Whiskers and Smoke
by Marian Babson
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While the cat's away, a fire starter plays... After the tragic death of her husband, British housewife Rosemary Blake accepts a summer house and cat exchange across the Atlantic in her sister's adopted town of Edgemarsh Lake, New Hampshire. Lulled by promises of of beautiful scenery and a perfect day camp for her two children, she bids adieu to her gentle cat Esmond, and heads off to parts unknown. But from the moment they arrive, Rosemary senses something amiss. Her sister Celia is skittish show more and secretive. Their temporary cat Errol, a oversized Maine coon, is out every night and clearly up to no good. Worst of all, a rash of deadly fires has the entire town sniffing for smoke. Who is responsible for these lethal blazes? The fur flies as suspicions mount, and Rosemary realizes she must act quickly, before a fiery killer strikes again. show lessTags
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Marian Babson Author Marian Babson was born in Salem, Massachusetts but spent the better part of her life living in London, England. Marian Babson a pseudonym for Ruth Stenstreem. Babson has held many jobs that included a librarian, manager of a campaign headquarters, a receptionist/secretary to commercial artists, and a co-editor of a show more machine-knitting magazine. She also served as secretary to the Crime Writers' Association. Some of Babson's many titles include "The Multiple Cat" (1999), , "Miss Petunia's Last Case" (1997), "Fatal Fortune" (1987), "Death Beside the Seaside" (1982), "Murder, Murder, Little Star" (1977) and "There Must Be Some Mistake" (1975), Retreat from Murder, (2004), Only the Cat Knows, (2005) and No Cooperation from the Cat, (2012). (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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- Canonical title
- Whiskers and Smoke
- Alternate titles
- A Trail of Ashes (UK) (UK); Whiskers and Smoke (US) (US)
- Original publication date
- 1984; 1985 (1st US ed.) (1st US ed.)
- People/Characters
- Rosemary Blake; Timothy Blake; Tessa Blake; Celia Meadows; Noah Peterson; Patrick Meadows (show all 10); Luke Meadows; Pixie Toller; Dexter Herbert V; Gregory Carter
- Important places
- Edgemarsh Lake, New Hampshire, USA
- First words
- After the first death, there is no other ...
- Last words
- (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)Perhaps, some day, I would discover what one did in Illyria
- Disambiguation notice
- Published in the USA as Whiskers and Smoke and in the UK as A Trail of Ashes.
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- English
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