An old codger, a tomcat, and a killer
The venerable Herbert Ungley wouldn’t have been caught dead without his toupee. So when his landlady’s cat dragged it into her kitchen, Betsy Lomax knew something was amiss. When she found old Ungley lying behind the Balaclavian Society clubhouse, she knew it was murder. And when the police chief called it an accident, she knew it was time to call Professor Peter Shandy, whose success at sleuthing had already surpassed his fame as father of the world-renowned rutabaga, the Balaclava Buster.
Before long, the Hercule Poirot of the turnip fields found himself knee-deep in unanswered questions: Who was Ungley’s long-lost heir? Where had Ungley’s shockingly large bank account come from? Why had another dead body been planted among the trees of Balaclava College? And would Professor Shandy be able to root out the killer?
This is the fourth book in the Pete and Helen Shandy Mystery series.
great fun As with all of MacLeod’s stories it’s full of humor and wonderful characters. I love them all.This is one of the Peter Shandy mysteries; dealing with a cat, with a lot of character, a hair piece and murder disguised as an accident.
Delightful Cozy Series Something the Cat Dragged In is the fourth book in the Peter Shandy cozy mystery series. Imagine Martha Lomax’s surprise when her cat brought her the hair piece of her boarder Professor Herbert Ungley. Professor Ungley was never without it and didn’t think people knew he wore one. Since her cat Edmund brought it in from outdoors and the Professor’s bed wasn’t slept in, Martha goes searching for the Professor. She finds his body behind the clubhouse of the Balaclavian Society where he was a…
Reading for Pleasure Only Charlotte MacLeod’s Peter Shandy leads the reader on an amusing chase for the villain who ‘did in’ a quite boring and entirely irritating retired Professor. More than likely he and most of his colleagues, including the redoubtable College President, would have let the incident pass unnoticed if it did not seem likely to cast a shadow upon their beloved university. For there was an election of importance to the University in process and nefarious forces somehow associated with the event seemed…