Synopses & Reviews
Marian Babson brings back theater actresses Trixie and Evangeline in No Cooperation from the Cat, her latest cat-suffused cozy!
Trixies daughter Martha has taken up residence in the kitchen she shares with her friend Evangeline. Martha is frantically testing last-minute recipes to meet the deadline for her cookbook, helped by Jocasta, her overworked editor. When a strange man bursts into their lives, its revealed that Martha was not the first choice for the cookbook, and that the woman originally working on it died after eating something at a cooking demonstration. Unwanted guests descend on the already crowded and tense apartment, one of whom ends up dead. Cho-Cho-San, the lovely Japanese bobtail cat, joins in the fun as Trixie and Evangeline become entangled in another puzzling murder.
Babson delivers a delightfully witty mystery with a cast sure to induce laughs, including one cat that will steal readers hearts.
Review
Praise for Marian Babson: "The humor is playful rather than clawed in this slinky feline extravaganza." --
Publishers Weekly on
The Company of Cats"As sly as the cat with the cream,
The Cat Next Door spoofs both cat crimes and cozies."--
RT Book Reviews"Babson...stages one of her most frivolous throwbacks to a simpler era involving, as Trixie says of Arsenic and Old Lace, nothing more serious than 'serial murder, gentle madness and threatened menace.' "
--Kirkus Reviews on The Cat Who Wasn't a Dog
Review
"Fans of frothy, dialogue-heavy British cozies will be in heaven right up to the madcap climax."--Publishers Weekly
Synopsis
"Marian Babson is the queen of the cozies."--
Mystery News Marion Babson's long running series of British cozies tell light-hearted, entertaining stories filled with interesting cats and people. This latest features the aging actresses Trixie and Evangeline. Trixie's daughter Martha has been occupying their kitchen, frantically testing last-minute recipes to meet the deadline for her cookbook, helped by Jocasta, her overworked editor. When a strange man bursts into the house, it's revealed that Martha was not the first choice for the cookbook, and that the woman originally working on it died after eating one of the recipes. Cho-Cho-San, the lovely Japanese bobtail cat, joins in the fun as Trixie and Evangeline become entangled in another puzzling mystery.
About the Author
Marian Babson was born in Salem, Massachusetts, but has lived in London for the greater part of her life. She has worked as a librarian, a receptionist, a secretary, and a den mother to a firm of commercial artists, and was co-editor of a knitting machine magazine despite the fact that she cant knit, even with two needles. A long sojourn as a temp sent her into the heart of business life all over London, working for architects, law firms, the British Museum, a Soho club, and even a visiting superstar. She also served as secretary to the Crime Writers Association.
Marian Babson is now a full-time writer, and her many interests include theater, cinema, art, cooking, travel, and, of course, cats.