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The Cat's Paw

Gelesen von James R. Hedrick

(3,955 Sterne; 33 Bewertungen)

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)

Chapters

Kitty!

6:04

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The Summons

13:51

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Details

24:08

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Suicide?

22:41

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At the Morgue

13:47

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Testimony

20:07

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Mrs. Parsons has Callers

19:33

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The Case of the Gila Monster

29:19

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Mrs. Parsons Asks Questions

15:33

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Rumors

15:56

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I. O. U.

21:46

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A Word of Warning

20:16

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Bribery

21:05

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And Corruption

25:01

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Bound in Red Tape

17:25

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A Startling Encounter

10:39

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"K. B."

21:24

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Elusive Clues

17:48

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Suspicion

9:30

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The Feet of the Furtive

13:51

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Mouchette, The Seven-toed

23:41

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Greed

24:07

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Bewertungen

(2 Sterne)

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 Sterne)

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.

A surprising end

(4 Sterne)

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.