A Paw-Sible Theory

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To my son, James, who encouraged me from the start and patiently read the many versions of the first two chapters.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

Thank you to my first readers for their insight and encouragement: Teresa Allan, Joann Gennari, and Lois Berardi Moltane. Thank you also to my publisher, Patricia Rockwell, for making it all possible.

“Thou art the Great Cat, the avenger of the Gods, the judge of words, the president of the sovereign chiefs and the governor of the holy Circle, thou are indeed…the Great Cat.”

––Inscription on the Royal Tombs at Thebes

“A cat is more intelligent than people believe, and can be taught any crime.”

––Mark Twain

CHAPTER ONE: In a Cat’s Eye

In April of this year, a crime was committed in the historic district of Beachside, a tourist town, not beachside as the name implies, but about three miles inland on the east coast of Florida.

The neighborhood surrounding the old downtown business area, and still in the process of revitalization, is a mix of architectural styles as are the people who live there a mix of young couples with children, as well as middle-aged and older retired folks who have lived there many years.

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