The Cat's Paw


Read by James R. Hedrick

(4 stars; 30 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)

Chapters

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

Reviews


(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.

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.