Claw & Disorder
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- $179.00
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- $179.00
Descripción editorial
Expert groomer Cassie McGlone knows how to handle even the feistiest of felines, but their owners are a different tale . . .
Around the quaint town of Chadwick, New Jersey, are two families in need of Cassie’s help. Wealthy perfectionist Gillian Foster is orchestrating the restoration of her family’s nineteenth-century home and wants her purebred Himalayan, Leya, boarded at Cassie’s Comfy Cats. Meanwhile, the elderly Tillmans are in dire straits, hoarding possessions and a clowder of cats in their run-down house. Perhaps Cassie can persuade the couple to surrender a few of their furry friends. Unfortunately, neither task is cut and dried . . .
Mrs. Tillman is mysteriously asphyxiated in the night, and suspicion falls on her husband—and their cats. Meanwhile, the Fosters host a banquet for the local historical society, and when one of their guests falls gravely ill Gillian is convinced someone is out to get her. After a second death occurs, it’s clear a killer isn’t pussyfooting around. Now it’s up to Cassie to get these houses in order before disaster pounces again . . .
Praise for Gone, Kitty, Gone
“Enticing. . . . Distinctive characters, all of whom contribute to the crime-solving in one way or another, drive the well-paced plot. Cat cozy lovers will be enchanted.”
—Publishers Weekly
“Feline-focused, perhaps to the detriment of human characters—and what’s more cat than that?”
—Kirkus Reviews
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
In Watkins's winning fifth Cat Groomer mystery (after 2019's Gone, Kitty, Gone), Cassie McGlone, the owner of Cassie's Comfy Cats in Chadwick, N.J., and her assistant, Sarah Wilcox, attempt to help a troubled elderly couple Sarah knows from church, Bernice and Chester Tillman, who suffer from poor health and live in a dilapidated house with too many cats. In particular, Cassie and Sarah seek to find new homes for at least some of the felines. After Bernice dies of an apparent asthma attack, and the autopsy suggests senile Chester smothered her with a pillow, Sarah implores Cassie to investigate. Meanwhile, Cassie must cope with an uptight pet owner, and gets entangled in assorted strange mishaps and another death. Unlike in similar cozies, the cats don't solve crimes, and Watkins gives plenty of attention to her appealing cast of diverse human characters. Cat and mystery lovers alike will be charmed.
