Milk Treading

About the Book: 

Life isn't easy for Julius Kyle, a jaded crime hack with the Post. When he wakes up on a sand barge with his head full of grit he knows things have to change. But how fast they'll change he doesn't guess until his best friend Mick jumps to his death off a fifty-foot bridge outside the Post's window. Worst of all, he's a cat. That means keeping himself scrupulously clean, defending his territory and battling an addiction to milk. Life isn't easy for a small cat with a big mouth, uttering words that could lead to a riot - or a war. So when the lovely Moira begs Julius for help, Julius is drawn brutally into a life he has only lived in his novels - the life of his hero sleuth Tiger Straight. The cats live in a city called Bast, a sprawling world of alleyways and claw-shaped towers. Julius has to contend with political intrigue, territorial disputes and dog-burglars. For murder, mystery, mayhem and milk treading ...join Julius as he prowls deeper and deeper into the crooked underworld of Bast.

Reviews:

Milk Treading is equal parts Watership Down, Animal Farm and The Big Sleep. A novel of class struggle, political intrigue and good old-fashioned murder and intrigue. And, oh yeah, all the characters are either cats, or dogs. TOD GOLDBERG, LAS VEGAS MERCURY

About the Author:

NICK SMITH was born in Bristol, England in 1972. Since winning his first literary award at the age of 15, he has been a writer and editor of magazines, newspapers and anthologies. His previous books are Scriptwriting: The Secrets Unleashed and Milk Treading. Nick is founder and director of the Scottish film school. Somehow, he's also found the time to work as a film producer, bodyguard, landscape gardener, stand-up comic, musician and actor. He has appeared in TV shows, movies and plays, including stage versions of Breaker Morant and Milk Treading. He lives in Charleston, South Carolina, where he works with the City Paper and the Actor's Theatre of SC.