Tale recounting Catherine's demise? (7,3)
I believe the answer is:
howards end
'tale' is the definition.
(novel by EM Forster)
'catherine's demise?' is the wordplay.
'catherine's' becomes 'Howard's' (Catherine Howard was a wife of Henry VIII).
'demise?' becomes 'end' (demise is a kind of end).
'howards'+'end'='HOWARDS END'
'recounting' acts as a link.
(Other definitions for howards end that I've seen before include "E. M. Forster novel" , "Book by E.M. Forster" , "7 13 [VANESSA REDGRAVE] was in this" , "E.M. Forster novel" , "Novel by E.M.Forster" .)