The Cat, The Devil and Lee Fontana - A Novel

To the devil, the span of a human life is as brief as spit on the wind. But the challenge of playing with flawed humans, like a cat toying with a mouse, is endlessly amusing. If the devil loses a wager, though, he will harass a person's descendants until he eventually gets his due. Which is why he's tormenting Lee Fontana. The night before Lee, a train robber, is paroled from jail, Satan terrifies and tempts the thief with the promise of one more successful heist. Struggling to live an honest life working on a farm in Southern California with old friends, opportunities to get rich quick seem to appear at every turn and the temptation becomes too much to bear. But Lee has a secret ally looking out for him. The prison cat Misto, a yellow-tabby ghost, will tail the ex-con on his dangerous mission--an adventure that will leave a long legacy for everyone's favorite sleuthing cat, Joe Grey, and his pals in the charming California coastal town of Molina Point.

About the author

Shirley Rousseau Murphy was the author of twenty-one mysteries in the Joe Grey series, for which she won the Cat Writers’ Association Muse Medallion nine years in a row and received ten national Cat Writers’ Association Awards for best novel of the year. She was also a noted children’s book author and received five Council of Authors and Journalists Awards.
Pat J. J. Murphy spent his career as a federal probation officer in California and in Oregon, as well as the chief USPO in Panama and Georgia, where he retired as chief probation officer for the Northern District of Georgia. The Murphys retired to their home state of California, settling with their two lady cats in Carmel.

Product details

• Authors: Pat J J Murphy, Pat J. Murphy, Pat J. J. Murphy, Shirley Rousseau Murphy, Shirley Rousseau/ Murphy Murphy, Murphy Shirley Rousseau
• Publisher: Harper Collins Usa
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 11.02.2014
• EAN: 9780062298539
• ISBN: 978-0-06-229853-9
• No. of pages: 416
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 229 mm x 21 mm
• Subjects: Fiction > Suspense; Fantasy, Urban Fantasy, Occult fiction, Crime and mystery fiction, Crime and mystery: women sleuths, Crime and mystery: cosy mystery, FICTION: General, FICTION: Thrillers / Suspense, FICTION: Fantasy / Urban, FICTION: Mystery & Detective / Women Sleuths, FICTION: Mystery & Detective / General, FICTION: Fantasy / Paranormal, FICTION: Mystery & Detective / Cozy / General, FICTION: Animals, FICTION: Mystery & Detective / Cozy / Paranormal