Edited by: Stefan Dziemianowicz, Robert Weinberg, & Martin H. Greenberg

The game is afoot, and the four footed are its most cunning players in Crafty Cat Crimes. In one hundred cagey cat-tale mysteries, the largest literary litter of kitty crimestoppers ever convened in one volume prowl the mean streets in pursuit of feline felons, justice, just desserts--and the occasional pat on the head.

You don't have to be a cat lover to enjoy these stories of crime and intrigue. You just have to like challenging mysteries where a twist in the tale comes naturally. There is virtually no crime these cats don't put the paw on. Whether confronted with cat burglary, catnapping, or murder most foul, they work through seemingly insoluble puzzles with a stealth, feline finickiness, and silent grace that are the envy of their two-footed counterparts.

Crafty Cat Crimes includes selections to suit every reader's taste: cat cozies for the domestic-minded, comic cat capers that look at the funny side of human and animal relationships, even hardboiled escapades that mix cats and gats.

Contents:

• The Adventure of the Hanoverian Vampires by Darrell Schweitzer
• A.k.a. Pookums by Martha Bayless
• Ali’s Cat by Diane Arrelle
• All for One and One for All by Steve Lockley
• All in a Golden Afternoon by Marilyn Mattie Brahen
• Allergic Reaction by Larry Segriff
• Archimedes and the Doughnuts by Gene DeWeese & Barbara Paul
• Assault of the Yow-Ling Jewels by Viki S. Rollins
• Aunt Edna’s Cats by Del Stone, Jr.
• The Bed and Breakfast Burglar by Jill Giencke
• Beware of Cat by Kurtis Roth
• The Biggest Crime by John Beyer & Kathryn Burdette
• The Boys by Kathryn Ptacek
• A Breath of Subtle Air by Tracy Knight
• Burning Bright by Carole McIntyre
• The Canary and the Cat by Brian Plante
• The Case of the Incompetent Police Dog by Sue Ann Bowling
• The Case of the Unlikely Cat Tale by Lloyd Biggle, Jr.
• Cat Among the Pigeons by Connie Wilkins
• Cat and Mouse by K.D. Wentworth
• The Cat and the Petticoat by Rebecca Lickiss
• Cat Bay on Cat Cay by Bill Pronzini
• Cat Burglar by Jill Morgan
• Cat Burglar by Kathryn Ptacek
• The Cat Who Knew Too Much by Dorothy Cannell
• A Cat with a Gat by Tina L. Jens
• Cat’s-Eye Witness by Max Allan Collins
• The Cat’s Jewels by T.M. Bradshaw
• The Catawampus Caper by Will Murray
• Catnip by Ron Goulart
• Catnip by Jane Yolen & Heidi E.Y. Stemple
• The Chocolate Cat by Kristin Schwengel
• The Church Cat by Martha Johnson
• Close, But No Cigar by Barbara Paul
• Club Macavity by David Bischoff
• Copycat Killer by Beverly T. Haaf
• Cricket Longwhiskers by Caroline Rhodes
• Curse of the Cat People by Ron Goulart
• The Day Frank Hollings Died by Jo-Ann Lamon Reccoppa
• Deputy Cat by Jerri M. Oakes
• A Drop o’ the Pure by Paul Duncan
• The Duel by J.A. Jance
• Eight by Kurtis Roth
• Evinrude by David Owens
• Eyes Wide Open by M. Christian
• Five Starving Cats and a Dead Dog by Kristine Kathryn Rusch
• The Fix by Michael Grisi
• Freedom of the Press by Barbara D’Amato
• Fur Bearing by Brett Hudgins
• A Game of Cats and Queens by Pat MacEwen
• Guardian of Souls by Janet Pack
• Habit by Carole McIntyre
• The Happy Homewrecker by Leslie What
• A Harmless, Necessary Cat by Nancy Jane Moore
• Heidi’s Bird Wings by Jennifer Evans
• Here Today, Dead to Maui by Catherine Dain
• How Things Get Done in the French Quarter by John Sullivan
• I Suppose This Makes Me Sancho by Gary A. Braunbeck
• The Jazzcat of Division Street by Wayne Allen Sallee
• Jeepers by Adele Polomski
• Joey by Hugh B. Cave
• Just a Little Catnip by Kimberly R. Brown
• Kit for Cat by Julie Kistler
• Lady Windermere’s Flan by Elizabeth Foxwell
• Land Rush by Jody Lynn Nye
• Letters to the Editor by Shirley Rousseau Murphy
• Lin Jee by Mary A. Turzillo
• Living the Lie by Marc Bilgrey
• The Magician’s Palace by Edward D. Hoch
• Man’s Best Friend by Nancy Jane Moore
• Miss Daisy and the Rosary Pea by Sidney Williams
• Mrs. Milligan’s Cat by Gary Lovisi
• My Career as a Cat Burglar by Ron Goulart
• Nothing Newsworthy by Jean Rabe
• One Tiny Slip by Judith L. Post
• Paw-trait of a Murderer by John Helfers
• Powder Puff by Gail Torgerson
• Pretty Kitty by Joyce Holland
• The Queen’s Jewels by Jayge Carr
• Rachel and the Bookstore Cat by Jon L. Breen
• Rags the Mighty by Will Murray
• Rasputin’s Hoard by Joe Murphy
• Rat by Trey R. Barker
• Revealing Russian Blue, or The Flaming Switcheroo by Kurtis Roth
• Roscoe’s Little Secret by Kris Neri
• Sam Spayed and the Case of the Purloined Pussycat by Shikhar Dixit
• Scanning for Dollars by Lisa Lepovetsky
• Scratch Ticket by Christina Briley
• Shiny by Joe Murphy
• Six-Toed Ollie by Michael A. Black
• Slightly Guilty by Morris Hershman
• Stalker Goes A-Viking by Jordan Stoen
• Swirls of Midnight by Judith Post
• Tea and Biscuit by Jon L. Breen
• Tombs by John R. Platt
• Under the Circumstances by Mat Coward
• Watch-Cat by Ardath Mayhar
• The Web Designer’s Assistant by Robin Reed
• What a Cat Has to Do by William F. Nolan
• Where the Cat Came In by Mat Coward