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    13 Signs Your Cat Is Secretly A Detective

    Detective Cat smells a rat.

    1. Your cat keeps asking about your whereabouts.

    2. Your cat tails suspects ... literally.

    3. Your cat wears a trench coat.

    4. And a deerstalker hat.

    5. Your cat smokes a pipe.

    6. And sports a rather dashing mustache.

    7. Your cat often wears disguises in public.

    8. Your cat spends a lot of time at crime scenes.

    9. And is always looking for clues.

    10. Your cat doesn't like red herring very much.

    11. Your cat frequently conducts investigative research online.

    12. Your cat sometimes participates in high-speed car chases.

    13. Your cat prefers to be called Purrlock Holmes.

    Read The Cat, The Devil, and Lee Fontana—a charming adventure featuring Misto the talking cat—by Shirley Rousseau Murphy, the award-winning author of the Joe Grey series, and her husband Pat J. J. Murphy.