Cat Mystery Websites

Canapes for the Kitties (1999)

The Company of Cats (2000)

The Diamond Cat (1996)

The Multiple Cat (2000). About cats and probate law.

The Cat Next Door (2002)

Nine Lives to Murder (1995). A man and cat switch consciousness and the cat/man must solve a murder.

Paws for Alarm (1998)

To Catch a Cat (2000)

Whiskers and Smoke (1997)

Braun, Lillian Jackson. Feline investigators: Koko and Yum Yum. The Cat Who Books Directory

The Cat Who Ate Danish Modern (1990)

The Cat Who Blew the Whistle (1996)

The Cat Who Brought Down the House (2003).

The Cat Who Came to Breakfast (1992)

The Cat Who Could Read Backwards (1994). Originally published in 1966, this novel was the first to feature Koko and his human friend Qwilleran.

The Cat Who Had Fourteen Tales (1991). Short stories, each featuring a different wily feline.

The Cat Who Knew a Cardinal (1995)

The Cat Who Knew Shakespeare (1991)

The Cat Who Lived High (1991)

The Cat Who Moved a Mountain (1992)

The Cat Who Played Brahms (1991)

The Cat Who Played Post Office (1991)

The Cat Who Robbed a Bank (2000)

The Cat Who Said Cheese (1997)

The Cat Who Sang For the Birds (1999)

The Cat Who Saw Red (1991)

The Cat Who Saw Stars (2000)

The Cat Who Smelled a Rat (2001)

The Cat Who Sniffed Glue (1996)

The Cat Who Tailed a Thief (1998)

The Cat Who Talked to Ghosts (1996)

The Cat Who Turned On and Off (1995)

The Cat Who Wasn't There (1994)

The Cat Who Went Into the Closet (1995)

The Cat Who Went Underground (1991)

The Cat Who Went Up the Creek (2002)

Bibliography:

The Bumbler and the Silken Sleuths: The "Cat Who" Mysteries of Lilian Jackson Braun, 5 North Carolina Literary Review 235-238 (1996)

Schleh, Eugene, The Cat Novels of Lilian Jackson Braun, 16(1) Clues 167-171 (Spring/Summer 1995).

Brown, Rita Mae and Sneaky Pie Brown. Feline investigator: Mrs. Murphy. Sneaky Pie's Flea Market

Cat on the Scent (2000)

Catch as Cat Can (2002)

Claws and Effect (2001)

Murder at Monticello (1995)

Murder on the Prowl (1995)

Murder She Meowed (1997). Made into a film by the Disney Company.

Pawing Through the Past (2001)

Paydirt (1996)

Rest in Pieces (1993).

The Tail of the Tipoff (2003).

Wish You Were Here (1991)

Douglas, Carole Nelson. Feline investigator: Midnight Louie. Midnight Louie's Newsletter

The Cat and the Jack of Spades (2000)

The Cat and the Jill of Diamonds (2000)

The Cat and the King of Clubs (1999)

The Cat and the Queen of Hearts (1999)

Cat in a Crimson Haze (1996)

Cat in a Diamond Dazzle (1997)

Cat in a Flamingo Fedora (1998)

Cat in a Golden Garland (1998)

Cat in a Jeweled Jumpsuit (1999)

Cat in a Kiwi Con (2000)

Cat in a Leopard Spot (2001)

Cat in an Indigo Mood (1999)

Cat on a Beach Blanket (1997)

Cat on a Blue Monday (1994)

Cat on a Hyacinth Hunt (1999)

Cat With an Emerald Eye (1997)

Catnap (1993)

Pussyfoot (1994)

Giff, Patricia Reilly. Cat detective: Max. Juvenile mystery fiction.

Kidnap at the Catfish Cafe (NY: Viking, 1998)(Adventures of Minnie and Max; 1)

Mary Moon is Missing (NY: Viking, 1998)(Adventures of Minnie and Max; 2)

Howe, James

Return to Howliday Inn (2000). Juvenile mystery fiction.

Marshall, Evan. Feline investigator: Winky

Hanging Hannah (2000)

Missing Marlene (2000)

Stabbing Stephanie (2001)

Matthews, Alex. Feline investigator: Starshine.

Cat's Claw (Intrigue Press, 2000)

Murphy, Shirley Rousseau. Feline investigator: Joe Grey. Joe Grey Mysteries

Cat in the Dark (1999)

Cat Laughing Last (2002)

Cat on the Edge (1996). The first Joe Grey mystery, in which Joe discovers that he can understand and communicate with humans.

Cat Raise the Dead (1997)

A Cat Spitting Mad (2001)

Cat to the Dogs (2000)

Cat Under Fire (1997)

Olsen, D. B. Feline investigator: Samantha

The Cat Saw Murder (1939)

Pirincci, Akif

Cave Canem (1999)

Felidae (1992)

Reed, Christopher. Feline investigator: Manx McCatty

The Big Scratch: A Manx McCatty Mystery (1988). A feline sleuth investigates white cat slavery in San Francisco. Wonderful satire of the detective novel genre.

Smith, H. Allen. Feline investigator/victim: Rhubarb

Rhubarb (1946). This feisty tiger cat inherits a baseball team, lives the high life and is catnapped right before The Big Game. Made into a film starring Ray Milland (1951).

Son of Rhubarb (1967)

The View from Chivo (1971)

Stewart, Linda. Feline investigator: Sam

The Big Catnap (NY: Cheshire House Books, 2000)(A Sam the Cat mystery)

Sam the Cat Detective (1993). The characters are cats in this book, as in Reed's The Big Scratch.

B. Mysteries with cat characters (not necessarily involved in the solution of the mystery)

Adamson, Lydia

A Cat in a Glass House (1993)

A Cat in Fine Style (1995)

A Cat of One's Own (2000)

A Cat on a Beach Blanket (1998)

A Cat on Jingle Bell Rock (1998)

A Cat on Stage Left (1999)

A Cat Under the Mistletoe (1997)

A Cat With No Clue (2001)

A Cat With the Blues (2000)

Daheim, Mary. Cat Character: Sweetums

Auntie Mayhem (NY: Avon, 1996)

Bantam of the Opera (NY: Avon, 1993)

Creeps Suzette (NY: Avon, 2000)

Dune to Death (NY: Avon, 1993)

A Fit of Tempera (NY: Avon, 1994)

Fowl Prey (NY: Avon, 1991)

Just Desserts (NY: Avon, 1991)

Legs Benedict (NY: Avon, 1999)

Major Vices (NY: Avon, 1995)

Murder, My Suite (NY: Avon, 1995)

Nutty as a Fruitcake (NY: Avon, 1996)

September Mourn (NY: Avon, 1997)

Snow Place to Die (NY: Avon, 1998)

A Streetcar Named Expire (NY: Avon, 2001)

Suture Self (NY: William Morrow, 2001)

Wed and Buried (NY: Avon, 1998)

Engleman, Paul

The Man With My Cat (1999)

Erickson, John R.

The Case of the Vampire Cat (1993). Hank the Cowdog solves the mystery of a missing cat.

Freeman, Mary. Cat Character: Peter

Bleeding Heart( NY: Berkley, 2000)

Deadly Nightshade (NY: Berkley, 1999)

Devil's Trumpet (NY: Berkley, 1999)

Gordons, The. This team writes under a collective name. Cat detective: DC (Darn Cat).

Catnapped: The Further Adventures of Undercover Cat (1974)

Undercover Cat (1964). Made into the Walt Disnery film That Darn Cat (1965) with Dean Jones and Hayley Mills, and remade in 1997 with Christina Ricci and Doug E. Doug.

Undercover Cat Prowls Again (1968)

Haines, Carolyn

Buried Bones (2000)

Lockridge, Richard and Frances Lockridge. The human detectives Jerry and Pam North share their lives with various cats throughout the series.

Curtain for a Jester (1983)

Dead as a Dinosaur (1976)

Death Has a Small Voice (1982)

Death of an Angel (1983)

The Dishonest Murderer (1978)

The Judge is Reversed (1978)

Key to Death (1975)

Long Skeleton (1975)

Murder Comes First (1978)

Voyage Into Violence (1976)

McCafferty, Taylor

Funny Money (2000). Pigeon Fork PI Haskell Blevins investigates the disappearance of a minister's wife and her enormous cat Goliath.

Odgers, Sally

My Aunt Agatha (NY: Macmillan, 1988). Juvenile fiction.

Peters, Elizabeth. The human sleuth is archaeologist Amelia Peabody, but the cat Bastet has a featured role in some novels.

The Ape Who Guards the Balance (1999)

Crocodile on the Sandbank (1992)

The Curse of the Pharaohs (1992)

Falcon at the Portal (1999)

He Shall Thunder in the Sky (2000)

The Hippopatomus Pool (1997)

The Last Camel Died at Noon (1994)

The Mummy Case (1995)

The Snake, the Crocodile, and the Dog (1994)

Wittich, Justine

Hidden Legacy (NY: Avalon, 1999)

C. A Kindle of Cats: Collections of Cat Stories

Cat Crimes (Martin Greenburg ed.; 1997)

Cat Crimes 3 (1992)

Cat Crimes I, II, III (Martin Greenburg ed.; 1998). Anthology of all three volumes.

Cat Crimes for the Holidays (Martin Greenburg ed.; 1999)

Cat Crimes Takes a Vacation (Martin Greenburg ed.; 1996)

Feline Felonies (Abigail Browning ed.; 2001)(forthcoming)

Felonious Felines (Carol Gorman ed.; 2000)

Midnight Louie's Pet Detectives (Carole Nelson Douglas ed.; 2000). Includes stories featuring cats as well as other four footed, two footed and other animals.

Mystery Cats (Lilian Jackson Braun ed.; 1991)

Purr-fect Crimes (Ed Greenburg et al., 1997)

Too Many Tomcats: And Other Feline Tales of Suspense (Barbara Collins and Max Allan Collins, 2000).

Of related interest:

Websites

The Cat in the Book

The Cats' Library

Guinevere and Rapunzel's Favorite Films (movies featuring cats)

The Index of Famous Cats

Internet for Cats

MGPL Webrary

Pekehaven's Tumbling TBR Library

Reading for Cats

Tash Books

Weinberg, Sharon, Cat Tales: Fiction About Cats

Working Cats (from About.com)

Books.

Most of the titles below are parodies of popular books, magazines or philosophies.

Augustyn, Jim, The Solar Cat Book (1982). Learn the principles of solar energy by cat-watching.

Beard, Henry, French for Cats (1991)

Beard, Henry, Poetry for Cats (1994)

Beard, Henry, Zen for Cats (1997)

Birnbaum, Alfred, Zen for Cats (1993)

Busch, Heather, Why Cats Paint (1994). Understand modern art through cat painting. Makes more sense than you would think.

Davis, Philip J., Thomas Gray, Philosopher Cat (1988)

Davis, Philip J., Thomas Gray in Copenhagen (1995)

Feaster, Sharon, The Cat Who Companion (1999)

Gruber, Terry de Roy, Cat High: The Yearbook (). Relive high school with cats in the starring roles.

Heim, Judy, Internet for Cats (1995)

Hochberg, Irene, Catmopolitan (1987). Cats in vogue, and Vogue.

Hochberg, Irene, Good Mousekeeping (1996).

Jay, Roni, Feng Shui for Cats (1998)

Kent, Michael, Meow te Ching: The Guide to Contentment, Serenity, and Getting What You Want (2000).

Mathis, Jon, Scratching the Net: Websites for Cats (1998). Actually a good guide to searching the Internet.

Mendenhall, G. A., Cat Physics (1993). Learn physics with the help of felines. See also Cat Physics.

Mimieux, Mimi, Don't Call Me Fluffy: Radical Feline Poetry (one sound cassette, includes interview).

Silver, Burton, Cat Dancing (1999)

Reed, Paul, Cats are from Jupiter, Dogs are from Pluto (1996). There are a number of parodies of John Gray's work featuring cats and dogs, including this one, and the one by Ronald Robinson, below.

Reiner, Traudl and Walter Reiner, Yoga for Cats (1991)

Robinson, Ronald, Cats are from Saturn, Dogs are from Pluto (1998).

Waggoner, Susan, and Susan Detrich, The Rules for Cats (1998). Both a parody and a satire of Ellen Fein's The Rules.

Warmack, William, Composition with Cat (1997)

Articles

Animal Mysteries (from Mystery Readers' Newsletter)

Cat Mysteries

LAW RELATED FILMS FEATURING CATS

The Cat From Outer Space (1978). A cat alien crash lands on earth, and the U.S. government impounds his spaceship. A scientist (Ken Berry) helps him retrieve it. Also stars Sandy Duncan, Jesse White, Roddy McDowall, Harry Morgan, and Alan Young (from the series "Mr. Ed").

Rhubarb (1951). Rhubarb, a large, golf ball loving ginger tom, inherits a baseball team, and is catnapped. Features Ray Milland, Jan Sterling and William Frawley. Based on the novel by H. Allen White.

That Darn Cat! (1965) Hayley Mills is the owner of D.C., a Siamese cat with a nose for trouble.

That Darn Cat! (1997) Remake of the 1965 film, with Christina Ricci in the Hayley Mills role.

CATS AND THE LAW

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General Guides

American Bird Conservancy. Get the Facts About Cat Law

The Humane Society of the United States. Guide to Cat Law

Websites

College Cats (Don't harass the felines, and if you leave them to your alma mater, make sure you consult with it first...)

Law Cats (from the Ross-Blakley Law Library Blog)

The Law of Cats (humor)

Lemon Law for Dogs and Cats (NY)

There Oughta Be a Law!

Van Vechten, Carl, The Cat and the Law (chapter six of his The Tiger in the House).

Young, Stephen, The Domestic Cat and the Law

Bibliography

Barrie, Anmarie, Cats and the Law (1990)

Cats and the First Amendment

Miles v. City Council of Augusta, Georgia, 551 F. Supp. 349 (S.D. Ga. 1982) (The "Blackie the Talking Cat" case); 710 F. 2d. 1542 (11th Cir. 1983)

Are Cats Property?

Livengood v. Markusson, 31 Ohio App. 183; 164 N.E. 61; 1928 Ohio App. LEXIS 349; 7 Ohio L. Abs. 35 (1928)(Can a cat be subject of replevin action?)

Peloquin v. Calcasieu Parish Police Jury, 367 So. 2d 1246; 1979 La. App. LEXIS 3932 (1979) (even mere "'possessors" of cat have right to sue anyone except "true owner" for conversion (destruction) of cat). The cat in this case was named George.

People v. Barlow, 39 Ill. App. 3d 544; 350 N. E. 2d 554; 1976 Ill. App. LEXIS 2608 (1976) (charge of theft of two Siamese cats proper under the statute)

Taylor v. Welsh, 138 Ill. App. 190; 1907 Ill. App. LEXIS 722 (1907) (purchasers knowing individual in possession of cat was not true owner of cat could not claim good title). The cat in this case was named Major.

Should Cats Be Consulted in Custody Cases?

Raymond v. Lachmann, 264 A. D. 2d 340; 695 N. Y. S. 2d 308; 1999 N. Y. App. Div. LEXIS 8779 (1999) (defendant who had cared lovingly for cat for four years was entitled to keep it)

Can a Cat's Murder Support a Felony Conviction?

People v. Sadowski, 155 Cal. App. 3d 332; 1984 Cal. App. LEXIS 1984; 202 Cal. Rptr. 201; 55 A. L. R. 4th 1075 (1984) (cert. den'd) (appellant's conviction for grand theft with regard to taking and killing of cat consistent with statute)

Do Cats Get More Than One Bite?

Judd v. Zupon, 297 Minn. 38; 209 N. W. 3d 423; 1973 Minn. LEXIS 1055 (1973) (plaintiff failed to show, as required by statute, that Siamese cats which attacked her were vicious or dangerous animals)

Cats and Their Partisans

Fonseca v. Ventura, 1997 U. S. Dist. LEXIS 2164 (1997) (defendant immune from suit arising from his prosecution of plaintiff for allowing cats to run wild; cats not subject to local leash law)

Jones v. Robinson, 2001 U. S. Dist. LEXIS 13971 (2001) (sheriff's deputy did not violate plaintiff's civil rights when using minimal force to prevent plaintiff from seizing cat plaintiff believed was victim of abuse)

People v. Cooper, 64 Cal. App. 2d Supp. 946; 149 P. 2d 86; 1944 Cal. App. LEXIS 1255 (1944) (mere possession of cat does not constitute nuisance)

Poag v. Humane Society of Lawton, 907 F. Supp. 1487; 1995 U. S. Dist. LEXIS 18994; 33 Fed. R. Serv. 3d (Callaghan) 186 (1995) (plaintiff's suit for replevin of cats seized by Humane Society dismissed because statute of limitations had run)

Sara Lipka, The Cat People, The Chronicle of Higher Education, September 27, 2007, at 40 (describing a volunteer program at Stanford University to care for feral cats).

Cats and the Right of Association

Nahrstedt v. Lakeside Village Condominium Association, 8 Cal. 4th 361; 878 P. 2d 1275; 1994 Cal. LEXIS 4555; 33 Cal. Rptr. 2d 63; 94 Cal. Daily Op. Service 6859; 94 Daily Journal DAR 12534 (1994) (Condominium association rule barring owners from having cats does not violate public policy)

May Cats Refuse To Associate? "Cat Lady To Paris: `I'm Keeping Your Pussy!'"

Are Cats Unreasonably Dangerous Animals?

Boyer v. Seal, 555 So. 2d 827 (1989); 1989 La. LEXIS 2964 (if cat causes third party to trip, owner does not bear risk of injury since domestic cat not unreasonably dangerous animal)

What Constitutes Animal Cruelty?

Noeleen G. Walder, Owner Charged With Cruelty For Failing to Treat Cat's Ailments, N.Y.L.J., March 28, 2008. People v. Walsh, 2007NY022001 holds that an owner may be charged for failing to seek medical care for his fifteen year old cat's hurt paw and other ailments.

Should Cats Be Denied Credit?

Messiah the Cat Gets Credit Card With $4000 Limit . This well-heeled kitty got a Bank of Queensland VISA with a $4200 line of credit--enough for lots of toys and a makeover at his favorite cat spa, but Mom eventually turned him in. The bank said the card had been issued "in error." But there's no proof he wouldn't pay his bills. From his picture he doesn't look like a footloose feline.

CATS IN THE NEWS

Andy Newman, Cat Lovers Appreciate Soul Mate in Vatican, N. Y. Times, April 21, 2008.

Fat Cat a Victim of Foreclosure. Princess Chunk is really a boy kitty. His owner can no longer care for him, but now he's a media darling, staying at the Park Meridien, on a diet, and well on his way to a new home.

Kitten, thrown into traffic, rescued

Coyotes, Not Curiosity, Are Killing These Campus Cats, Chronicle of Higher Education, July 14, 2008

Sara Lipka, The Cat People, The Chronicle of Higher Education, September 28, 2007