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Catty Murder Doug Perkins doesn't dislike cats-he just isn't especially interested in them. But the struggling young London public relations firm of Perkins and Tate can't afford to be choosy about the jobs they take. So when Doug is asked to do the PR for a glorified feline extravaganza called "Cats Through the Ages," he doesn't hesitate. But it isn't long before he wishes he had hesitated... There are some very valuable cats on exhibit-even a few feline celebrities. Then the robbery of a gold statue of Dick Whittington's cat sets nerves on edge. The theft is not exactly a PR man's dream, but this disaster pales in comparison to the gruesome murder that follows. Someone has knocked unconscious the show's organizer, the universally despised Rose Chesne-Malverne, and pushed her into the cage with a pair of feral tigers fancifully named Pyramus and Thisbe-with predictably fatal results. Now, it's up to Doug to find an elusive killer who appears to have nine lives of his own...
Reviews (3)
Publisher's Weekly Review
While publicizing a cat show, Doug Perkins investigates the theft of a famous golden cat statue and the murder of the show's organizer. ``The appearance of this second-in-a-series from England will gladden Babson's numerous aficionados in America,'' determined PW . (Oct.) (c) Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved
Kirkus Review
An insipid second outing for the PR firm of Doug Perkins and Gerry Tate (Cover-up Story), now hired by organizer Rose Chesne-Malvern to publicize a show called Cats Through the Ages, held in one of London's airport hotels. We're given an exhaustive rundown of the prime exhibits--star turn Lady Purr-fect; breeder Helena Keswick's Mother Brown and her latest litter; writer Kellington Dasczo's Pearlie King; Betty Lington's beautiful, stupid Silver Fir; a pair of Sumatran tigers shown by Latin ex-revolutionary Carlotta Montera; and Rose's own entry, Pandora, who promptly adopts Doug. Sculptor Hugo Verrier has cast a replica of Dick Whittington's cat in gold with emerald eyes and insured it for an immense sum. The disappearance of the gold cat is followed by the discovery of organizer Rose's body in the tiger's cage. The police inspector in charge, however, soon pinpoints her killer--in a clumsy climax that has Doug playing hero with an enraged tiger. Not content with her relentlessly delineated cats, the author has thrown in a subplot involving a trio of ""cute"" youngsters. For feline fanciers only, and a downer in Babson's uneven production. Copyright ©Kirkus Reviews, used with permission.
Booklist Review
The misadventures of Gerry Tate and Doug Perkins of Perkins & Tate Public Relations continue here as they agree to handle publicity for the Cats through the Ages exhibition, a show of purebred cats held in a London hotel, featuring "working cats," the pampered felines who grace advertisements and movies (and have personalities to match their roles), and a pair of Sumatran tigers, Pyramis and Thisbe, objects of great curiosity following their appearance in a best-selling book. As Doug is not overly fond of cats, the assignment definitely has its drawbacks, including the organizer of the show, Rose Chesne-Malvern. When a centerpiece exhibit--a cat statue made of gold with emeralds for eyes--is stolen and Chesne-Malvern ends up apparently mauled to death in the tigers' cage, Doug ponders the vagaries of the public relations business with regret, but also manages to make friends with a Siamese cat amidst the chaos. A very lighthearted and pleasurable mystery, filled with cat-loving eccentrics and disdainful felines. --Stuart Miller