Spring Harrowing — Phoebe Atwood Taylor

On peaceful Cape Cod, the eccentric collector lies dead on his study floor, his body ripped by a deadly claw. Outside a wealthy young widow scours the dark countryside for her missing wild cats, and down the road the neighbors play a strange game, a game they can't easily explain to the police.

Where was everyone around nine that night? Which of them knew the ancient scandal in Bart Paget's life? Which of them hated the beautiful Susan Remington? And who knew Paget's sprawling collections well enough to unerringly lay hands on the wagh nakh -- the murderous claw used by leopard men?