The Cat Who Saw Red is a mystery novel by Lilian Jackson Braun, published as a Jove Books paperback original in 1986.

Reissues of the first three stories were promoted on its back cover: "Watch for these other Lilian Jackson Braun mysteries:" (titles also beginning The Cat Who).

Newspaper reporter Jim Qwilleran, who once covered crime in the big city, is reassigned by The Daily Fluxion from interior decoration to food.

Joy is a far more successful potter; Dan is missing one thumb, so he can only make roll pots, not as appealing as those spun on a wheel.

Maus Haus resident Max Sorrel owns a restaurant called the Golden Lamb Chop which is suffering a spate of anonymous damaging rumors about how the meat is cat, that the chef has a terrible disease, and so on.

The houseboy says Joy always used the kick wheel, and that "Mr. Graham was going to blow a whole load of pots" because he was heating the kiln too quickly.

Maus Haus resident Hixie Rice breaks off her engagement with Graham, as she does not want to be with a man cheating on his wife.

To get a better look, Qwill claims that Fluxion wants a photo shoot of Dan's pottery; he brings Koko along to pose in some pictures, although he really wants the cat to sniff around for clues.

After the housekeeper tells Qwill she saw someone dump a bag into the river, he asks a diver friend to look below the boardwalk behind Maus Haus.

Charlotte Roop overhears two Heavenly Hash House managers discuss the failure of their attempts to put the Golden Lamb Chop out of business.