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    Tourists Are for Trapping
    Murder at the Cat Show
    In the Teeth of Adversity
    Ebook series4 titles

    The Perkins & Tate Mysteries Series

    By Marian Babson

    3.5/5

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    About this series

    It’s curtains for an interfering stage mother in this “frothy, funny” mystery from an Agatha Award–winning author (Kirkus Reviews).
     
    London public relations firm Perkins & Tate has a potentially lucrative new client: the American country singer known as Black Bart. Unfortunately, the Nashville sensation comes with a reputation for chasing underage groupies—and an entourage that includes both his comedienne wife and her driven, controlling stage mother . . . who soon dies under highly suspicious circumstances.
     
    Now Douglas Perkins and his partner, Gerry Tate, need to put the best face on the chaos—but it’s hard to focus on PR when you’ve got to play PI . . .
     
    “Rollicking . . . Babson has a coolly amused, ironic voice . . . [A] fast-paced mystery.” —Publishers Weekly
     
    “A vivid cast of characters.” —Kirkus Reviews
     
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherOpen Road Media
    Release dateAug 20, 2019
    Tourists Are for Trapping
    Murder at the Cat Show
    In the Teeth of Adversity

    Titles in the series (4)

    • In the Teeth of Adversity
      In the Teeth of Adversity

      In the Teeth of Adversity

      Marian Babson
      4/5 - 5 ratings
      4/5 - 5 ratings

      A dentist’s office becomes a crime scene: “Uproarious . . . a hilarious cast of characters . . . sparkling comedy” (Publishers Weekly).   Endicott Zayle is a dentist to the rich and famous—as well as to public relations partners Doug Perkins and Gerry Tate. Now, he desperately needs their help. It looks like his use of an experimental anesthetic has come back to bite him, and a beautiful model lies dead in his dentist’s chair.   There may be more to the story, though—and Perkins and Tate, with Pandora the cat at their side, will have to fill in the missing pieces in this rollicking mystery from an Agatha Award winner praised for her “very funny dialogue” (The New York Times Book Review).  

      A dentist’s office becomes a crime scene: “Uproarious . . . a hilarious cast of characters . . . sparkling comedy” (Publishers Weekly).   Endicott Zayle is a dentist to the rich and famous—as well as to public relations partners Doug Perkins and Gerry Tate. Now, he desperately needs their help. It looks like his use of an experimental anesthetic has come back to bite him, and a beautiful model lies dead in his dentist’s chair.   There may be more to the story, though—and Perkins and Tate, with Pandora the cat at their side, will have to fill in the missing pieces in this rollicking mystery from an Agatha Award winner praised for her “very funny dialogue” (The New York Times Book Review).  

    • Tourists Are for Trapping
      Tourists Are for Trapping

      Tourists Are for Trapping

      Marian Babson
      3/5 - 6 ratings
      3/5 - 6 ratings

      A troupe of travelers in London may harbor a killer in this novel from an Agatha Award–winning author praised for her “wit and whimsy” (Kirkus Reviews).   A group of tourists has arrived in London—shaken by the mysterious death of one of their fellow travelers back in Zurich. Larkin’s Luxury Tours is represented by the public relations firm of Perkins & Tate—so it’s up to Douglas Perkins, with a little assistance from his cat, Pandora, to soothe their fears, boost their spirits . . . and prevent them from demanding refunds.   But after another member of the tour disappears, Doug will have to turn from sightseeing to crime-solving in this puzzler from a “consistently witty” writer (Mystery News).   “Marian Babson’s name on a mystery is a guarantee of quality writing wrapped around an unusual crime.” —Houston Chronicle  

      A troupe of travelers in London may harbor a killer in this novel from an Agatha Award–winning author praised for her “wit and whimsy” (Kirkus Reviews).   A group of tourists has arrived in London—shaken by the mysterious death of one of their fellow travelers back in Zurich. Larkin’s Luxury Tours is represented by the public relations firm of Perkins & Tate—so it’s up to Douglas Perkins, with a little assistance from his cat, Pandora, to soothe their fears, boost their spirits . . . and prevent them from demanding refunds.   But after another member of the tour disappears, Doug will have to turn from sightseeing to crime-solving in this puzzler from a “consistently witty” writer (Mystery News).   “Marian Babson’s name on a mystery is a guarantee of quality writing wrapped around an unusual crime.” —Houston Chronicle  

    • Murder at the Cat Show
      Murder at the Cat Show

      Murder at the Cat Show

      Marian Babson
      4/5 - 7 ratings
      4/5 - 7 ratings

      A “suspenseful” mystery starring two publicists—and a whole lot of cats—from the Agatha Award–winning author of Cover-Up Story (Publishers Weekly).   British public relations firm Perkins & Tate are used to dealing with show business—but this time, the celebrities are cats. The company’s been hired to publicize a major event for cat fanciers, but even if the felines in attendance are dignified, elegant, and well trained, the same doesn’t always hold true for the humans . . .   After a valuable cat statue disappears—and the exhibit’s much-disliked organizer is found dead in a cage with two Sumatran tigers—Douglas Perkins and Gerry Tate must sniff out a two-legged beast.   “The appearance of this second-in-a-series from England will gladden Babson’s numerous aficionados in America. . . . Suspenseful action . . . While many convincingly real cats compete for the reader’s affections, even Doug, expressing indifference to feline charms, falls helplessly in love with a wistful kitten.” —Publishers Weekly   “For the marvels of metamorphosis, stick to Kafka. For the joy of cats, consider Ms. Babson.” —The New York Times Book Review on Nine Lives to Murder  

      A “suspenseful” mystery starring two publicists—and a whole lot of cats—from the Agatha Award–winning author of Cover-Up Story (Publishers Weekly).   British public relations firm Perkins & Tate are used to dealing with show business—but this time, the celebrities are cats. The company’s been hired to publicize a major event for cat fanciers, but even if the felines in attendance are dignified, elegant, and well trained, the same doesn’t always hold true for the humans . . .   After a valuable cat statue disappears—and the exhibit’s much-disliked organizer is found dead in a cage with two Sumatran tigers—Douglas Perkins and Gerry Tate must sniff out a two-legged beast.   “The appearance of this second-in-a-series from England will gladden Babson’s numerous aficionados in America. . . . Suspenseful action . . . While many convincingly real cats compete for the reader’s affections, even Doug, expressing indifference to feline charms, falls helplessly in love with a wistful kitten.” —Publishers Weekly   “For the marvels of metamorphosis, stick to Kafka. For the joy of cats, consider Ms. Babson.” —The New York Times Book Review on Nine Lives to Murder  

    • Cover-Up Story
      Cover-Up Story

      Cover-Up Story

      Marian Babson
      4/5 - 4 ratings
      4/5 - 4 ratings

      It’s curtains for an interfering stage mother in this “frothy, funny” mystery from an Agatha Award–winning author (Kirkus Reviews).   London public relations firm Perkins & Tate has a potentially lucrative new client: the American country singer known as Black Bart. Unfortunately, the Nashville sensation comes with a reputation for chasing underage groupies—and an entourage that includes both his comedienne wife and her driven, controlling stage mother . . . who soon dies under highly suspicious circumstances.   Now Douglas Perkins and his partner, Gerry Tate, need to put the best face on the chaos—but it’s hard to focus on PR when you’ve got to play PI . . .   “Rollicking . . . Babson has a coolly amused, ironic voice . . . [A] fast-paced mystery.” —Publishers Weekly   “A vivid cast of characters.” —Kirkus Reviews  

      It’s curtains for an interfering stage mother in this “frothy, funny” mystery from an Agatha Award–winning author (Kirkus Reviews).   London public relations firm Perkins & Tate has a potentially lucrative new client: the American country singer known as Black Bart. Unfortunately, the Nashville sensation comes with a reputation for chasing underage groupies—and an entourage that includes both his comedienne wife and her driven, controlling stage mother . . . who soon dies under highly suspicious circumstances.   Now Douglas Perkins and his partner, Gerry Tate, need to put the best face on the chaos—but it’s hard to focus on PR when you’ve got to play PI . . .   “Rollicking . . . Babson has a coolly amused, ironic voice . . . [A] fast-paced mystery.” —Publishers Weekly   “A vivid cast of characters.” —Kirkus Reviews  

    Author

    Marian Babson

    Marian Babson, born Ruth Stenstreem, is an American mystery writer. Her first published work was Cover-Up Story (1971), and she has written over forty-five mysteries. Babson served as secretary of the Crime Writers’ Association and was awarded the CWA Dagger in the Library in 1996.  

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