The Cat's Paw


Lu par James R. Hedrick

(4 stars; 36 reviews)

Susan Baird is found dead at her tea-table and all the evidence points to murder. She is supposed to have been penniless but when her will is found her niece Kitty inherits a fortune. Grave suspicion shifts from one person to another and the two suitors for Kitty's hand whom Washington society had watched with interest seem closely connected with the many clues which again and again prove worthless. Until the closing chapters unravel the mystery you suspect the most innocent people and the real murderer and his fiendish devices come as a shock. - Summary from "The Book Review Digest" 1923 (6 hr 47 min)

Chapitres

Kitty! 6:04 Lu par James R. Hedrick
The Summons 13:51 Lu par James R. Hedrick
Details 24:08 Lu par James R. Hedrick
Suicide? 22:41 Lu par James R. Hedrick
At the Morgue 13:47 Lu par James R. Hedrick
Testimony 20:07 Lu par James R. Hedrick
Mrs. Parsons has Callers 19:33 Lu par James R. Hedrick
The Case of the Gila Monster 29:19 Lu par James R. Hedrick
Mrs. Parsons Asks Questions 15:33 Lu par James R. Hedrick
Rumors 15:56 Lu par James R. Hedrick
I. O. U. 21:46 Lu par James R. Hedrick
A Word of Warning 20:16 Lu par James R. Hedrick
Bribery 21:05 Lu par James R. Hedrick
And Corruption 25:01 Lu par James R. Hedrick
Bound in Red Tape 17:25 Lu par James R. Hedrick
A Startling Encounter 10:39 Lu par James R. Hedrick
"K. B." 21:24 Lu par James R. Hedrick
Elusive Clues 17:48 Lu par James R. Hedrick
Suspicion 9:30 Lu par James R. Hedrick
The Feet of the Furtive 13:51 Lu par James R. Hedrick
Mouchette, The Seven-toed 23:41 Lu par James R. Hedrick
Greed 24:07 Lu par James R. Hedrick

Critiques

A surprising end


(4 stars)

This book is ok, not great. it's hard to keep all the characters straight with their interconnected backgrounds. The reader did a very nice job.


(2 stars)

The book is pretty bad, the characters are so obtuse you don’t even want them to succeed. But mostly the narrator’s use of offensive ethnic accents is INSANE. Who told this guy to read the Black characters already absurd dialogue as if he had a mouth full of marbles and learned English yesterday?! Offensive and totally uncalled for.

Tiresome and overwritten


(2 stars)

I listened up to chapter 11, then stopped the punishment. Convoluted crime story that just never seemed to show any sign of ending . Pity to waste such h a spirited reader on pure pap.