Felidae (novel) Felidae (novel) Felidae is a 1989 crime fiction novel by the German-Turkish writer Akif Pirinçci. The main character is a cat named Francis who investigates the murders of several cats in a big city in Germany. , there are eight books in the "Felidae" series: "Felidae", "Felidae II" (also known as "Felidae on the Road" or, in the original German version, "Francis"), "Cave Canem", "Das Duell", "Salve Roma!", "Schandtat", "Felipolis" and "Göttergleich", of which only "Felidae", "Felidae II", and "Felidae V: Salve Roma!" have been translated into English. Although being primarily a work of crime fiction, the "Felidae" series discuss
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