This debut novel, from the bestselling autho r of The Artist''s Way, is a gripping crime story with a soci al theme. Veteran cop Mayo is investigating a series of sexu alised killings, which take him deep into darkness and horri bly close to home. '

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Twenty-one original mystery tales focus on cats ranging from the funerary companions of the Egyptian pharoahs to Edgar Allen Poe's deskmate to the frontier cats of the Wild West.

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This text gathers together the best of the m ystery genre''s varieties - pure suspense, private-eye invest igations, police tales and classical whodunits - all with a contemporary twist. '

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