The Sleeping Cat

<p class=ql-align-justify><em>The Sleeping Cat</em> is a thrilling story in Isabel Ostrander's best manner. Olive Mercer invites her old schoolmate the beautiful Gloria Warrender to her home. A murder in the garden in open daylight and a missing ring with links to a curious wartime past involves Special Deputy Commissioner Dan Rider of the New York Police in the investigation of several suspects. This is a well-woven mystery by an early author who helped set the foundation for the American side of Golden-Age Detective Fiction. </p><p class=ql-align-justify><em>The Sleeping Cat</em> was published posthumously in 1926.</p>