Almost all the people dear to me have kept or are keeping cats as pets. Many of these beloved people have invited me to visit them. I can't go. I am extremely allergic to the little beasts.
This penchant for felines, it seems to me, is particularly true of mystery writers and readers. I don't know where she got the statistic, but my dear, dear departed first fiction agent, Nancy Love once told me that the image of a cat on the cover of a mystery would increase sales of the book by 9%.
I can tell you this about people in the mystery community: the ones I am in touch with on FaceBook and Instagram post a LOT of pictures of their cats.
I cannot own such a beast. Merely spending a night in a house where one lives can cost me a visit to the doctor. But I can display my cat credentials.
Here are the just some of the cats I have admired.
African Cats
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Italian Cats
An Italo-Egyptian Cat
An Egyptian Cat
Chinese Cats
A Sumerian Cat
New York Cats
The Sweetest Cat I've Ever Met
Next Event: Deivery of the manuscript due on May 10th!
