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Leger - Cat Sleuth #23
Leger's Game
Leger isn't the detective this time - he's the witness. After saving Poppy from an attack, Leger must guide troubled teenager Daniel Goldsworthy on the right path to discovering the crime has been committed, solving the mystery and putting the perpetrator behind bars.
However, it proves an almost impossible task since Leger himself has a lot to deal with. Between a potentially lethal trapped hairball causing him extreme pain, a group of friends who are determined to do his job for him and a mischief of vigilante mice, Leger finds it difficult to tackle the task.
Will Leger put his own recovery first or risk everything to finally put right everything that's gone wrong since he got back in Glasgow?
However, it proves an almost impossible task since Leger himself has a lot to deal with. Between a potentially lethal trapped hairball causing him extreme pain, a group of friends who are determined to do his job for him and a mischief of vigilante mice, Leger finds it difficult to tackle the task.
Will Leger put his own recovery first or risk everything to finally put right everything that's gone wrong since he got back in Glasgow?
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First published August 20, 2016
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About the author
Lacey Dearie
69 books96 followersLacey Dearie is a writer from Ayrshire, Scotland. She has lived her whole life in the Ayrshire countryside and sets many of her stories in this area, or in the places where her extended family live.
On leaving school in 1995, she chose an entrepreneurial career path, which later led to a job in book-keeping before working for over a decade as a paralegal. She also ran a small perfumery for a short time and has worked as a mystery shopper since 2007, partly because she likes the glamour of being a spy, although it's actually super boring and there's a lot of paperwork involved.
She returned to study in her 30s, undertaking a BA in Arts & Humanities with the Open University in Scotland, where she gained a distinction in creative writing. She has also studied Comparative and World Literature with Harvard's online program, Harvard X and History of Religion, specifically magical beliefs in the Middle Ages with the Universitat de Barcelona.
Since 2002, she has written for a variety of publications, both in print and online. She is the author of 39 cat sleuth novellas, 2 chick-lit novels, 3 stories about sexually active foods and a blog named Rock Paper Spirit. She has also written a Chaka Demus and Pliers tribute musical, just to pass the time.
She has been an associate member of the Cat Writers Association since 2018.
On leaving school in 1995, she chose an entrepreneurial career path, which later led to a job in book-keeping before working for over a decade as a paralegal. She also ran a small perfumery for a short time and has worked as a mystery shopper since 2007, partly because she likes the glamour of being a spy, although it's actually super boring and there's a lot of paperwork involved.
She returned to study in her 30s, undertaking a BA in Arts & Humanities with the Open University in Scotland, where she gained a distinction in creative writing. She has also studied Comparative and World Literature with Harvard's online program, Harvard X and History of Religion, specifically magical beliefs in the Middle Ages with the Universitat de Barcelona.
Since 2002, she has written for a variety of publications, both in print and online. She is the author of 39 cat sleuth novellas, 2 chick-lit novels, 3 stories about sexually active foods and a blog named Rock Paper Spirit. She has also written a Chaka Demus and Pliers tribute musical, just to pass the time.
She has been an associate member of the Cat Writers Association since 2018.
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August 31, 2016
Too Short
The Ledger books are always fun reads but they are always too short. I know they are short stories but it would be so nice if the stories were full length. I love Ledger and love reading about his escapades. I hope Lacey Dearie continues to write the Ledger series for a long time to come.
The Ledger books are always fun reads but they are always too short. I know they are short stories but it would be so nice if the stories were full length. I love Ledger and love reading about his escapades. I hope Lacey Dearie continues to write the Ledger series for a long time to come.
December 27, 2016
Leger's ill, the mice want to kill him, and someone has attacked Poppy (next door human neighbor). Oh, and Leger’s ‘human’ is off somewhere (I believe Greece) and he is being watched by Daniel and his family (brother of . . . drat, I don’t recall her name now – but the young woman who pops up a lot in the Leger series, though she’s now away at college).
There’s no real mystery for the cat to solve, since he know who did it, how, when, etc. etc. I suppose the mystery would be how to get the humans to do something about the crime. Though, as noted, Leger is ill. Too ill to do much. So others have to step up.
Neat to watch the other cats of Glasgow breaking down into four teams to try to figure things out and ‘set things right.’ Learning, along the way, just how much Leger does.
By the way, I’d make a joke about how even the cats of Glasgow have ‘bloody’ mysteries to inhabit – regarding what I’ve seen of human mysteries set in Glasgow, but I can’t really go there because it’s more of an impression. I haven’t really read much in the way of Scottish mysteries involving humans. Hmm, looked at my tag for Glasgow – apparently I’ve only read a ‘free online’ novel set there with human people involved in mysteries – lovely great book, but not a huge sample to draw on, eh? Heh. (ETA: Wait, no, the P Division books I’ve read are also set in Glasgow).
Rating: 4.68
December 27 2016
There’s no real mystery for the cat to solve, since he know who did it, how, when, etc. etc. I suppose the mystery would be how to get the humans to do something about the crime. Though, as noted, Leger is ill. Too ill to do much. So others have to step up.
Neat to watch the other cats of Glasgow breaking down into four teams to try to figure things out and ‘set things right.’ Learning, along the way, just how much Leger does.
By the way, I’d make a joke about how even the cats of Glasgow have ‘bloody’ mysteries to inhabit – regarding what I’ve seen of human mysteries set in Glasgow, but I can’t really go there because it’s more of an impression. I haven’t really read much in the way of Scottish mysteries involving humans. Hmm, looked at my tag for Glasgow – apparently I’ve only read a ‘free online’ novel set there with human people involved in mysteries – lovely great book, but not a huge sample to draw on, eh? Heh. (ETA: Wait, no, the P Division books I’ve read are also set in Glasgow).
Rating: 4.68
December 27 2016
August 24, 2016
Leger is at it again, only this time he is sidelined by a nasty hairball. The rest of the clowder takes up the chase to right the wrong. Another enjoyable mystery in the life of Leger.
March 22, 2019
A Cats Meow
Leger is ill so must rely on the neighbour hood felines to help cach the bad guys giving Leger a much needed rest. Pick up a copy of " Leger's Game ",find out what happens. Kat
Leger is ill so must rely on the neighbour hood felines to help cach the bad guys giving Leger a much needed rest. Pick up a copy of " Leger's Game ",find out what happens. Kat
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