{"product_id":"the-alarm-of-the-black-cat-paperback-3","title":"The Alarm of the Black Cat - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDolores Hitchens\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eDavid Handler\u003c\/b\u003e (Introduction by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA strange encounter with a little girl named Claudia and a dead toad sparks elderly detective fiction fan Rachel Murdock's obsessive curiosity, and she winds up renting the house next door just to see how things play out. But soon after she and her cat Samantha move in, Rachel realizes they've landed right in the middle of a deadly love triangle that's created animosity among the three families who now surround her.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen Rachel finds Claudia's great-grandmother dead in her basement, she reaches out to a friend in the LAPD to solve the crime. They soon learn the three households have been torn apart by one husband's infidelity and a complicated will that could lead to a fortune. In a house plagued by forbidden love, regret, and greed, Rachel will have to trust her intuition, as well as Samantha's instincts, to survive--and keep Claudia out of the hands of a killer whose work has just begun....\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDolores Hitchens\u003c\/b\u003e (1907-1973) was a highly prolific mystery author who wrote under multiple pseudonyms and in a range of styles. A large number of her books were published under the D. B. Olsen moniker (under which her \"Cat\" series was originally published), but she is perhaps best remembered today for her later novel, \u003ci\u003eFool's Gold\u003c\/i\u003e, published under her own name, which was adapted as \u003ci\u003eBand a part\u003c\/i\u003e by Jean-Luc Godard. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eDavid Handler\u003c\/b\u003e is the Edgar Award-winning, critically acclaimed author of several bestselling mystery series. He began his career as a New York City reporter, and wrote his first two novels--\u003ci\u003eKiddo\u003c\/i\u003e (1987) and \u003ci\u003eBoss\u003c\/i\u003e (1988)--about his Los Angeles childhood. In 1988 he published \u003ci\u003eThe Man Who Died Laughing\u003c\/i\u003e, the first of his long-running series of mysteries starring ghostwriter Stuart Hoag and his faithful basset hound Lulu.\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 288\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1 x 7.7 x 5.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 04, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45816572543173,"sku":"9781613163924","price":23.59,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0757\/6718\/5605\/files\/SSf9uOaymE9781613163924_72c36b72-dab3-437d-9da0-bc987a2fcfc5.webp?v=1771031896","url":"https:\/\/selloorium.com\/products\/the-alarm-of-the-black-cat-paperback-3","provider":"Selloorium","version":"1.0","type":"link"}