The Cat's Paw


Gelesen von James R. Hedrick

(4 stars; 36 reviews)

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)

Kapitel

Kitty! 6:04 Gelesen von James R. Hedrick
The Summons 13:51 Gelesen von James R. Hedrick
Details 24:08 Gelesen von James R. Hedrick
Suicide? 22:41 Gelesen von James R. Hedrick
At the Morgue 13:47 Gelesen von James R. Hedrick
Testimony 20:07 Gelesen von James R. Hedrick
Mrs. Parsons has Callers 19:33 Gelesen von James R. Hedrick
The Case of the Gila Monster 29:19 Gelesen von James R. Hedrick
Mrs. Parsons Asks Questions 15:33 Gelesen von James R. Hedrick
Rumors 15:56 Gelesen von James R. Hedrick
I. O. U. 21:46 Gelesen von James R. Hedrick
A Word of Warning 20:16 Gelesen von James R. Hedrick
Bribery 21:05 Gelesen von James R. Hedrick
And Corruption 25:01 Gelesen von James R. Hedrick
Bound in Red Tape 17:25 Gelesen von James R. Hedrick
A Startling Encounter 10:39 Gelesen von James R. Hedrick
"K. B." 21:24 Gelesen von James R. Hedrick
Elusive Clues 17:48 Gelesen von James R. Hedrick
Suspicion 9:30 Gelesen von James R. Hedrick
The Feet of the Furtive 13:51 Gelesen von James R. Hedrick
Mouchette, The Seven-toed 23:41 Gelesen von James R. Hedrick
Greed 24:07 Gelesen von James R. Hedrick

Bewertungen

A surprising end


(4 stars)

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.


(2 stars)

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 stars)

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.