The Cat Agent

by Alison Lurie, Edward Hower (Editor), Catharine O’Neill (Illustrator)

Tom, a striped kitten, hopes to be a detective. He has to learn fast to outsmart some human villains who don’t like him snooping into their criminal lives. Dr. Nancy, a veterinarian, and Lennie, a wise-guy cat friend, lead him into fur-raising adventures among drug dealers, catnappers, and fiesty mice.

The Cat Agent will delight kids, their families, and small animals who like to be read to.

160 pages, Paperback

Published October 31, 2022

About the author

Alison Stewart Lurie was an American novelist and academic. She won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction for her 1984 novel Foreign Affairs. Although better known as a novelist, she wrote many non-fiction books and articles, particularly on children's literature and the semiotics of dress.