Cries and Whiskers: 3 (Theda Krakow Series, 3) - Softcover

"A fast-paced look at the Boston music scene and a delight for cat fanciers." --"Kirkus Reviews" "Simon has written a fast-moving story full of lively characters, both two- and four-legged. This series is highly recommended for mystery fans who love cats but who prefer to leave the crime-solving to humans." --"Booklist" "Readers will thrill to Theda's engaging adventures in amateur sleuthing." --"Publisher's Weekly " "A fast-paced look at the Boston music scene and a delight for cat fanciers." --"Kirkus Reviews""Simon has written a fast-moving story full of lively characters, both two- and four-legged. This series is highly recommended for mystery fans who love cats but who prefer to leave the crime-solving to humans." --"Booklist""Readers will thrill to Theda's engaging adventures in amateur sleuthing." --"Publisher's Weekly "" "With Cries and Whiskers, Simon nails it...Wonderfully written and deeply engaging."--Deborah Grabien "Deborah Grabien, author of the Haunted Ballad series " With Cries and Whiskers, Simon nails it...Wonderfully written and deeply engaging.--Deborah Grabien "Deborah Grabien, author of the Haunted Ballad series " Freelance journalist Theda Krakow is back with a cat story that is anything but cozy. When an animal-rights activist who cared more about wild creatures than people is killed by a hit-and-run driver, Theda is not particularly upset. She is busy covering the Cambridge, Massachusetts, club scene and investigating a new designer drug that is endangering both musicians and patrons. Her boyfriend, Bill, a homicide detective, is recuperating from a broken leg, and her cat, Musetta, resents the time that she spends with him. When Theda learns that the accident victim was rescuing feral cats during a winter storm, she decides to help her friend Violet, a punk rocker who owns an animal shelter, investigate. As she learns more about the tensions within the animal-rights group and the origins of the dangerous drug, Theda finds that she may have the biggest story of her career. It may also be her last. Simon has written a fast-moving story full of lively characters, both two- and four-legged. This series is highly recommended for mystery fans who love cats but who prefer to leave the crime-solving to humans. -- Barbara Bibel, Booklist In Simon's energetic third Theda Krakow mystery (after 2006's Cattery Row), freelance music journalist Theda delves into the seamy underside of the club scene and the radical side of animal rights. When Animals Now activist Gail Womynfriend is killed in a hit-and- run, Theda and her pet-sheltering punk rocker friend, Violet, take over Gail's efforts to save feral cats from the brutal Boston winter. The more they investigate the accident, the more they learn about tensions among Animals Now's members, and Theda becomes uncomfortably suspicious of a friend. She's also hunting a dangerous new designer drug making the rounds of music venues and wondering about its connection to an elusive group of musicians who want Theda's attention, but only on their own terms. When her beloved cat, Musetta, goes missing, Theda risks everything to get her back and solve all these mysteries once and for all. Readers will thrill to Theda's engaging adventures in amateur sleuthing. --Publishers Weekly (10/8/2007)

Praise for Cries and Whiskers... "With Cries and Whiskers, Simon nails it...Wonder-fully written and deeply engaging." -Deborah Grabien, author of the Haunted Ballad series "Highly recommended for mystery fans who love cats but who prefer to leave the crime-solving to humans." -Booklist "A fast-paced look at the Boston music scene and a delight for cat fanciers." -Kirkus Reviews When an animal rights activist is killed by a hit-and-run driver on an icy Cambridge street, music critic Theda Krakow can't 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 half-wild felines from the freezing New England winter, they uncover simmering tensions that make the activist's death seem more than accidental. Could a friend have been the fatal driver? Is Violet more involved with the extremist group than she's let on? Then Theda's cat Musetta Musetta goes missing.... Clea Simon is the author of the Theda Krakow (Probable Claws) and Dulcie Schwartz (Grey Expectations) mystery series, as well as three nonfiction books. A recovering journalist, she lives in Massachusetts. Cries & Whiskers her third mystery featuring Theda Krakow. www.cleasimon.com