As the light came on, I saw\n the cat standing at the foot of the bed, tail erect and hair on end. It was\n very angry. And then…its appearance changed and its head was that of a\n human—a woman, black-browed with flaring nostrils and large crooked ears, her\n lips full and drenched with blood—my blood!This is a collection of some of\n Ruskin Bond’s most pithy short stories ranging from eerie suspense to\n touching empathy. There’s a bloodthirsty cat in a colonial rest house; an\n uncle who carries a vial of deadly arsenic with him; a mysterious woman whose\n seven husbands have disappeared one after another; and the touching tales of\n animals in the wilderness and their lonely struggle for survival against\n humans.Captivating and addictive, The Chakrata Cat will keep you enthralled\n till the end.