The Cat Saw Murder

Dolores Hitchens (1907 - 1973)

Detective Lieutenant Stephen Mayhew has been heard to complain that the murder of the Sticklemann woman was the damnedest case that he ever met up with; that it got progressively worse as it dragged along; and that it set him at such insane tasks as pulling hairs out of Miss Rachel's wealthy cat and forcing a timid fat woman to scream. Samantha, the cat to whom a fortune had been left, was very much the center of the whole story, from the moment when she brought in to Miss Rachel some delicious-looking raw meat, with glistening poison crystals on it, through to the time when she saw murder committed, but remained shining black when the whole tiny room was made a red shambles. As for Miss Rachel herself: there was shock and grief, and a time when the cold fingers of death had almost clutched her. But at only one time was she really desperately afraid. Dolores Hitchens introduces the three characters who make of this book an excellent story packed with suspense, excitement and mystery. - Summary by original book cover

Genre(s): Detective Fiction

Language: English

Keyword(s): Mystery (737)

Section Chapter Reader Time
Play 01 Chapter 1: Lilly is Frightened Mark Nelson
00:24:39
Play 02 Chapter 2: Poisoned Meat Mark Nelson
00:21:43
Play 03 Chapter 3: Miss Rachel Receives a Letter Mark Nelson
00:23:35
Play 04 Chapter 4: Murder Mark Nelson
00:24:04
Play 05 Chapter 5: Something Odd About the Cat Mark Nelson
00:20:39
Play 06 Chapter 6: Paper to Burn Mark Nelson
00:23:27
Play 07 Chapter 7: Mr. Malloy is Missing Mark Nelson
00:20:47
Play 08 Chapter 8: Enter Mrs. Malloy Mark Nelson
00:23:29
Play 09 Chapter 9: The Murder Room Mark Nelson
00:22:43
Play 10 Chapter 10: We'll Be Murdered in Our Beds Mark Nelson
00:19:37
Play 11 Chapter 11: Human Hands, Detachable Mark Nelson
00:22:31
Play 12 Chapter 12: The Weapon Mark Nelson
00:21:08
Play 13 Chapter 13: The Rented Car Mark Nelson
00:18:55
Play 14 Chapter 14: Miss Rachel Sits in Fear Mark Nelson
00:22:05
Play 15 Chapter 15: Miss Rachel Listens In Mark Nelson
00:19:12
Play 16 Chapter 16: Suicide Mark Nelson
00:22:37
Play 17 Chapter 17: Miss Rachel Breaks and Enters Mark Nelson
00:21:06
Play 18 Chapter 18: A Kind of Mewing Sound Mark Nelson
00:23:50
Play 19 Chapter 19: The Footprint Mark Nelson
00:19:43
Play 20 Chapter 20: Miss Rachel Knows Everything Mark Nelson
00:25:07