Cat Raise the Dead — Shirley Rousseau Murphy

"I'm not a human, I'm a cat!"

"I have no social conscience! I can't believe you want me to go to the nursing home and play lapcat, and let myself be petted by a bunch of doddering old coots!Animal Therapy indeed!"

Joe Grey was, well, peeved. His human housemate Clyde was trying to volunteer him as a once-a-week Animal Therapy cuddle-kitty. And just when Joe was about to nab the cat burgler who was terrifying the coast from Half Moon Bay to Molena Point.

But it wasn't up to Joe or Clyde. The "pet-a-pet" scheme was Dulcie's idea, and she was a cat who always got her way. Dulcie needed Joe's help to prove that the old folks' home was hiding more that just lonely seniors: a mysterious doll kipnapper, a severed finger, and a very busy open grave!