Blood on the Cat
Published on 11. June 2026
Book
Paperback/Softback
288 pages
978-1-80499-939-4 (ISBN)
Description
A cosy murder mystery in which a cat helps solve the crime, this is a forgotten Golden Age classic.
'Expert sleuthing' - The Saturday Review
Bennet Farr was the richest and most hated man in town, so when he is found dead, the list of those with a grudge grows endless. There's the librarian, the journalist, the schoolteacher, and Bennet's own son, who was struck off the family inheritance just days before Bennet's death.
How do catch a killer when everyone in town has a motive? The police are befuddled by the lack of evidence. And in the end, the key to solving the mystery is found not by them but by Bennet's pet cat, Smoky.
A lost classic worthy of rediscovery, this cosy mystery will delight any fan of Golden Age detective fiction.
'Expert sleuthing' - The Saturday Review
Bennet Farr was the richest and most hated man in town, so when he is found dead, the list of those with a grudge grows endless. There's the librarian, the journalist, the schoolteacher, and Bennet's own son, who was struck off the family inheritance just days before Bennet's death.
How do catch a killer when everyone in town has a motive? The police are befuddled by the lack of evidence. And in the end, the key to solving the mystery is found not by them but by Bennet's pet cat, Smoky.
A lost classic worthy of rediscovery, this cosy mystery will delight any fan of Golden Age detective fiction.
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Language
English
Place of publication
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Transworld Publishers Ltd
Product notice
Paperback (UK-B)
Dimensions
Height: 191 mm
Width: 127 mm
Thickness: 22 mm
Weight
194 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-80499-939-4 (9781804999394)
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Nancy Rutledge
Blood on the Cat
A classic cosy crime murder mystery, perfect for cat lovers and readers of Golden Age crime fiction
E-Book
06/2026
Transworld Digital
€8.99
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Persons
Nancy Rutledge (Author)
Nancy Rutledge was born in Chicago and educated at Rockford College and Northwestern. Between 1944 and 1960, she authored ten works of crime fiction under her own name, two of them published only in England. She also had one mystery novel published as by Leigh Bryson, a Handi-Book paperback original in 1947. In the 1950s and '60s, she had eight mystery novels serialized in the Saturday Evening Post, and one that appeared complete in an issue of Redbook.
Otto Penzler (Introducer)
Otto Penzler owns The Mysterious Bookshop in New York City and founded the Mysterious Press and Otto Penzler Books. He has written and edited several books, including the Edgar Award-winning Encyclopaedia of Mystery and Detection, and is the series editor of the annual Best American Mystery Stories of the Year.
Nancy Rutledge was born in Chicago and educated at Rockford College and Northwestern. Between 1944 and 1960, she authored ten works of crime fiction under her own name, two of them published only in England. She also had one mystery novel published as by Leigh Bryson, a Handi-Book paperback original in 1947. In the 1950s and '60s, she had eight mystery novels serialized in the Saturday Evening Post, and one that appeared complete in an issue of Redbook.
Otto Penzler (Introducer)
Otto Penzler owns The Mysterious Bookshop in New York City and founded the Mysterious Press and Otto Penzler Books. He has written and edited several books, including the Edgar Award-winning Encyclopaedia of Mystery and Detection, and is the series editor of the annual Best American Mystery Stories of the Year.