lissi

Usage Restrictions:

This is a copyrighted book.