Hard Evidence: A Cat Marsala Mystery (Wheeler Large Print Book Series) - Softcover

D'Amato, Barbara

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1568958617 ISBN 13: 9781568958613

Publisher: Wheeler Pub Inc, 2000

Synopsis

It begins with a romantic dinner for three: Chicago journalist Cat Marsala, her semi-significant other, Dr. Sam Davidian, and a temporary houseguest named Dapper, a Dalmatian with a bone to pick. Unfortunately, Dapper's doggie treat happens to be from a human cadaver. It's just one piece in a grisly puzzle that leads Cat to a panic-stricken butcher—and an elite catering service that's feeding the appetite of an ingenious killer. And piecing the mystery together has left Cat to wonder... What other evidence in this grisly murder remains to be seen?

About this title

About the Author:

Barbara D'Amato was the 1999-2000 president of Mystery Writers of America. D'Amato is also a past president of Sisters in Crime International. She writes a mystery series starring Chicago freelance investigative reporter Cat Marsala, a series starring Chicago patrol cops Suze Figueroa and Norm Bennis, and standalone novels. D'Amato is a playwright, novelist, and crime researcher. Her research on the Dr. John Branion murder case formed the basis for a segment on Unsolved Mysteries, and she appeared on the program. Her musical comedy The Magic Man and the children's musical The Magic of Young Houdini, written with husband Anthony D'Amato, played in Chicago and London. Their Prohibition-era musical comedy RSVP Broadway, which played in Chicago in 1980, was named an "event of particular interest" by Chicago magazine. A native of Michigan, she has been a resident of Chicago for many years. D'Amato has been a columnist for the Sisters in Crime newsletter and Mystery Scene magazine. She has worked as an assistant surgical orderly, carpenter for stage magic illusions, assistant tiger handler, stage manager, researcher for attorneys in criminal cases, and she occasionally teaches mystery writing to Chicago police officers.

Synopsis:

Freelance Chicago journalist Cat Marsala's plans to relax at home with her significant other, Dr. Sam Davidian, and a temporary canine house guest, Dapper, is interrupted when Sam realizes that the bone Cat had purchased for the dog at the local food emporium is really a human leg bone.

About this edition

• Publisher: Wheeler Pub Inc
• Publication date: 2000
• ISBN 10: 1568958617
• ISBN 13: 9781568958613
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 247