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The Ghost Cat

12 decades, 9 lives, 1 cat

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The Ghost Cat

By: Alex Howard
Narrated by: Alex Howard
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'A beautifully written cat's-eye view of some 120 years of history. Prepare to be enchanted.'
SIMON BRETT, author of the Mrs Pargeter series

Early morning, 1902. At 7/7 Marchmont Crescent, Eilidh the charlady tips coal into a fire grate and sets it alight. Overhearing, Grimalkin the cat ambles over to curl up against the welcome heat and lick his favourite human's
hand. But this is to be his last day on earth ... before he becomes the Ghost Cat.

Follow Grimalkin as he witnesses the changes of the next 120 years, prowling unseen among the inhabitants of an Edinburgh tenement, while unearthing some startling revelations about the mystery of existence, the unstoppable march of time and the true meaning of feline companionship.

This unique tale provides a feel-good read full of charm for any fan of history, humour and fur-ridden fun. Perfect for fans of Matt Haig's How to Stop Time and V. E. Schwab's The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue.


'The Ghost Cat is an Edinburgh delight: "mizzle-ridden" days were made for books like this!'
LUCY RIBCHESTER, author of The Hourglass Factory

'A beautiful story'
Tiktok's @beansthegingercat

'Enchanting, entertaining and engaging ... I found this beautiful little cats paws wrapped around my heartstrings throughout the entirety of the book.'
Goodreads reviewer, five stars

'A beautiful love letter to the majestic cat.'
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This was a lovely sweet story.
Easy reading and kept my interest.
Annoying when a Scottish book has an English narrator though.

A sweet book

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Lovely read with interesting facts cleverly added into the story, also some parts that made me remember fondly of the past

Great storyline

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perfect company for feeding my new baby during the night. light, amusing and great narration.

expertly performed cosy story

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I’ve learned so much about the history of Edinburgh that I didn’t know. I love cats so was drawn to the title. Having lived around Marchmont as a student I was tickled to learn about how things could have looked there in the 1800’s. Scottish accents weren’t amazing, but I was able to live with it. What a fun and interesting book!

So fun and interesting!

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a beautiful story, i was so sad when it was finished, have now moved onto the library cat. a lovely easy story to follow that brings depth to our beloved cats and the people who love them. (the accents can be quite distracting though)

just beautiful

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