The Suspect
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“It’s good. I’ve been waiting for the damn cat since April. Been leaving milk out every night and everything. Damn cat never showed up.”
“But it’s back now.”
“Yeah. I think it’s pregnant.”
Silence.
“It’s very big around the middle.”
Silence.
“I don’t think it’s going to go away again. Until after it’s had its kittens.”
Silence.
“Cassandra?”
“Yes?”
“I don’t know what to do.”
“Well what do you expect me to say, for God’s sake? Cats have kittens, that’s part of being a cat.”
“Yes, but it’s my goddamn responsibility!” he shouted. “And I don’t know what to do!”
Silence.
“Karl?”
“Yeah.”
“There are lots of books in the library. I’m sure there’s one here that will tell you how to help a cat have kittens.”
“That’s a very good idea,” said Alberg thoughtfully. “I don’t know why I didn’t think of it myself.” He grinned. “I’ll be right down.”
All the characters and events portrayed in this work are fictitious.
THE SUSPECT
A Felony & Mayhem “Foreign” mystery
PUBLISHING HISTORY
First Canadian print edition (Doubleday): 1985
First U.S. print edition (Viking): 1985
Felony & Mayhem print edition: 2008
Felony & Mayhem electronic edition: 2013
Copyright © 1985 by L.R. Wright
All rights reserved
E-book ISBN: 978-1-937384-66-1
This book is for my brother, Brian Appleby
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
The author wishes to acknowledge the advice and suggestions provided by John Wright, Marti Wright, Evelyn Appleby, Dennis Stewart, Jerry Olsen and several members of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police; any inaccuracies are her own.
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