The Cat Sitter and the Canary

This is a work of fiction. All of the characters, organizations, and events portrayed in this novel are either products of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously.

A THOMAS DUNNE BOOK FOR MINOTAUR BOOKS.

An imprint of St. Martin’s Publishing Group.

THE CAT SITTER AND THE CANARY. Copyright 2016 by Blaize and John Clement. All rights reserved. For information, address St. Martin’s Press, 175 Fifth Avenue, New York, N.Y. 10010.

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Cover design by David Baldeosingh Rotstein

Cover illustration by Adrian Chesterman

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Names: Clement, Blaize, author.|Clement, John, 1962– author.

Title: The cat sitter and the canary: a Dixie Hemingway mystery / Blaize and John Clement.

Description: First Edition.|New York: Minotaur Books, 2016.|“A Thomas Dune Book.”

Identifiers: LCCN 2016030748|ISBN 978-1-250-05117-2 (hardcover)|ISBN 978-1-4668-5203-7 (e-book)

Subjects: LCSH: Hemingway, Dixie (Fictitious character)—Fiction.|Women detectives—Florida—Fiction.|Pet sitting—Fiction.|BISAC: FICTION / Mystery & Detective / Women Sleuths.|GSAFD: Mystery fiction.

Classification: LCC PS3603.L463 C378 2016|DDC 813/.6—dc23

LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2016030748

e-ISBN 9781466852037

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First Edition: December 2016