Simon MacLean Livres

Grad student and cat lover Dulcie Schwartz must fight to clear her name when she discovers Professor Fenderby dead in his office. I could kill Roland Fenderby . Dulcie Schwartz has reason to regret those words when she discovers Professor Fenderby s battered body in his office and finds herself the prime suspect in the ensuing murder investigation. Although she had good reason to dislike the late professor, who had been calling her scholarship into question, Dulcie would never go so far as to murder him. But someone seems to be deliberately putting her in the frame for his death. Who and why? Her academic career in jeopardy, Dulcie must find out the truth and fast. But when she turns to Mr Grey for advice, he seems strangely silent. Could the spirit of her wise grey cat really be fading from her life for good?"

Focusing on the collapse of the Carolingian Empire in 888, this study examines the reign of Charles the Fat to challenge prevailing negative perceptions of late ninth-century politics. It presents a fresh perspective on early medieval kingship, governance, and historical narratives, suggesting that the political landscape of the time was more dynamic than previously thought. The analysis offers new interpretations that enrich the understanding of this pivotal period in history.

When an elderly woman seeks Care's help in finding out what happened to her brother, Care's feline companion Blackie senses he's met this woman before, some time before he became a cat. But who is she - and what is their connection? And is she telling the truth? Then a body is discovered at the waterfront, and the case takes a disturbing new twist

A comprehensive and accessible survey of the great Carolingian empire, which dominated western Europe in the eighth and ninth centuries.

Examines the 1982 disappearance of Kathie Durst, the wife of real estate magnate Robert Durst, who was a suspect in the case, but never indicted

A seemingly routine case becomes something far darker and deeper for novice private investigator, Care, and her feline companion, Blackie.Blackie does not trust Care’s new client, factory owner Mr Gravitz, who has hired the young PI to shadow one of his workers, a man he suspects is stealing from him. With his feline sixth sense, Blackie knows the client is not telling the truth – but how can he protect and warn his companion, Care, when he is only a cat?Combining elements of feline fantasy and traditional whodunit, As Dark As My Fur continues the adventures of this original and unusual detective two small creatures in a nightmarish urban landscape, fighting for their lives and for the memories of those they love.

Dulcie never considered herself a player. But when her friends drag her to a new local theatre company that is updating Ovid with a disco version of The Metamorphosis the grad student finds herself in the front row of a murder. This could be the end of the struggling company, which is also plagued by money woes and romantic rivalries. But was jealousy the reason the performer was stabbed? Or are there darker secrets behind the scenes? And what role does Gus, the troupe s feline mascot, play? As the classics get mangled, Dulcie must untangle the truth before she also gets caught up in deadly illusion.

The past is an enigma to Blackie, the voice of Clea Simon's dark new mystery. This unusual feline hero and his pink-haired companion, Care, are two small creatures struggling to survive in a nightmarish urban landscape, fighting not only for their own lives but to avenge the memories of those they love.

It's spring break, and Dulcie Schwartz has stayed behind in almost-deserted Cambridge, Massachusetts, to concentrate on her thesis. But when a former student turned vagrant, Jeremy Mumbles, is found injured, with a valuable missing book clutched in his arms, Dulcie can't seem to let it go. What was he doing with the book? And why has it turned up after all these years? With Jeremy now the prime suspect for a series of break-ins in the area, Dulcie is determined to clear the unfortunate former scholar's name.

Aided by the cryptic advice from her kitten Esmé and the ghost of her late, great cat Mr Grey, Dulcie can't stop herself from investigating a savage attack on a university student