James, the Connoisseur Cat by Hahn, Harriet - 1991

New York: St Martins Press, 1991. First Edition. Hardcover. Good/Very Good. 84x12x116. No Stock Photos! We photograph every item. ex-library with usual internal markings, some damage to the pastedowns. light edge wear to jacket and boards; It’s love at first sight when a businessman visiting London meets a silver-gray cat named James in the lobby of his apartment house. The two begin meeting regularly for cocktails—single-malt whiskey, neat, for James—and attending posh parties, where James first makes a name for himself by cracking the case of a priceless jewel scam.Soon James is on the prowl, deterring pickpockets on the subway and ferreting out stamp forgeries and counterfeit paintings. In between crime capers, he screens potential tenants, spends the holidays at an ancestral estate in Devon where the crème de la crème of British society anoints him Sir James, and indulges in his penchants for pâté de fois gras and matchmaking with inimitable panache.