{"product_id":"9780712355520","title":"Cat and Mouse","description":"Author: Christianna Brand\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9780712355520\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: British Library Publishing\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 01 Sep 2025\u003cbr\u003ePages: 288\u003cbr\u003eFormat: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eGirls Together magazine agony-aunt 'Mrs Friendly-wise', aka Katinka Jones, finds herself at a loose end in Swansea, and decides to pay a surprise visit to one of the magazine's regular correspondents, 'Amista'. But reaching the address  a strange house perched atop a mountain which matches all of the descriptions in the letters  nobody has even heard of 'Amista'. As Katinka begins to fall for the dashing master of the house, Carleon, more weird mysteries emerge and the plucky Detective Inspector Chucky joins the search for the truth in this self-consciously lurid mystery-melodrama; a rollicking cavalcade of Brand's signature twists and turns.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'From time to time there is published a mystery story which is also a piece of good writing. Such a novel is\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eCat and Mouse\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e...a mystery novel for the connoisseur.' \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eGlasgow Herald\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e, 1950\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'This department has never before admitted its inability to put a book down. But I had trouble with\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eCat and Mouse\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e...A fine melodrama, with a cheerful disregard for the sterile rules of the detective game.' \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNews Chronicle\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e, 1950\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46814052221086,"sku":"ADS-9780712355520","price":22.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9780712355520.jpg?v=1778333021","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9780712355520","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}