Monica Shaughnessy

The Tell-tail Heart: a Cattarina Mystery (Cattarina Mysteries) (Volume 1) Monica Shaughnessy

The untold story behind Edgar Allan Poe's "The Tell-Tale Heart." Philadelphia, 1842: Poe?s cat, Cattarina, becomes embroiled in a killer?s affairs when she finds a clue to the crime - a glass eye. But it?s only when her beloved ?Eddie? takes an interest that she decides to hunt down the madman. Her dangerous expedition takes her from creepy Eastern State Penitentiary to Rittenhouse Square where she runs into a gang of feral cats intent on stopping her. However, new problems arise faster than she can solve them. As the mystery pulls Cattarina deeper into trouble, even Eddie becomes the target of suspicion. Yet she cannot give up the chase. Both her reputation as a huntress and her friend?s happiness are at stake. For if she succeeds in catching the Glass Eye Killer, the missing pieces of Eddie?s unfinished story will fall into place, and the Poe household will once again experience peace. At the story?s pulse-pounding conclusion, Poe gets the inspiration he needs from his feline muse, enough to finish "The Tell-Tale Heart." Full of Victorian witticisms and rich, historical detail, this cozy cat mystery is a fictional account of Edgar Allan Poe?s real-life animal companion. Fans of historical and animal mysteries are sure to like this series.