The Cat's Paw - Illustrated

by Natalie Sumner Lincoln

Overview

The Cat's Paw: Kitty Baird lives with her aunt, Susan Baird, who is also her legal guardian. She has just met with a man who wants to marry Kitty. Susan has refused the match, citing his lack of wealth and "hereditary taint," as her reasons. As he leaves, he hears the older woman's voice raised in anger. He re-enters the library and finds her alone and in the same chair as when he left her. But, she is dead as a doornail. Through the tangles of a love triangle, jealousy, a terrible family secret and a hidden fortune, we follow Kitty in her search for the truth. There are lots of suspects, each with his/her own secrets, which are slowly revealed. The case will tax even the most astute detective.

Product Details

BN ID:	2940185829417
Publisher:	New York: D Appleton and Co., 1922
Publication date:	03/01/2023
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	825 KB

About the Author

Natalie Sumner Lincoln, author of many baffling mystery and detective stories is a product of the national capitol where most of the scenes of her novels are laid. She is one of the comparatively few residents of Washington who was born there and has lived there all her life. She is the only daughter of the late distinguished surgeon Dr NS Lincoln and his wife Jeanie Gould Lincoln, who is well known in the literary world as the author of Marjorie's Quest, An Unwilling Maid, and other romances of a sentimental type. Before she wrote her first book, Miss Lincoln did considerable newspaper work writing articles for New York and other big city papers, as well as for the Washington dailies. She held the position of society editor of the Washington Herald for a considerable period and resigned only after her novels had achieved great success.