The Judge is Reversed

by Richard Lockridge

Other authorsFrances Lockridge (Author)
Paperback, 1983

Status

Available

Call number

Fic Mystery Norths

Collection

Publication

Pocket (1983), Paperback

Description

When a cat-show judge is murdered, Mr. and Mrs. North are drawn into a hairy homicide There are three things Pamela North can't resist: cocktails, kittens, and murder. Today, she'll get all three. Still mourning the death of her beloved cat, Martini, Pamela gathers the strength to attend the fifty-third annual Colony Cat Club championship show, where she meets tomcats and tabbies of every stripe. Each one is more adorable than the last, but one of them might just be worth killing for.   Those who dedicate their lives to breeding felines would do anything for one of the Colony's blue ribbons. So when one of the judges is accused of corruption, Pamela writes it off as sour grapes. But when the judge is found with his head bashed in and his precious kitties mewling beside his body, Pamela and her husband, Jerry, jump at the chance to investigate. For Mrs. North, this kind of killing is catnip.   The Judge Is Reversed is the 24th book in the Mr. and Mrs. North Mysteries, but you may enjoy reading the series in any order.… (more)

User reviews

LibraryThing member CatsandCherryPie
The story started out okay but then I found that following the "unfinished" sentences and thoughts of the characters was distracting. It would have been nice fir the Norths to adopt the cat.
LibraryThing member laytonwoman3rd
Just so much fun to spend time with Mr. and Mrs. North. This is a relatively late entry in the series (1960), and Pam is in the market for a kitten, having fairly recently lost her sweet Siamese, Martini. A judge of both cat shows and tennis matches makes enemies, and ends up dead in his own
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apartment, possibly bashed with a scratching post, or a racquet in its press. Lots of irate suspects, all guilty of something, but murder? Weigand knows better than to dismiss Pam's intuition, but Mullins finds it all screwy, as usual.
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Language

Original publication date

1960

Physical description

6.8 inches

ISBN

0671443380 / 9780671443382

Local notes

Mr. and Mrs. North Mystery

DDC/MDS

Fic Mystery Norths

Rating

½ (11 ratings; 3.5)
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