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Cat Striking Back

Shirley Rousseau Murphy

"Why is it, Joe, that you are always the one to find the body?"

On a lovely moonlit night, while carrying a gift of mice to a litter of kittens, Joe Grey stumbles upon a murder scene. Behind an empty house, in an empty swimming pool, there's blood, the smell of human death, and drag marks. But there's no victim—and it's hard to prove a crime without a corpse.

Driven by stubborn feline curiosity, Joe Grey sets out to investigate. With Dulcie and Kit following him along a killer's trail, Joe discovers evidence of conflict among the residents of this seemingly peaceful neighborhood—multiple signs of breaking-and-entering, with nothing of value stolen. And they find something far worse: hints of violence yet to come . . . and more planned murder.

With the help of two local ferals, Joe, Kit, and Dulcie must now thwart a killer using the most unorthodox means at their disposal: a criminal's unnatural yet powerful fear of cats.

GenresFictionWomenMystery & Detective

352 pages, 4 editions

English edition · First published 2009 by HarperCollins · ISBN 9780061124006

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Editions

4 editions

English

  • Cat Striking Back · HarperCollins · 2010 · ISBN 9780061124006 This page
  • Cat Striking Back: A Joe Grey Mystery: The Joe Grey Mysteries, Book 15 (Joe Grey Mysteries, 15) · Blackstone Publishing · 2019 · ISBN 9781982687243
  • Cat Striking Back: A Joe Grey Mystery · William Morrow · 2009 · ISBN 9780061959264
  • Cat Striking Back: A Joe Grey Mystery · William Morrow · 2009 · ISBN 9780061123993

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