The Tell-Tail Heart is a fanciful story about how Edgar Allan Poe might have found the inspiration for his famous tale, The Tell Tale Heart. The story is told by his cat (and muse), Catterina Poe, a lovely tortoiseshell cat. Someone has murdered two people. Both victims are wealthy women, and both had a glass eye. Beautiful blue glass eyes. What reason would a murderer have for killing people who sport glass eyes? Why two in matching blue? Catterina is on the case.....and she valiantly works to get her master to understand her antics. It's hard to point out murder suspects when humans refuse to understand their cats!

I am a huge Edgar Allan Poe fan, so this story was so much fun to read! Catterina is a street-wise, intelligent kitty. The mystery is engaging and interesting. This series is so creative. The book also includes the text of Poe's a Tell Tale Heart at the end.

The cover art is awesome!

There is a prequel story about how Catterina met Poe and a second book, Black Cats, in the Catterina Mystery series. I'm definitely reading the whole series! :)
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This is pretend fiction and is very cute. It concerns one of mystery’s greatest authors, Edgar Allan Poe. He did have a tortoiseshell cat. Monica Shaughnessy found a couple of different spellings for the cat’s name. Cattarina seemed most used and most reasonable. Just like most cats, Cattarina owns her people; they don’t own her. She determines who will be allowed to pet her. All others, beware! And, she led Eddy to the clues that helped him detect who the murderer was. I loved how Cattarina seemed to sense that Virginia (Cissy) Poe was sick, and how she would sleep with her at night to help keep her warm. Anyone who has a cat can visualize Cattarina’s antics as Ms. Shaughnessy described them quite well. However, I did have a gag reflex concerning Cattarina’s holding the ‘eye’ in her mouth. This is the first in the series, but it does have a short story prequel called To the River. Rating for The Tell-Tail Heart: 4 out of 5. ( )

I received this book on a giveaway and I am glad I did. It's not a book I would typically pick out for myself. I enjoyed this book *much* more than I thought I would. I loved it!

I picked this book to enter to win because I love Edgar Allen Poe and I love mystery novels. I thought the idea of having his cat be the narrator was cute. I had no idea that I would get wrapped up in the story like I did. Cattarina is a great character. She is a diva & a detective and an entertaining narrator.

I don't want to give away too much of the story (I dislike reading reviews where the plot is talked about so much I don't feel the need to read the book after), but if you are on the fence about buying this - don't be! Read it now. ( )

The Tell-Tail Heart is a delightful romp in the catnip for both mystery readers and cat lovers. The story is told from the point of view of Cattarina, a black female cat who belongs (as much as any cat can belong to a human being) to the writer Edgar Allen Poe or Eddie as she is fond of calling him. Catters, as she is called by Eddie, finds a glass eye which leads her on an exciting adventure to solve a murder with the help of her beloved Eddie.

This novel is a quick read, evenly paced, and keeps the reader intrigued with “now what has Catters get herself into?” The characters and setting are well developed. The only detraction to the story is the weak development of the love relationship between Cattarina and Snow which may have been better served as a simple friendship. The Tell-Tail Heart is well written and comes recommended for tweens and older readers.

Cattarina is a charming character who most deservedly needs a second story! ( )

This is a fun book noting escapades of a once street cat who now lives with Eddie (Edgar) Allen Poe. I am the owner of three cats so I could fully imagine how Edgar Allen Poe's cat, Cattarina related to her master. The story is told by Cattarina from start to finish and what a finish it is. Cattarina weaves her tale revisiting her life as a "street cat", a cat who fiercely loves her master and is willing to risk her life to help her master solve the mystery of recent murders involving the removal of prosthetic eyes. Being Cattarina cannot verbally communicate with her master, she finds other ways to lead Edgar (Eddie) to the exciting conclusion of "who dun nit". The pace really picks up quickly at the end of the book.
I am looking forward to more Cattarina Tales! ( )