Figaro the Cat Detective and the Great Dog Pooh Mystery

By Barry Durham

Someone has been hanging coloured bags of dog pooh on bushes! Figaro the Cat Detective and his partner Harrison the toad set out to discover the culprit and, with the help of his two best human friends in all the world, stop it happening again.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Lulu.com
• Release date: Jul 7, 2014
• ISBN: 9781291943252

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Figaro the Cat Detective and the Great Dog Pooh Mystery

Figaro the Cat Detective and the Great Dog Pooh Mystery

First self-published as an ebook in Great Britain in July 2014 thanks to the opportunities offered by Lulu.com

Barry Durham asserts the moral right to be identified as the author of this work in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Acts of 1988

© Barry Durham 2014

Illustrations © Abi Griffin 2014

All rights reserved

ISBN 978-1-291-94325-2

This story is a work of fiction. The resemblance of any of the characters to any persons or animals, living or dead, is purely coincidental.

For my grandson Lex

Chapter One: Slugs, burps and a poison toad

Figaro Stone, the cat detective, sat on the front room window sill of the house near the village green and cleaned his fluffy tortoiseshell fur as he watched his two best human friends in all the world eat their breakfast and watch television (at the same time) before they got ready for school.

Then he heard a loud BURP from under the hedge and looked down to see his partner in crime-solving crawl into view.

Morning Harrison, he said, What are you doing up at this time? Thought you’d be heading for your burrow under that old root you call home.

Just out for a spot of breakfast, croaked