Please Do Feed the Cat, Marian Babson
Please Do Feed the Cat, Marian Babson
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Please Do Feed the Cat

Author: Marian Babson

Narrator: Helen Lloyd

Unabridged: 6 hr 27 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 08/27/2019

Synopsis

A decomposing body … a severed head in a closet … a macabre meeting with “Mother”—mystery writer Lorinda Lucas tosses yet another paperback in the trash, appalled at the gruesome direction of today’s crime fiction. She’s even more disturbed at the half-starved state of Roscoe, the cat next door. Before Lorinda left for her latest book tour, Roscoe was as plump and pampered as her own two felines, Had-I and But-Known.It only takes a modicum of sleuthing to find out that in Lorinda’s absence Roscoe’s owner, Macho Magee, has acquired a new girlfriend—a harridan who has put the gentle Macho and his pet on a strict diet. And that’s only the first disturbing news in Brimful Coffers, the once-quiet village that now includes a writer’s colony. Lorinda soon discovers that a hit-and-run has ended a child’s life, professional jealousy has taken a deadly twist, and murder is just around the catty-corner …

About Marian Babson

Marian Babson is a mystery writer and the author of more than forty novels in the traditional amateur-sleuth style, “murder most British.” In 1996 she was awarded the Crime Writers’ Association Dagger in the library category for her body of work. She was born in Salem, Massachusetts, but has lived in London for the greater part of her life. Her many interests—theater, cinema, art, cooking, travel, and cats—are reflected in her numerous novels.

About Helen Lloyd

Helen Lloyd is a classically trained actor who has a keen ear for accents and loves to bring characters to life. The narrator of books in numerous genres, she delights in new challenges.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Ivonne on January 02, 2025

Years and years ago, I read a Marion Babson novel, Canapes for the Kitties, about a group of mystery writers choosing to live in the same village of Brimful Coffers in order to create a literary community. Their lives came to resemble one of their books more than they would have liked. It’s been more......more

Goodreads review by Linda on October 06, 2021

There's some humor in this cozy mystery and cats and dogs. I was starting to feel like I was listening to an Agatha Christie story with the narrator's voice. It has murder, mystery and a tiny bit of suspense.......more

Goodreads review by Rebecca on November 05, 2019

Lorinda Lucas is home from her tour. She's fed up. Fed up with travel, and extremely fed up with the tawdry, sensationalist crime books she bought to read on the trip. Roscoe, the pudgy cat belonging to neighbor Macho McGee, is not, however, fed up...or even fed! He's now a ghost of himself, thin, w......more

Goodreads review by Jennifer Defoy on October 12, 2008

I was a little apprehensive to pick this book up, however I am somewhat happy that I did. This is really the first murder-mystery that I have read, and while it wasn't great it did open me up to a new genre that I previously didn't think that I would like. Marion Babson does a great job at developin......more

Goodreads review by Antoinette on March 13, 2014

A light-hearted cozy set in a British writers' colony, Please DO Feed the Cat contains murder, mystery writers, and cats. The characters are well-developed. The plot's a little thin and so is Roscoe, a formerly plump cat who's been put on a diet. Entertaining and charming. I'm going on a Marian Babs......more

Quotes

“Babson’s latest cozy…immerses the reader in English village life, after a witty swipe at the kind of graphic crime typical of Patricia Cornwell. A cast of delightful characters, including cats.” Publishers Weekly

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