Kittens Can Kill: A Pru Marlowe Pet
Noir
Clea Simon
Poisoned Pen, Mar 1 2015, $24.95
ISBN 9781464203602
In Beauville, animal behaviorist and pet trainer Pru Marlowe
arrives at the home of client David Canaday.
There she finds the affluent attorney lying dead on his kitchen
floor. Near the corpse is Ernesto the
kitten who one of the deceased’s daughters left with her dad. It appears David died from a toxic reaction
to the feline though Pru, after “consulting” with the “suspect”, thinks
otherwise.
Pru leaves Ernesto with her reluctant sleuthing feline partner
Wallis so she can make inquiries into the victim’s past. She also ignores the amused warning of her
boyfriend Police Detective Jim Creighton to let this one go. Instead she sets out to prove Ernesto did not
kill David.
The fifth Pru Marlowe
Berkshires pet noir
(see Panthers
Play for Keeps and Parrots Prove
Deadly) is a lighthearted anthropomorphic cozy. Though the murder mystery seems obvious early
on, series fans will adore Pru’s amateur sleuthing
Harriet Klausner
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