A charming novel for fans of Before the Coffee Gets Cold and How to Stop Time,following a cat through his nine lives in Edinburghmoving through the ever-changing city and its inhabitants over centuries Early morning1902. At 7/7 Marchmont CrescentEilidh the charlady tips coal into a fire grate and sets it alight. OverhearingGrimalkin the cat ambles over to curl up against the welcome heat and lick his favorite 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 yearsprowling unseen among the inhabitants of an Edinburgh tenement while unearthing some startling revelations about the mystery of existencethe unstoppable march of time and the true meaning of feline companionship.