num_pages: 163
description: Acclaimed New York Times bestselling author Lynne Truss ( Eats Shoots &amp; Leaves ) is back with a mesmerizing and hilarious tale of cats and murder For people who both love and hate cats comes the tale of Alec Charlesworth a librarian who finds himself suddenly hes lost his job his beloved wife has just died. Overcome by grief he searches for clues about her disappearance in a file of interviews between a man called Wiggy and a cat Roger. Who speaks to him. It takes a while for Alec to realize hes not gone mad from grief that the cat is actually speaking to Wiggy . . . and that much of what we fear about cats is true. They do think theyre smarter than humans for one thing. And well it seems they are! Whats more they do have nine lives. Or at least this one does  Rogers older than Methuselah and his unblinking stare comes from the fact that hes seen it all.And hes got a tale to tell a tale of shocking local history and dark forces that may link not only the death of Alecs wife but also several other local deaths. But will the cat help Alec or is he one of the dark forces?In the deft and comedic hands of mega-bestseller Lynne Truss the story is as entertaining as it is addictive ( The Sunday Telegraph )  an increasingly suspenseful and often hysterically funny adventure that will please cat lovers and haters alike. And afterwards as one critic noted You may never look at a cat in quite the same way again ( The Daily Mail ).
language: English
title: Cat Out of Hell
publisher: Melville House