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Look What the Cat Dragged in

by Jason Rekulak

A pet-sitting arrangement turns uncanny

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AlbakiReads Editorial

A pet-sitting arrangement turns uncanny

Philadelphia cartoonist Penny Padgett takes in Godfrey, a cat whose affectionate habits initially make him seem like an easy companion. Then disturbing nightmares, an insect infestation, changes in Penny’s artwork, and declining health gather around the arrangement, raising questions about the cat’s secret and its possible influence on her. The supernatural thriller pairs a domestic setup with an artist’s work as part of the unfolding mystery, and includes more than eighty pages of original illustrations. The description frames the danger through effects on Penny’s home, body, and creative life.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Readers interested in supernatural thrillers with a domestic setting.
  • Readers who enjoy mysteries involving artists and their work.
  • Readers seeking a novel that includes extensive original illustrations.

Themes

Supernatural threatPets and domestic lifeArt and creative influenceHealth and bodily vulnerability

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Book overview

"Garfield meets Rosemary's Baby" --Publisher's Weekly

From the New York Times bestselling author of Hidden Pictures and The Last One at the Wedding comes a new supernatural thriller about a young woman pet-sitting a cat with a mysterious secret, featuring more than eighty pages of illustrations.


Meet Penny Padgett, a twenty-seven-year-old cartoonist in Philadelphia who agrees to pet-sit a very peculiar cat named Godfrey in her home. At first, he's a warm and affectionate companion who follows Penny all around the house and insists on sleeping by her side every night. But soon strange things are happening: Penny is haunted by disturbing and violent nightmares. There's a terrible insect infestation in her basement. Her cute cartoon illustrations turn dark and surreal, as if influenced by some invisible hand. And her health starts failing, as if her mind and body are under attack by a sinister, malevolent force.

Penny may be a cat person, but she's starting to think Godfrey is no ordinary cat. . . .

Fully illustrated with more than eighty pages of original artwork, Jason Rekulak's new novel is intensely plotted, wonderfully frightening, and wildly clever. He more than lives up to his reputation as having "a freakishly fertile imagination" (The New York Times).

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