
Mew is for Murder
Clea Simon(Author)
Poisoned Pen Press
Published on 28. September 2005
Book
Paperback/Softback
368 pages
978-1-59058-182-7 (ISBN)
Description
Theda Krakow is in a funk. Her sometime boyfriend's gone for good. The death of her beloved cat opened a bigger void. And the career leap she's made from copy editor to freelance writer has left her financesand her spiritflat. She desperately needs a headline to get her life back on track.
One day, out for a stroll in her Cambridge neighborhood, Theda spies an adorable stray kitten. This charmer leads Theda to an old woman holed up in a decrepit house full of cats. Is this one of those "crazy cat ladies," a classic hoarder, or is the old woman a neighborhood do-gooder
More important, is this the story to catapult Theda out of the dumps
But when she returns to interview Lillian Helmhold, Theda finds her fascinating subject dead of an apparent accident. The neighbors are celebrating, the police aren't interested, and the cats are removed to a shelter. End of story
Not for Theda--one or two things don't compute. So Theda marshals her investigative journalism skills to turn gumshoe.
One day, out for a stroll in her Cambridge neighborhood, Theda spies an adorable stray kitten. This charmer leads Theda to an old woman holed up in a decrepit house full of cats. Is this one of those "crazy cat ladies," a classic hoarder, or is the old woman a neighborhood do-gooder
More important, is this the story to catapult Theda out of the dumps
But when she returns to interview Lillian Helmhold, Theda finds her fascinating subject dead of an apparent accident. The neighbors are celebrating, the police aren't interested, and the cats are removed to a shelter. End of story
Not for Theda--one or two things don't compute. So Theda marshals her investigative journalism skills to turn gumshoe.
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Series
Edition
Large type / large print edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Scottsdale
United States
Edition type
Large type / large print edition
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 161 mm
Thickness: 20 mm
Weight
463 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-59058-182-7 (9781590581827)
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Person
Clea Simon is the author of the Pru Marlowe, Dulcie Schwartz, and Theda Krakow mystery series, as well as three nonfiction books. A former journalist, she lives in Somerville, Massachusetts, with her husband Jon and their cat Musetta.