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A Cat in the Manger

A Cat in the Manger

An Alice Nestleton Mystery (InterMix)

About the Book

This Christmas, in the newest Alice Nestleton Mystery, Alice will discover that cat-sitting can be murder…

Off-Off Broadway actress-turned-sleuth Alice Nestleton is just crazy about cats, particularly her Maine coon cat Bushy and zany alleycat Pancho. Now she’s hoping for a merry little Christmas peacefully cat-sitting at a sprawling Long Island estate, where she expects to be greeted by eight howling Himalayans.

Instead, she finds herself face to bloody face with a grisly corpse. Alice has unwittingly stepped into a deadly conspiracy of high-stakes horse racing, sinister seduction, and missing cash. She knows she’d better count on her cat’s clever instincts and nine lives, since her own curiosity has landed her just a whisker away from death…
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Praise for A Cat in the Manger

Praise for Lydia Adamson

“Cleverly written, suspenseful….the perfect gift for the cat lover.”—Lake Worth Herald

“A blend of the sublime with a tinge of suspense as Alice, like her four-pawed friends, uses her uncanny intuition to solve a baffling mystery.”—Mystery Reviews  
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Alice Nestleton Mystery Series

A Cat in the Wings
A Cat With a Fiddle
A Cat In Wolf's Clothing
A Cat By Any Other Name
A Cat of a Different Color
A Cat in the Manger
A Cat Tells Two Tales
A Cat With no Clue

About the Author

Lydia Adamson
Lydia Adamson is the pen name for a noted mystery writer. In addition to the Alice Nestleton series, she is the author of the Deirdre Quinn Nightingale and Lucy Wayles series. She lives in New York City. More by Lydia Adamson
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