Probable Claws

When cats at her friend Violet's shelter start getting sick, freelance writer and music critic Theda Krakow suspects an accident. But Violet claims the kibble was poisoned.
As Theda starts investigating, she finds a litter of suspects. The pressure mounts as Theda's editor, sensing a big story, dangles a prime job as bait.
While the music scene rallies to raise funds to save the cats, Theda soon finds herself estranged from her friends and her boy-friend Bill. When she's caught at a murder scene, bloody scalpel in hand and only her beloved cat Musetta as a witness, Theda must scramble to find the real killer before she and Musetta become the next victims.

Clea Simon grew up in East Meadow, on suburban Long Island, N.Y., came to Cam-bridge, Mass., to attend Harvard, and never left. She now resides there with her husband, writer Jon S. Garelick, and their cat Musetta.
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