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    The Tell-Tail Heart: Cattarina Mysteries, #1
    The Tell-Tail Heart: Cattarina Mysteries, #1
    The Tell-Tail Heart: Cattarina Mysteries, #1
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    The Tell-Tail Heart: Cattarina Mysteries, #1

    By Monica Shaughnessy

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    The untold story behind Edgar Allan Poe's "The Tell-Tale Heart."


    Edgar Allan Poe’s cat, Cattarina, mistakes a glass eye for a plaything and unwittingly pulls them into a crime even the constable can’t solve - a madman is on the loose, prowling the cobblestone streets of Philadelphia in search of blue-eyed victims. When her beloved “Eddy” develops an obsession with the case, Cattarina takes matters into her own paws and begins an ambitious search for the Glass Eye Killer. 

    She soon learns this is no simple mouse hunt... 

    From spooky Eastern State Penitentiary to the lush gardens of Fairmount Water Works, Cattarina stalks her quarry, encountering dangerous characters along the way. But as the mystery unravels, the more tangled she and Eddy become until even her “man of letters” is suspected of the atrocities. Yet she cannot give up the chase. If she succeeds in catching the killer, the missing pieces of Eddy’s unfinished story will fall into place, and the Poe household will once again experience peace. 

    With their hilarious, sometimes hair raising plot twists, well-developed characters, and immersive Victorian settings, the Cattarina Mysteries are a purrfect match for fans of cat cozy mysteries, historical mysteries, and Edgar Allan Poe. If you like a little cat hair with your literature, download a copy today! 

    >>Cattarina Mysteries (in order)<< 
    To the River: Rescue by the Schuylkill (the prequel) 
    The Tell-Tail Heart 
    The Black Cats 
    Mr. Eakins' Book of Cats (the illustrated companion to The Black Cats) 
    The Raven of Liberty

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherJumping Jackalope Press
    Release dateFeb 11, 2015
    ISBN9780988562967
    The Tell-Tail Heart: Cattarina Mysteries, #1
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    Monica Shaughnessy

    Monica Shaughnessy has a flair for creating characters and plots larger than her home state of Texas. Most notably, she's the author of the Cattarina Mysteries, a cozy mystery series starring Edgar Allan Poe's real-life cat companion. Ms. Shaughnessy has seven books in print, including two young adult suspense novels, a middle grade superhero novel, an Easter picture book, a cozy mystery novella, and numerous short stories. Customers have praised her work time and again, calling it "unique and creative," "fresh and original," and "very well written." If you're looking for something outside the mainstream, you'll find it in her prose. When she's not slaying adverbs and tightening plots, she's walking her rescue dogs, goofing around with her family, or going back to the grocery store for the hundredth time because she forgot milk. The best way to learn about her books is to join her mailing list, which can be found on her website: www.monicashaughnessy.com. You'll receive advance release notices, special discounts, and the occasional ARC.

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