Cat's Claw

Name: Cat's Claw
Brand: Recorded Books
Availability: InStock
Rating: 3 (2 reviews)
Author: Susan Wittig Albert
ISBN: 9781464029820

Author: Susan Wittig Albert

Series: China Bayles Mysteries #20

Narrator: Morgan Hallett, Julia Gibson

Unabridged: 10 hr 11 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 03/06/2012

Categories: Fiction, Mystery & Detective

Synopsis

New York Times best-selling author Susan Wittig Albert is widely acclaimed for her cozy China Bayles mystery series. In Cat's Claw, China's friend, Police Chief Sheila Dawson, takes center stage. When local computer guru Larry Kirk is found dead, many are convinced it was suicide over his recent divorce. But Sheila has a hunch there's more to this case than meets the eye-especially when evidence surfaces that Larry was being stalked.

About Susan Wittig Albert

Susan Wittig Albert is the New York Times bestselling author of A Wilder Rose, about Rose Wilder Lane and the writing of the Little House books. Her award-winning fiction also includes mysteries in the China Bayles series, the Darling Dahlias, the Cottage Tales of Beatrix Potter, and a series of Victorian-Edwardian mysteries she has written with her husband, Bill Albert, under the pseudonym of Robin Paige. She is founder and current president of the Story Circle Network and a member of the Texas Institute of Letters.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Lain

What the heck has happened to China? She used to be one of my favorite "cozy" amateur sleuths, but in this book she's short-tempered, pessimistic, and at times downright nasty. She is absolutely inexcusably rude to Ruby, my favorite character of all time. She expresses nothing but doubt about the ma......more

Goodreads review by Cheryl

Taking a side step and allowing a supporting character to share the lead, Albert give police chief, Sheila Dawson more letter space in this multi-faceted mystery. First a computer repair business break-in with the high-profile perp on video, then the suicide-cum-homicide of the shop owner, followed......more

Goodreads review by Alannah

Another excellent entry in the China Bayles series. In this one, #20 in the series, China is more of a supporting player while the spotlight moves to police chief Sheila Dawson. I enjoyed this shift in focus. It's a kick to be able to get into the head of a recurring character who previously has bee......more

Goodreads review by Moondance

Four members of the Texas Star Quilting Club, armed with needles, thread, thimbles, and scissors, were seated on either side of the wooden quilting frame set up in Ethel Warren's dining room at 1113 Pecan Street. Book number twenty in the China Bayles series focuses on Police Chief Sheila Dawson, Sma......more