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Title: The Judas Cat
Author: Dorothy Salisbury Davis
Narrator: William Dufris
Format: Unabridged
Length: 8 hrs and 22 mins
Language: English
Release date: 10-31-14
Publisher: Audible Studios
Ratings: 3 of 5 out of 1 votes
Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Suspense
Publisher's Summary:
Praised by the New Yorker as "excellent", this mystery novel that features a cat as a murder suspect launched the acclaimed literary career of Grand Master of crime fiction Dorothy Salisbury Davis.
For generations, bitter old Andy Mattson terrified the children of Hillside and puzzled his adult neighbors. How did the scowling old codger, who seemed to spend his life stroking his cat on the front porch, support himself? How did he pass the days? And why did he die such a gruesome death? The police find Andy dead on his sofa, covered in blood, eyes wide with fear. The most likely suspect is the dead mans cat, a howling beast that resembles a trapped badger. But as Chief of Police Waterman digs into the strange death, he finds that beneath Hillsides sunny surface runs a river of hate. An old man was murdered, and it seems many people in town had motives to commit the crime.
Members Reviews:
60 years later, still a great read
When Amazon had a couple of Kindle her books on sale, I had never heard of author Dorothy Salisbury Davis â which is quite a pity, as she was quite well known in her day. Who could resist a book titled The Judas Cat? Not I!
Alex Whiting runs the Weekly Sentinel in the Midwestern town of Hillside, as his father Charles Whiting has gone into semi-retirement; Fred Waterman is nearing retirement as the honest police chief of Hillside. When a 92-year-old recluse named Andrew Mattson dies in very peculiar circumstances, the townâs and countyâs power structure seems arrayed against anyone poking their noses into what actually happened to old Andy Mattson.
Both Whiting and Waterman suspect the hand of the Addison family, millionaires who run factories across the country, including neighboring Riverdale. But what did the Addisons have to fear from an old man who almost never left his house?
Cleverly plotted, The Judas Cat remains as suspenseful as it must have been for readers in 1949, when it was first released. Davis never lets her tale of crusading newspaper man and incorruptible cop fall into cliché; neither man rivals Sherlock Holmes â or even Penny Parker â in cleverness, and they have other flaws, as well. But I couldnât put the novel down, and the ending came as an utter surprise.
I also appreciated that the novel reminds readers that the post-World War II era was not necessarily as perfect as is made out in nostalgia-laden accounts. The type of gambling and political corruption that made the Kefauver Hearings necessary emerge in the novel, and itâs too easy to forget how much sway the powerful had in that supposed Golden Age â much more so than now â when crossing the townâs biggest shot could well mean ostracism, financial ruin, or even institutionalizing in a mental institution. No rose-colored glasses for me, thank you!
A good read.
A vintage mystery with many turns and twists. Kept me interested (read till 2 AM).
Many of the characters have secrets they will protect at all cost. A good read.
glad I found it
Somehow I missed this one, glad I found it. I like her style, her story telling is excellent.
Not her best book!
Too many characters (mostly names starting with the letter A!), had a hard time keeping track of who's who and the intricate relationships. Not her best book!
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Title: The Judas Cat
Author: Dorothy Salisbury Davis
Narrator: William Dufris
Format: Unabridged
Length: 8 hrs and 22 mins
Language: English
Release date: 10-31-14
Publisher: Audible Studios
Ratings: 3 of 5 out of 1 votes
Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Suspense
Publisher's Summary:
Praised by the New Yorker as "excellent", this mystery novel that features a cat as a murder suspect launched the acclaimed literary career of Grand Master of crime fiction Dorothy Salisbury Davis.
For generations, bitter old Andy Mattson terrified the children of Hillside and puzzled his adult neighbors. How did the scowling old codger, who seemed to spend his life stroking his cat on the front porch, support himself? How did he pass the days? And why did he die such a gruesome death? The police find Andy dead on his sofa, covered in blood, eyes wide with fear. The most likely suspect is the dead mans cat, a howling beast that resembles a trapped badger. But as Chief of Police Waterman digs into the strange death, he finds that beneath Hillsides sunny surface runs a river of hate. An old man was murdered, and it seems many people in town had motives to commit the crime.
Members Reviews:
60 years later, still a great read
When Amazon had a couple of Kindle her books on sale, I had never heard of author Dorothy Salisbury Davis â which is quite a pity, as she was quite well known in her day. Who could resist a book titled The Judas Cat? Not I!
Alex Whiting runs the Weekly Sentinel in the Midwestern town of Hillside, as his father Charles Whiting has gone into semi-retirement; Fred Waterman is nearing retirement as the honest police chief of Hillside. When a 92-year-old recluse named Andrew Mattson dies in very peculiar circumstances, the townâs and countyâs power structure seems arrayed against anyone poking their noses into what actually happened to old Andy Mattson.
Both Whiting and Waterman suspect the hand of the Addison family, millionaires who run factories across the country, including neighboring Riverdale. But what did the Addisons have to fear from an old man who almost never left his house?
Cleverly plotted, The Judas Cat remains as suspenseful as it must have been for readers in 1949, when it was first released. Davis never lets her tale of crusading newspaper man and incorruptible cop fall into cliché; neither man rivals Sherlock Holmes â or even Penny Parker â in cleverness, and they have other flaws, as well. But I couldnât put the novel down, and the ending came as an utter surprise.
I also appreciated that the novel reminds readers that the post-World War II era was not necessarily as perfect as is made out in nostalgia-laden accounts. The type of gambling and political corruption that made the Kefauver Hearings necessary emerge in the novel, and itâs too easy to forget how much sway the powerful had in that supposed Golden Age â much more so than now â when crossing the townâs biggest shot could well mean ostracism, financial ruin, or even institutionalizing in a mental institution. No rose-colored glasses for me, thank you!
A good read.
A vintage mystery with many turns and twists. Kept me interested (read till 2 AM).
Many of the characters have secrets they will protect at all cost. A good read.
glad I found it
Somehow I missed this one, glad I found it. I like her style, her story telling is excellent.
Not her best book!
Too many characters (mostly names starting with the letter A!), had a hard time keeping track of who's who and the intricate relationships. Not her best book!