Lately, my dog kept climbing onto the top kitchen cabinets and growling loudly — at first, I thought he’d gone mad, until I realized what he was barking at

by the local officer, suddenly remembered strange disappearances: one couple noticed missing jewelry; another lost a bank card; someone else, a pair of rings.

There were no signs of forced entry. But he, clever and agile, had crawled through the narrow, dark passages between floors. At night, he would choose the smallest,continue reading …