2022/129: The Cat Who Caught a Killer — L T Shearer

2022/129: The Cat Who Caught a Killer — L T Shearer

Conrad quinted at her quizzically. 'You keep looking for a reason as to why I'm here,' he said.
'Because it's strange. It's not every day I get approached by a talking cat.'
'Don't overthink it, Lulu. Sometimes paths just cross, that's all there is to it.' [loc. 115]

Lulu (named after the singer) is a retired police detective who lives on a narrowboat in Little Venice, a quiet upmarket area of London. She used to live in her mother-in-law Emily's house nearby, but Emily's now in a nursing home and Lulu, recently widowed, couldn't deal with living alone in the house.

One day Lulu welcomes aboard a special visitor, Conrad the Calico Cat. (Most calicos are female, but not this one.) She knows Conrad's name because he introduces himself, very courteously and patiently, and finally gets her to accept that yes, talking cat.( Read more... )