Atticus Claw Breaks the Law
Atticus Claw: World's Greatest Cat Detective Series
Author: Jennifer Gray
Book 1 in the Atticus Claw: World's Greatest Cat Detective series
Pages: 224
Published: 2012
Age: 7+
When Atticus receives an anonymous message summoning him to a meeting in a sleepy English coastal town, he packs his bags and sets off. The world's greatest cat burglar likes a good mystery and this time curiosity has got the better of him. The writer of the message, it turns out, is none other than Jimmy the Magpie, gang leader. He is mourning the death of his friend Beaky, who has been run over by a Rolls Royce. Now he wants Atticus to steal all the jewels in town and leave the humans baffled. What could be more straightforward? But when Atticus moves in with Inspector Cheddar and his family, he starts to wonder if a life of crime is really for him . . .
About the Atticus Claw: World's Greatest Cat Detective Series
Books in series order
- 1.Atticus Claw Breaks the Law(2012)
- 2.Atticus Claw Settles a Score(2013)
- 3.Atticus Claw Lends a Paw(2013)
- 4.Atticus Claw Goes Ashore(2014)
- 5.Atticus Claw Learns to Draw(2014)
- 6.Atticus Claw on the Misty Moor(2016)
- 7.Atticus Claw Hears a Roar(2016)
Reading age: 7+ years
This series should be read in order.
Meet Atticus Grammatticus Cattypus Claw, the world's greatest cat burglar. He's a tabby who spells trouble. And he's been hired by the fiendish Jimmy Magpie to steal all the jewels in Littleton-on-Sea.
Atticus needs a temporary home – preferably one with lots of sardines provided. But when he adopts Inspector Cheddar and his family, Atticus starts to wonder, is a life of crime really for him?