Marian Babson Livres

Spine creased, page edges tanned, owner's inscription. Orders received by 3pm Sent from the UK that weekday.

Eleven-year-old Robin wants to join a popular gang at school. They'll accept him, though only if he kidnaps the prize-winning cat of old Mrs. Nordling first. But when Robin sneaks into the Nordlings' house in the dark of night, he gets more than just a schoolyard thrill. An argument, strange sounds, a woman's cry, and the cat--hurled out of a room--are all Robin needs to grab the frisky kitty and get packing. Then Mr. Nordling, covered in his wife's blood, lurches out into the hallway, and Robin runs for his life...feline prize in hand. A brutal crime has been committed. Mr. Nordling knows someone besides the cat witnessed it, and he will stop at nothing to learn who it was. But Robin, the cat--and an extremely nosy neighbor--have other ideas...

A decomposing body...a severed head in a closet...a macabre meeting with "Mother "--mystery writer Lorinda Lucas tosses yet another paperback in the trash, appalled at the gruesome direction of today's crime fiction. She's even more disturbed at the half-starved state of Roscoe, the cat next door. Before Lorinda left for her latest book tour, Roscoe was as plump and pampered as her own two felines, Had-I and But-Known. It only takes a modicum of sleuthing to find out that in Lorinda's absence Roscoe's owner, Macho Magee, has acquired a new girlfriend--a harridan who has put the gentle Macho and his pet on a strict diet. And that's only the first disturbing news in Brimful Coffers, the once-quiet village that now includes a writer's colony. Lorinda soon discovers that a hit-and-run has ended a child's life, professional jealousy has taken a deadly twist, and murder is just around the catty-corner...

Aus d. Amerikanischen v. Ritz, Michael Roman. 189 S.

Als die bekannte Schriftstellerin Lorinda Lucas eine beliebte Romanfigur sterben lässt, scheint diese plötzlich in der Realität aufzutauchen, um sich zu wehren. Bald darauf geschieht in der beschaulichen englischen Schriftsteller-Kolonie Brimful Coffers eine Reihe von merkwürdigen Unfällen und nicht nur Lorindas gewiefte Katzen müssen um ihr Leben fürchten.

Nach dem Tod ihres geliebten Pekinesen ist die exzentrische Schauspielerin Dame Cecile untröstlich. Mit ihren Kolleginnen Evangeline und Trixie macht sie sich auf den Weg zum Tierpräparator. Dort angekommen überschlagen sich die Ereignisse: Der Präparator ist tot, sein Geschäft steht in Flammen. Und statt des Pekinesen haben die rüstigen Damen plötzlich eine Katze ungeklärter Herkunft am Hals ...