The Day the Cat Ran Away — Nancy Gotter Gates

WHEN THE CAT'S AWAY

Tromping through the woods in search of her missing cat isn't how Viola Weatherspoon planned to spend a leisurely Sunday afternoon. Sweetie escaped while the Glendon Hills senior was giving a new resident a grand tour of the retirement center. There's still no sign of the on-the-lam calico, but Viola and Leah Rinehart just stumbled on something else: a bloody corpse.

Former TV anchor and notorious womanizer Jeremy Scofield was hated by just about everyone. That includes Leah's ex-husband, who's just been arrested for Scofield's murder. Despite damning DNA and no alibi, Leah's convinced it's a frame-up. It's a double dose of danger for Vi and her buddy Tyrone Landowski when a fire close to home plunges them into a cat's cradle of lies, betrayal and deadly payback.