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A cat café Murder Who is the killer? Lauren Crenshaw and her Norwegian Forest Cat Annie run their own certified cat café in the picturesque small town of Gold Leaf Valley, Northern California. Lauren’s fun cousin Zoe helps out as well. Lauren, Annie, and Zoe are shocked when one of their favorite customers is poisoned. Steve came into the café nearly every day – but who wanted him dead? The trio find themselves suspecting their customers – even elderly Mrs. Finch, whom Lauren thinks of as a substitute grandmother, doesn’t escape their scrutiny. The new (and attractive!) police detective warns them off the case. But Annie, the Norwegian Forest Cat, seems to have a nose for sniffing out trouble. Can Lauren, Annie, and Zoe catch the killer before the killer catches them? This is a humorous, clean, cat cozy mystery with female amateur sleuths – and a gorgeous Norwegian Forest Cat! Metadata: food bake cook coffee cozy, amateur sleuth, women sleuths, humorous mystery, small town mystery, cafe cozy mystery, coffee shop cozy mystery, cozy mystery with romance
A gorgeous Norwegian Forest Cat, a cat café, a food critic, and … murder! The small town of Gold Leaf Valley is aflutter with a food critic’s arrival. His online column has made him famous in this part of Northern California, but not everyone is pleased he’s in town. When café owners Lauren Crenshaw and Annie, her silver-gray tabby, stumble across his body, what should they do? Investigate the crime themselves? Or … leave it to the police? Is Lauren under suspicion for delivering pastries to the dead man’s motel room? Or did his intern bump him off in order to gain a promotion? Lauren’s cousin Zoe is keen to help investigate the crime. But are there too many red herrings in thi...
Is fortune telling really fatal? Martha, Teddy, and Pru find out! Senior Martha, her fluffy white puppy Teddy, and their roomie Pru, who is an assistant librarian, meet Chantal the fortune teller in the small Californian town of Gold Leaf Valley. Pru is reluctant to get her fortune told, but Martha can’t wait! When they stumble across a dead body outside the senior center, Martha declares that their senior sleuthing club is on the case! While interviewing suspects, Martha dresses up as a fortune teller and hits the farmers’ market, taking Chantal’s spot there. While she tells fortunes with the help of her “crystal” ball, Pru is on the look out for suspects. Meanwhile, Pru continues...
Can Annie the Norwegian Forest Cat save the town’s Christmas Play? It’s almost Christmas in Gold Leaf Valley, but Father Mike is in despair. The person playing Mrs. Claus in his play has pulled out at the last minute. With only three days until opening night, he doesn’t know what to do – until cupcake baker Lauren and her cousin Zoe, suggest Annie play Mrs. Claus! The cast love the idea, and opening night is a huge success - until a backstage crew member is murdered. Mitch, Lauren’s boyfriend and police detective, sets out to find the killer. But Zoe grows impatient, especially when Jay’s brother accuses them of murder! Zoe persuades Lauren to join her in some sleuthing. With Mit...
Shortlisted for the 2015 Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse prize for comic fiction A rampaging force of nature is wreaking havoc on the streets of Edinburgh, but has top shagger, drug-dealer, gonzo-porn-star and taxi-driver, ‘Juice’ Terry Lawson, finally met his match in Hurricane ‘Bawbag’? Can Terry discover the fate of the missing beauty, Jinty Magdalen, and keep her idiot-savant lover, the man-child Wee Jonty, out of prison? Will he find out the real motives of unscrupulous American businessman and reality-TV star, Ronald Checker? And, crucially, will Terry be able to negotiate life after a terrible event robs him of his sexual virility, and can a new fascination for the game of golf h...
Can Maddie, Trixie, and Suzanne solve another murder (with a little magical help) before it's too late? The whole town of Estherville seems surprised when Veronica, a woman with a bad reputation, returns to visit her cousin Claudine. Nobody seems happy to see her. But who hated her enough to kill her? Maddie, Trixie, and Suzanne can't decide which of their customers have murder in their heart – until they come face to face with the killer! This is a clean cozy cat mystery with humor, a little magic, and Trixie, the most adorable Persian familiar ever! If you enjoy reading humorous paranormal cozy mysteries, amateur sleuths, and women sleuths, this could be the perfect mystery for you! You may also enjoy: Spells and Spiced Latte - A Coffee Witch Cozy Mystery – Maddie Goodwell 1 Visions and Vanilla Cappuccino – A Coffee Witch Cozy Mystery – Maddie Goodwell 2 Magic and Mocha - A Coffee Witch Cozy Mystery – Maddie Goodwell 3 Enchantments and Espresso – A Coffee Witch Cozy Mystery – Maddie Goodwell 4 Familiars and French Roast - A Coffee Witch Cozy Mystery – Maddie Goodwell 5
A cat café A gorgeous Norwegian Forest Cat And a party that goes horribly wrong … Cat café owner, Lauren Crenshaw, with Annie, her Norwegian Forest Cat, and Zoe, Lauren’s cousin, are catering the anniversary party at the local senior center in Gold Leaf Valley, when the greedy new landlord is killed in a hit and run. Was it an accident – or murder? Lauren, Annie, and Zoe aren’t the only ones investigating. Their new friend Martha, a regular at the center, loves writing down tidbits of gossip. Has she inadvertently written down who the murderer is? Annie has also been busy, rescuing a kitten. Ed, who creates the legendary pastries for the café, volunteers to look after the little s...
Can a witch who can only cast one spell solve a murder? Maddie Goodwell, Trixie, her Persian cat (who might also be her familiar), and Maddie's best friend Suzanne Taylor, run their coffee truck, Brewed from the Bean, in the small town of Estherville, Washington state. Maddie always thought it was a sleepy kind of town, apart from the fact that when she was seven, she found an ancient book, Wytchcraft for the Chosen. Now, twenty years later, she can only cast one spell successfully from the book - the Coffee Vision spell. But when she peeks into Joan's future - one of her regular customers - she sees the middle-aged woman lying dead in the kitchen! When the vision comes true, Maddie is determined to investigate - with the help of Trixie, and Suzanne. Will her witchy abilities help or hinder her?
Annie, the Norwegian Forest Cat, pounces on the proof - a cozy cat mystery with coffee and cupcakes. Lauren Crenshaw, cupcake baker and café owner, is planning her wedding to Mitch Denman, her handsome police detective. What could possibly go wrong? When Lauren and her cousin Zoe check out Stately Vue Hall, a posh wedding venue, they’re overwhelmed by the prices – and a young bridezilla. But when they visit the beautiful knot garden, they find the owner dead – in the hedge! Who could have killed him? Brianna, the young bridezilla? Her meek and mild fiancé? Her rich father? Or the co-owner of Stately Vue Hall, who was the victim’s ex-wife? With so many suspects, Lauren, Zoe, and Ann...