Mysterious Tales of Old St. Paul presents three novellas from Larry Millett, casting back to detective Shadwell Rafferty’s early years. A shake up at the Pioneer Press, a string of cat deaths escalating to murder, an enigmatic stranger arriving in town—these interlocking stories, all steeped in the mystery and history of nineteenth-century St. Paul, show Rafferty becoming the consummate detective whose exploits have delighted readers again and again.