The Big Cat Nap

The Big Cat Nap is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents either

are the product of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously. Any

resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, or locales is entirely coincidental.

Copyright © 2012 by American Artists, Inc.

All rights reserved.

Published in the United States by Bantam Books, an imprint of The Random House

Publishing Group, a division of Random House, Inc., New York.

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trademarks of Random House, Inc.

Illustrations copyright © 2012 by Michael Gellatly

Brown, Rita Mae.

The big cat nap : the 20th anniversary Mrs. Murphy mystery / Rita Mae Brown;

illustrated by Michael Gellatly.

p. cm.

eISBN: 978-0-345-53239-8

1. Murphy, Mrs. (Fictitious character)—Fiction. 2. Haristeen, Harry (Fictitious

character)—Fiction. 3. Women cat owners—Fiction. 4. Cats—Fiction. 5. Women

detectives—Virginia—Fiction. 6. Traffic accident investigation—Fiction.

7. Crozet (Va.)—Fiction. I. Title.

PS3552.R698B54 2012

813′.54—dc23 2011039014

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Cover design: Beverly Leung

Cover illustration: © Daniel Pelvin (cat), © Shutterstock/MisterElements (yarn)

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