{"product_id":"the-cat-crosses-a-line-paperback-1","title":"The Cat Crosses a Line - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eLouise Carson\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGerry Coneybear is back from vacation and settling in for the last three months of her pregnancy -- or trying to settle. She's busy with her work as a cartoonist and children's book author; looking after the twenty cats her aunt bequeathed her along with the big old house on the Ottawa River; and trying to blend her solitary life with her cats with that of her boyfriend Doug and his three almost adult sons.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGerry is nervous about navigating motherhood for the first time without her mom but finds support from her new friends at her prenatal yoga class. Baby showers, candy-making, and prepping the nursery fill her free time -- but things take a dark turn when Gerry stumbles upon a body at a local archeological dig site, soon followed by news of the suspicious suicide of her new friend's husband.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs a massive winter storm brews, Gerry -- now almost nine months pregnant -- finds herself snowed in, with a missing cat and a couple of ghosts. With danger lurking close to home, can Gerry piece together the clues before her due date?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBorn in Montreal and raised in Hudson, Quebec, Louise Carson studied music in Montreal and Toronto, played jazz piano and sang in the chorus of the Canadian Opera Company. She has published seventeen books: three collections of poetry -- \u003ci\u003eA Clearing\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eDog Poems\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Truck Driver Treated for Shock\u003c\/i\u003e; three stand-alone works of fiction -- \u003ci\u003eMermaid Road\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eExecutor\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Last Unsuitable Man\u003c\/i\u003e; The Chronicles of Deasil Widdy trilogy -- \u003ci\u003eIn Which\u003c\/i\u003e (shortlisted for the 2019 QWF price for Children's literature and the 2019 ReLit Award), \u003ci\u003eMeasured\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThird Circle\u003c\/i\u003e; as well as the stand-alone prequel to the Deasil Widdy books -- \u003ci\u003eRope: A Tale Told in Prose and Verse\u003c\/i\u003e; and her Maples Mystery series -- \u003ci\u003eThe Cat Among Us\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Cat Vanishes\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Cat Between\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Cat Possessed\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eA Clutter of Cats\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Cat Looked Back\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Cat Crosses a Line\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHer poems have appeared in literary magazines, chapbooks and anthologies, including \u003ci\u003eThe Best Canadian Poetry 2013\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e2021\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003e2024\u003c\/i\u003e. She's been shortlisted in \u003ci\u003eFreeFall\u003c\/i\u003e magazine's annual contest three times and won a Manitoba Magazine Award. She has presented her work in many public forums in Montreal, Ottawa, Toronto, Saskatoon, Kingston and New York City. Carson lives with two cats in St-Lazare, Quebec, where she writes and either shovels snow or gardens, depending on the season.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 272\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.63 x 8 x 5.25 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 01, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47264753811705,"sku":"9781773241449","price":22.63,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/gPnFNZxleV9781773241449_412d9d20-4ee3-4fca-8bba-f8ed480c04b5.webp?v=1768833096","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/the-cat-crosses-a-line-paperback-1","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}