Books with title The Clue Of The Black Cat

"What's come over me? I sit all alone in this dark, desolate castle with no one to talk too. I find myself overcome with fear of leaving this dark place to see the outside world. I've been cooped up inside these castle walls for so many years. I can't remember what day it was, let alone the year. I feel so safe in my castle. Besides, what could this world have to offer me, anyway?" said Count Drac Von Stoller to himself. One night when the Count was reading a book on ghosts, he caught a glimpse of something in the corner of his eye that frightened the willies out of him. It was a black cat with blazing red eyes. The Count brushed it off as just his mind playing tricks on him. The cat leaped from the window sill onto the ground, and headed to the front door of the castle....

Published by Pantheon Books, New York, 1965. Hardcover in Dust Jacket. Written by Paul Berna. Translated from the French by John Buchanan-Brown. Illustrated by Prudence Seward. First American Edition ('First Pantheon Books Edition') This book was originally published in France. This copy is unique by virtue of it being, as far as I can see, the Only non-library copy for sale. The age recommendation on the book is 10-14, but I could see older teenagers enjoying it as well. At the bottom of the dust jacket flap is printed the date 9/65, so you know that both the book and jacket are of the First American edition. 'With this spell-binding novel, as convincing as it is entertaining, French author Paul Berna once again proves that he has few peers among writers of detective fiction for young readers.'