The Story
Review Highly recommended for mystery fans who love cats but who prefer to leave the crimesolving to humans. (Booklist)A fastpaced look at the Boston music scene and a delight for cat fanciers. (Kirkus Reviews)With Cries and Whiskers, Simon nails it...Wonderfully written and deeply engaging. (Deborah Grabien Deborah Grabien, author of the Haunted Ballad series) Product Description When an animal rights activist is killed by a hitandrun driver on an icy Cambridge street, music critic Theda Krakow cant get too upset. Besides, Theda is busy investigating the rise of a dangerous new designer drug that threatens the musicians and fans who make up the popular club scene.But when Theda learns that the accident victim was defying her own radical group to rescue feral cats on the eve of a ferocious winter storm, she puts her own prejudices aside to help investigate. As Theda and her buddy Violet race to save these halfwild felines from the freezing New England winter, they uncover simmering tensions that make the activists death seem more than accidental. Could a friend have been the fatal driver? Is Violet more involved with the extremist group than shes let on? Then Thedas cat Musetta goes missing.... About the Author 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.
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Review Highly recommended for mystery fans who love cats but who prefer to leave the crimesolving to humans. (Booklist)A fastpaced look at the Boston music scene and a delight for cat fanciers. (Kirkus Reviews)With Cries and Whiskers, Simon nails it...Wonderfully written and deeply engaging. (Deborah Grabien Deborah Grabien, author of the Haunted Ballad series) Product Description When an animal rights activist is killed by a hitandrun driver on an icy Cambridge street, music critic Theda Krakow cant get too upset. Besides, Theda is busy investigating the rise of a dangerous new designer drug that threatens the musicians and fans who make up the popular club scene.But when Theda learns that the accident victim was defying her own radical group to rescue feral cats on the eve of a ferocious winter storm, she puts her own prejudices aside to help investigate. As Theda and her buddy Violet race to save these halfwild felines from the freezing New England winter, they uncover simmering tensions that make the activists death seem more than accidental. Could a friend have been the fatal driver? Is Violet more involved with the extremist group than shes let on? Then Thedas cat Musetta goes missing.... About the Author 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.
