A Cat Named Brat Author:Lydia Adamson Alice Nestleton is suffering through a hot summer in the city when she receives an unusual request - the reclusive New York writer Louis Morant wants her to entertain his Brat, in his apartment, while he writes. When Alice shows up for her first appointment, Brat isn't there, but Morants murdered body is. Morant edited the infamous bar and clu... more »b guidebook New York by Night, which, upon further investigation, seems to contain listings for several establishments that have never existed, and some from the early 1700s. Together Alice and her quirky friends uncover the killer's identity - with a little herlp from a cat named Iron Betsy.« less