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Touch Not the Cat

  • 1976 first published
  • 319 pages
  • ★ 4.4 (8 ratings)
  • 22 editions

Mary Stewart's Touch Not the Cat (1976) is a romantic suspense novel. Key subjects include Telepathy.

Open Library readers give it an average of 4.4 out of 5 from 8 ratings, and 66 more have it on their want-to-read list. It has been published in 22 editions.

It runs to roughly 319 pages — 5–6 hours of reading at an average pace.

About Touch Not the Cat

Bryony Ashley knows that Ashley Court, the grand estate, is both hell and paradise -- once elegant and beautiful, yet shrouded in shadow. After the tragic death of her father, Bryony returns from abroad to find that his estate is to become the responsibility of her cousin Emory. Her family's estate with its load of debt is no longer her worry. Still, her father's final, dire warning about a terrible family curse haunts her days and her dreams. And there is something odd about her father's sudden death... Bryony has inherited the Ashley 'Sight' and so has one of the Ashleys. Since childhood the two have communicated through thought patterns, though Bryony has no idea of his identity. Devastated, she believes, that the mysterious stranger is her destiny... the lover-to-be who waits for her now at Ashley Court. Now she is determined to find him. But passion is not all that will greet Bryony upon her return -- for the crumbling walls of the old mansion guard dark secrets, tragic memories... and inescapable peril.
Description from Open Library

Themes, setting & tropes

Genres

Subjects

  • Detective and mystery stories
  • Romance fiction
  • Love stories
  • Telepathy
  • Suspense romance
  • Thrillers
  • Romance-language fiction

Quick answers

Who wrote Touch Not the Cat?

Touch Not the Cat was written by Mary Stewart and first published in 1976.

What genre is Touch Not the Cat?

It is usually shelved as Romantic Suspense.

How long is Touch Not the Cat?

The median edition has 319 pages, about 5–6 hours of reading at 250 words per minute.

What books are similar to Touch Not the Cat?

Readers who like it often enjoy Jamaica Inn, Lord of the Far Island and Sweet Revenge.

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