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Feminist Mystery Reviews A CAT ON STAGE LEFT Reviewed by Harriet Klausner In Manhattan, Mary Singer hires actress and cat sitter Alice Nestleton to watch her pet feline. When Mary arrives at Alice's apartment house to deliver the pet, she is murdered by her chauffeur. A stunned Alice grabs the pet carrier containing the pet and brings it upstairs with her. To further shock her, a toy cat is inside the carrier. A video of the killing was filmed by a tourist. The police believe Alice is hiding the identity of the third person inside the killer's car, but she truly did not see the person. Alice meets Mary's friend, a derelict Sam Tully. Together, they investigate the killing and soon uncover a connection to the 1985 off-Broadway production of Marlowe's Edward the Second. However, one of the suspects apparently has threatened Alice to back off or else. Will the intrepid amateur sleuth continue her quest to uncover the culprit or will she wisely back down before she becomes a victim too. A CAT ON STAGE LEFT, the sixteenth book in the popular Alice Nestleton mystery series, is a cute and fun to read Manhattan based mystery that will be enjoyed by fans of the series, the sub-genre of amateur sleuthing, and cat lovers. Though the novel contains a relatively simple story line, the series remains fresh due to new insight into Alice and her friends (especially Nora) and the addition of Sam, a hard boiled fluffy character.
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