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Pet detectives start with dogs and cats who help their human owners to solve mysteries and-or escape danger, then there are tales of
animals solving mysteries in all-animal fantasy worlds, and finally the reverse, the human detective who is hired to find missing pets.
Fiction About Pet Detectives
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 | "Mystery Cats: Feline Felonies by Ruth Rendell, Lilian Jackson Braun, Patricia Highsmith, and Thirteen Other Modern Masters of Mystery" [1991] the other authors include Hugh B. Cave, Fred Hamlin, Patricia Moyes, and Edgar Allan Poe Signet mass pb [12/91] out of print/140+ used |
 | "More Mystery Cats: Feline Felonies by Lilian Jackson Braun, Ellis Peters, Dorothy L. Sayers, P. G. Wodehouse, and Ten Others" [1993] the other 10 stories are by: Phyllis Bentley, Bruce Bethke, A.H.Z. Carr, Gene DeWeese, Edward D. Hoch, Clark Howard, Frances & Richard Lockridge, Kristine Kathryn Rusch, Nancy Schachterle, and Sandra Woodruff Signet mass pb [1993] out of print/used |
 | "Mystery Cats 3: More Feline Felonies by Lilian Jackson Braun, Patricia Highsmith, Edward D. Hoch, and Fourteen Other Modern Masters of Mystery" [1995] the other authors include Hugh B. Cave, Lael J. Littke, Frances & Richard Lockridge, Leslie Meier, Ingram Meyer, Barbara Owens, Edgar Pangborn, Charles Peterson, Steven Saylor, Lee Somerville, Theodore Sturgeon, Jimmy Vines, and Manly Wade Wellman Signet mass pb [1995] out of print/40+ used |
 | "Cat Crimes: Masters of Mystery Present A Collection of New Cat Tales" [1991] Edited by Martin H. Greenberg & Ed Gorman Seventeen stories by authors that include Jon L. Breen, Barbara Collins, Bill Crider, Barbara D'Amato, David H. Everson, Christopher Fahy, Joan E. Hess, Dorothy B. Hughes, J.A. Jance, Peter Lovesey, John Lutz, Barbara Paul, Bill Pronzini, William J. Reynolds, Les Roberts, and 2 more Fawcett mass pb [4/92] out of print/80+ used Dutton Adult 8½x5½ hardcover [7/91] out of print/60+ used Book Sales 8¼x5½ hardcover [5/94] out of print/50+ used |
 | "Cat Crimes 2" [1991] Edited by Martin H. Greenberg & Ed Gorman "Nineteen tales of mystery from today's masters", including B.W. Battin, Barbara Collins, Bill Crider, Carole Nelson Douglas, Christopher Fahy, June Haydon, Jeremiah Healy, Joan Hess, Edward D. Hoch, Richard Laymon, Charlotte Macleod, Margaret Maron, Sharyn McCrumb, Nancy Pickard, Bill Pronzini, Les Roberts, Kristine Kathryn Rusch, John F. Suter, and Carolyn Wheat Fawcett mass pb [6/93] out of print/60+ used Dutton Adult 8½x6 hardcover [6/92] out of print/60+ used Donald I. Fine / Book Club 8½x5½ hardcover [1991] out of print/used |
 | "Cat Crimes II: Masters of Mystery Present More Tales of The Cat" [1994] Edited by Martin H. Greenberg & Ed Gorman different cover two or three years later, same 19 stories Castle Books 8½x5¾ hardcover [9/94] out of print/50+ used |
 | "Cat Crimes III: Masters of Mystery Present A Collection of New Cat Tales" [1994] Edited by Martin H. Greenberg & Ed Gorman "Eighteen original cat tales by modern masters of mystery", including D.C. Brod, William L. DeAndrea, DeLoris Stanton Forbes, Barbara Greenberg, Melissa Mia Hall, Wendi Lee, Nancy Pickard, Bill Pronzini, Herbert Resnicow, and nine more Fawcett mass pb [6/94] out of print/50+ used Dutton Adult 8x5½ hardcover [12/92] out of print/70+ used |
 | "Cat Crimes I, II, III: Masters of Mystery Present The Greatest Cat Tales" [1998] Edited by Martin H. Greenberg & Ed Gorman 54 stories, same as in above three books M.J.F. Books8¼x5½ hardcover [8/98] out of print/70+ used |
 | "Danger In D.C.: Cat Crimes In The Nation's Capitol" [#4 = 1993] Edited by Martin H. Greenberg & Ed Gorman More original cat mystery stories, by authors including Jon L. Breen, Max Allan Collins, Bill Crider, Barbara D'Amato, Carole Nelson Douglas, John Lutz, Sharyn McCrumb, Barbara Paul, Bruce Holland Rogers, Kristine Kathryn Rusch, and others Fawcett mass pb [8/95] out of print/40+ used Dutton Adult 8¼x5½ hardcover [11/93] out of print/50+ used |
 | "Feline and Famous: Cat Crimes Goes Hollywood" [#5 = 1994] Edited by Martin H. Greenberg & Ed Gorman Sixteen original stories, by authors including P.M. Carlson, Bill Crider, Ted Fitzgerald, Tracy Knight, John Lutz, Barbara Paul, Les Roberts, Bruce Holland Rogers, and eight more Ivy Books mass pb [12/95] out of print/50+ used Dutton Adult 8¼x5¾ hardcover [1994] out of print/many used |
 | "Cat Crimes Takes A Vacation" [#6 = 1995] Edited by Martin H. Greenberg & Ed Gorman Fifteen 'purrr-fectly sinister' original stories, by authors including Michael Collins, Catherine Dain, Barbara Paul, Gillian Roberts, Bruce Holland Rogers, ten more Fawcett mass pb [9/96] out of print/40+ used Dutton Adult 8½x5½ hardcover [7/95] out of print/40+ used |
http://www.amazon.com/Cat-Crimes-Holidays-Martin-Greenberg/dp/1556115032/ [1997]
http://www.amazon.com/Cat-Crimes-Holidays-Martin-Greenberg/dp/0804118302/ [1999]
http://www.amazon.com/Cat-Crimes-Holidays-original-Tales/dp/B00KJ2D7PY/
http://www.amazon.com/Treasury-Cat-Mysteries-Martin-Greenberg/dp/0786705418/ [1998]
http://www.amazon.com/Crimes-Through-Time-Edward-Gorman/dp/0785814078/ [2001]
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 | "Cats In Crime . . . and Others" [1968] by Anna Louise Germeshausen, Illustrated by Frank Utpatel, Foreword by Robert Bloch Luther Norris pb [1970] out of print/used self-publd pb [1968] out of print/scarce |
 | "Purr-fect Crime: Fifteen Master Storytellers Celebrate The Sinister Feline" [1989] Edited by Carol-Lynn Rössel Waugh, Martin H. Greenberg & Isaac Asimov; Introduction by Isaac Asimov Some of the stories have dubious cat links; the 15 authors include John D. MacDonald, Edgar Allan Poe, Ellery Queen, Dorothy L. Sayers, and Bram Stoker M.J.F. Publrs 8¼x5½ hardcover [1989] out of print/used |
 | "Mystery Cats: Felonious Felines From Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine and Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine" [1990]
Sixteen cat mystery short stories by authors Lilian Jackson Braun, Hugh B. Cave, Lillian de la Torre, Gary Erickson, Fred Hamlin, Joyce Harrington, Patricia Highsmith, Edward D. Hoch, James Holding, Margaret B. Maron, Patricia Moyes, Edgar Allan Poe, Mary Reed, Ruth Rendell, Theodore Sturgeon, and Roy Vickers G.K. Hall large print? 9¼x6 hardcover [1994] out of print/used |
 | "Midnight Louie's Pet Detectives" [1998] Edited by Carole Nelson Douglas Introduction by Lawrence Block; story reprint from Lilian Jackson Braun ("The Dark One"); and all-new stories from such masters of the mystery as Dorothy Cannell, Bill Crider, editor Douglas, Esther M. Friesner & Walter Stutzman, Ed Gorman, Jan Grape, Jean Hager, J.A. Jance, Toni L.P. Kelner, Lisa Lepovetsky, Barbara Paul, Ann Perry, Nancy Pickard, Bruce Holland Rogers, Elizabeth Ann Scarborough, and Carolyn Wheat — and an Afterword by editor Douglas Forge Books mass pb [9/2000] out of print/70+ used Forge Books hardcover [9/98] out of print/80+ used |
 | "Crafty Cat Crimes: 100 Tiny Cat Tale Mysteries" [2000] Edited by Stefan Dziemianowicz, Robert Weinberg & Martin H. Greenberg Over 600 pages of very-well-written very short cat tales. Barnes & Noble Books 8x5¾ hardcover [2002] out of print/used Barnes & Noble Books 8¼x5½ hardcover [2000] out of print/100+ used |
 | "Felonious Felines: A Short Story Collection" [2000] Edited by Carol & Ed Gorman Short stories (nine new) by Mat Coward, Carole Nelson Douglas, Joan Hess, Wendi Lee, Nancy Pickard, and others Five Star Mystery 8¾x5¾ hardcover [8/2000] out of print/used |
 | "Murder Most Feline: Cunning Tales of Cats and Crime" [16 stories 2001] Edited by Ed Gorman, Martin H. Greenberg & Larry Segriff Introduction by The Editors; sixteen courtroom-related cat mysteries by authors Ann Barrett, Dulcy Brainard, Gary A. Braunbeck, Jon L. Breen, Richard Chizmar & Barry Hoffman, Matthew J. Costello, Mat Coward, Bill Crider, Catherine Dain, Janet Dawson, Jan Grape, Parnell Hall, Jeremiah Healy, Tracy Knight, Dick Lochte, and Shirley Rousseau Murphy Cumberland House Publng 9x6pb [8/2001] for $13.36 Gramercy 9¾x6½ hardcover [4/2003] out of print/many used |
 | "Milk Treading" [2002] by Nick Smith Julius is a crime reporter for the Post and a crime novelist and also a cat. After his best friend jumps (or is pushed?) off a bridge and the lovely Moira asks for Julius's help, his life begins to match the dangerous and exciting fictional one of his sleuth Tiger Straight. Luath Press 2nd edition pb [8/2003] out of print/70+ used Luath Press 8½x5½ pb [5/2002] out of print/40+ used |
 | "Kittens, Cats, and Crime" [11 stories 2003] Edited by Ed Gorman
Eleven all-original stories by authors that include Lillian Stewart Carl, P.N. Elrod, editor Gorman, Edward D. Hoch, and Kristine Kathryn Rusch Five Star Mystery 8½x5½ hardcover [3/2003] out of print/40+ used |
 | "The Unscratchables: A New Breed of Crime Novel" [Australia 2009] by Cornelius Kane {pseudonym of Anthony O'Neill} Bull terrier homicide detective Crusher McNash and Siamese cat F.B.I. (Feline Bureau of Investigation) agent Cassius Lap are assigned to solve the slasher murder of two Rottweilers who worked for the Mob; the trail first leads to a diabolical cat, then to fox media magnate Phineas Reynard. Kindle Edition from Simon & Schuster Digital Sales [7/2009] for $9.08 Scribner 8x5¼ pb [7/2009] for $12.10 Scribner 8½x5¾ hardcover [7/2009] out of print/80+ used |
 | "Code Name: Millicent - The Cat Intelligence Agent Who Came Out of The Cold" [2010] by Bryon Williams of Australia Highly-trained and experienced Cat Intelligence Agent Millicent is sent on a mission to investigate and infiltrate the drug trade operating in New South Wales, where she meets the mysterious and attractive King, a Burmese. Kindle Edition from Amazon Digital Services [11/2010] for $2.99 {sic} CreateSpace 8½x5½ pb [10/2010] for $14.40 |
"Confessions of My Nine Lives As A Feline Detective" [Kindle 12/2010] by Charles Croston (Author)
http://www.amazon.com/Confessions-Nine-Lives-Feline-Detective-ebook/dp/B004H8G0NW/
"The Cats That Spoke Russian" [Kindle Feb 2012] by John Avalon Reed
http://www.amazon.com/Spoke-Russian-Flying-Fur-Mystery-Books-ebook/dp/B007BR5SVG/
"The Maltese Felon" [June 2012] by Renee Pawlish
http://www.amazon.com/Maltese-Felon-Renee-Pawlish/dp/1477418296/
"Mephisto, The Internet Cat Detective, Volume One: Friends, Family & Feathers" [June 2013] by E JC Hall
http://www.amazon.com/Mephisto-Friends-Feathers-Internet-Detective/dp/1490339140/
http://www.amazon.com/Cats-Crime-Fiona-L-Woods-ebook/dp/B00ATUWVDK/ [1/2014]
 | "The Deductive Detective" children's book [grades K-2; 2013] by Brian Rock, Illustrated by Sherry Rogers Someone stole a cake from the cake contest; twelve animal bakers are potential suspects but Detective Duck uses his deductive reasoning skills to quack the case - puns abound in this tale for the very young. Kindle Edition from Sylvan Dell Publng [4/2013] for $8.95 Sylvan Dell Publng 9¾x8¼ pb [3/2013] for $8.95 Sylvan Dell Publng 10¼x8¾ hardcover [3/2013] for $13.81 |
 | "The Sound and The Furry: Stories To Benefit The International Fund for Animal Welfare" [2013] Animal stories for sure, not clear how many/which ones are pet detectives; edited by Denise Dietz & Lillian Stewart Carl; contributors include Gordon Aalborg, editor Carl, editor Dietz, Carole Nelson Douglas, Anna Jacobs, Robert S. Levinson, Annette Mahon, Sue Moorcroft, Mary Jo Putney, Terese Ramin, Laura Resnick, and Janet Woods Kindle Edition from Amazon Digital Services [6/2013] for $2.99 CreateSpace 8½x5¾ pb [6/2013] for $8.99 |
 | "Ginger The Gangster Cat" [2013] by Frank Kusy Rather a treat: a novel about gangster cats, previously available online as a children's book. Ginger is getting old - not that many lives left, and he still dreams of scoring a lorry of Spanish food at Tesco's Market in Barcelona; when he takes perpetual cute kitten Sparky under his care, Ginger sees his chance. But Sparky won't leave Surrey . . . Kindle Edition from Grinning Bandit Books [12/2013] for $3.18 Grinning Bandit Books 8x5 pb [3/2014] for $7.21 |
 | "The No. 2 Feline Detective Agency: A Hettie Bagshot Mystery" [2014] by Mandy Morton As soon as Hettie launches her detective agency with sidekick Tilly, they are hired to investigate several bodysnatchings at Furcross, the Old Cats Home. Kindle Edition from Amazon Digital Services [5/2014] for $5.99 CreateSpace 7¾x5 pb [5/2014] for $10.79 |
 | "Hermelin: The Detective Mouse" picture book [ages 5-8; 2014] 'as told to' Mini Grey An observant white mouse locates items lost by his neighbors on Offley Street, and types up messages to reunite the lost things with their owners. Kindle Edition from Random House/Knopf [9/2014] for $9.78 Knopf Books for Young Readers 11x9½ hardcover [8/2014] for $11.82 |
 | "Miss Ruffles Inherits Everything: A Mystery" [2015] by Nancy Martin Wealthy Miss Honeybelle Hensley of Mule Stop, Texas dies a suspicious death; the will leaves her fortune to her dog, Miss Ruffles – an unruly Texas Cattle Cur who likes nothing better than digging up rose gardens and chasing off U.P.S. drivers. Yankee Sunny McKillip becomes the unwilling dogsitter and she needs all the help that she can get understanding how Texans think while trying to protect the dog and also to solve the murder without losing her own life . . . {Author has also written the ten-book Blackbird Sisters Series romance-mysteries.} Kindle Edition from Minotaur/Macmillan [11/2015] for $12.99 Minotaur Books 9½x6½ hardcover [11/2015] for $16.83 |
 | "TCM Kid Noir: Kitty Feral and The Case of The Marshmallow Monkey" [2023] by film noir expert Eddie Muller & Jessica Schmidt, Illustrated by Forrest Burdett Hardboiled cat detective Kitty Feral searches for a candy-crusted chocolate confection in bookstores, alleyways, on rooftops, and waterfronts . . . 36-page Kindle Edition from Running Press Kids [9/00] for $9.99 32-page Running Press Kids 8¾x11½ hardcover [9/2023] for $11.80 |
"Ace Ventura, Pet Detective"
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ace_Ventura_(film_series)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ace_Ventura:_Pet_Detective
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ace_Ventura:_When_Nature_Calls
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ace_Ventura,_Jr.:_Pet_Detective
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ace_Ventura:_Pet_Detective_(TV_series)
Other Media
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"Jim Henson's Dog City: The Movie"
 | Emmy® award-winning 23-minute segment from "The Muppets Show" TV series, pilot for the 1993-95 animated series; Ace Hart, the dog detective, inherits a saloon from his Uncle Harry which is in the corrupt (and very noir) Dog City; he refuses to pay protection money to vile bulldog Bugsy the Dogfather and also meets a beautiful runaway collie named Colleen. •
episode credits at IMDb
Directed by John van Bruggen; voices of Kevin Clash, Ron White, Fran Brill & John Stocker LionsGate color DVD [6/2010] for $9.98 "Dog City: The Movie" official trailer [0:51] at YouTube |
31-episode half-hour color cartoon series from Nelvana Entertainment, Ltd. in Canada
not available on Blu-ray or DVD; some episodes available on Amazon Instant Video
credits at IMDb • official movie site
watch official promo videos at YouTube: promo #1 [0:31] • promo #2 [0:10] • promo #3 [0:20]
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"Pet Detectives" Game [2007]
 | Matching game produced by Morning Star Games; for 2-10 players ages 7 and up, packaged in a collectible tin or in a box; includes: 80 pet cards, 26 action cards, 4 custom pet cards (add your own pets to the game), 40 pet dollars, and instructions. children's game in a collectible tin box [2007] for $16.99 children's game in a cardboard box [2007] for $14.99 |
Pet Detective Links
No relevant links found on Wikipedia, no such category on Amazon; very little elsewhere (still looking).
award-winning cat culture blog Catsparella [est. 8/2009]
BlogPaws social media company [est. 2009] is a member of Pet360 {est. 1999]
BlogPaws Conference [May 2015 in Nashville = #7]
The Petties: Dogtime's Pet Blog Awards [est. 2010] are given out at Blogpaws
DogTime Media Network - Find Your Wag [est. 2000]
CatTime - Find Your Purr [est. 2002]
Dog Writers Association of America [est. 1935]
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