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A Case of the Claws

Classic Tales of Feline Crime
By Cecily Gayford and Edmund Crispin and Patricia Highsmith and Catherine Aird and Ellis Peters
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It's deep winter and time to light the fire, pull up a blanket and curl up with your cat. But has it occurred to you that your feline companion might be licking blood from its paws? Slink through shadows and brush with death in these classic... Read More
Format: Hardback
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A Case of the Claws

Soft paws, sharp claws: four classic crime tales to delight crime fiction and cat lovers at Christmas.

Soft paws, sharp claws: four classic crime tales to delight crime-fiction and cat lovers at Christmas

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It's deep winter and time to light the fire, pull up a blanket and curl up with your cat. But has it occurred to you that your feline companion might be licking blood from its paws?

Slink through shadows and brush with death in these classic cat-themed mystery tales from beloved crime authors Catherine Aird, Edmund Crispin, Patricia Highsmith, and Ellis Peters.

A Case of the Claws brings a thrilling winter chill to the festive season and asks: are these furry friends the guardians of our secrets or omens of misfortune?

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781805226086

Publisher: Profile Books Ltd

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 23 October 2025

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Profile Books Ltd

Edition: Main

Illustration: chapter heading illustrations

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 18.0mm

Width: 118.0mm

Height: 182.0mm

Weight: 149g

Pages: 96

Collections

Catherine Aird Cecily Gayford Crime & Thriller Edmund Crispin Ellis Peters Fiction General Fiction Patricia Highsmith Science & Nature

About the Author

Catherine Aird (b.1930) is the author of more than twenty crime novels and several collections of short stories. Edmund Crispin (1921-78) was famous for his Gervase Fen novels. Patricia Highsmith (1921-1995) was the author of more than twenty novels, including The Talented Mr. Ripley, as well as numerous short stories. Ellis Peters (1913-95) was best known as the author of The Cadfael Chronicles.

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