
Eileen Stoker hasn’t led an enchanted life. Scorned by her ex-husband, condemned by the community and disgraced by her colleagues, she’s been the victim of male lust, vicious gossip and jealous rumors ever since growing into womanhood. Disgusted ...
Newly graduated Erin Walters decides to have one last summer of fun before embarking on a career as an architect. Her friend convinces her that the beaches of Goa, India, are the perfect place to let their hair down and soak up some rays. But secretl...
Kidnapped and left for dead, Melanie Harper never thought she'd see a friendly face again, until billionaire playboy Jack Carter showed up out of nowhere and saved her from a watery grave. As she desperately tries to uncover the secret of her past, s...
Ten years ago Amy Remington's life was thrown out of whack when her father died in an accident caused by her boyfriend Brad. She hasn't seen Brad since, and when she now runs into him again, tragedy strikes a second time when she's hit by a car and l...
Forest ecologist Alixia Sumner has been doing important research in the jungle of Colombia, her life taking a turn for the dramatic when her father disappeared. All this time she's lived with the loss and the perpetual threat of Contador Bashar, loca...
Her first day on the job at Thornton's Fifth Avenue, Kelley, newly hired security guard, accidentally gets into a tiff with a sales clerk, and almost shoots the man. When her bullet knocks down a jewelry display case, she finds herself on the hook fo...
When Anna Moonstone has a brutal tryst with her boss, her boyfriend abruptly dumps her. Humiliated, she quits her job and accepts an offer for an internship at the Thornton Fifth Avenue flagship store in New York. She's immediately made to feel welco...
When debut novelist Chloe Thomson wins an exclusive writing retreat on an island paradise, she never expected to run into Joshua Poole, billionaire novelist, gorgeous hunk and one very cranky human being. Josh's career is in trouble. He's been suffer...
Kidnapped and left for dead, Melanie Harper never thought she'd see a friendly face again, until billionaire playboy Jack Carter showed up out of nowhere and saved her from a watery grave. As she desperately tries to uncover the secret of her past, s...
Eileen Stoker hasn't led an enchanted life. Scorned by her ex-husband, condemned by the community and disgraced by her colleagues, she's been the victim of male lust, vicious gossip and jealous rumors ever since growing into womanhood. Disgusted with...
When Scotland Yard officer Glynis Fox finally manages to capture notorious jewel thief The Shadow, she has her reasons for locking him up in her ancestral home instead of a regular prison. The Shadow stole her ailing mother's pearls, and Glynis has s...
Newly graduated Erin Walters decides to have one last summer of fun before embarking on a career as an architect. Her friend convinces her that the beaches of Goa, India, are the perfect place to let their hair down and soak up some rays. But secretl...
When Broadway actress Dora Liverpool is hired to play the wife of a well-known Russian oligarch, she knows she's making a mistake. Especially since the oligarch is in actual fact Roman Loginovsky, one of Moscow's most feared enforcers. But the money ...
When Joanna saves the life of the daughter of a well-known Russian mobster, she incurs the gratitude of the man’s main enforcer Vitaly Loganov. That night, when Vitaly goes on a routine debt collection mission, he’s surprised to find that his tar...
When Ariel wakes up with a hangover after a night on the town, she’s surprised to find herself in the bed of a very large, very bad-tempered Russian. And when he gruffly informs her that she is now his wife and should act accordingly, she’s even ...
College student Laura Armstrong works as a showgirl in a bid to cover tuition. When she's selected to audition for a bigger part, she jumps at the chance. Little does she know her boss is a well-known mobster... and lecher. Luckily, just when things ...
Jackie Bouchard is enjoying the vacation of a lifetime in sunny Cancun with her best friend and colleague. The two secretaries won the company sweepstake: two weeks at the finest five-star hotel. And she's just decided life is perfect, when she has a...
When Emily Fox, contract killer for a notorious crime family, is tasked to take down a target, she didn't expect to find Mike Petrov at the receiving end of her stiletto. Nor did she expect him to send her pulse racing and her core clenching at the m...
When Julia Stern is offered an exclusive interview with Russian billionaire Yulian Gornakov, she jumps at the chance. Probing deeply into the young oligarch's life and suspected ties with the Russian Mob, however, she incurs the wrath of the man, and...
When Felicity Bell expresses the wish there were more to life than working in the family bakery, she didn't know her wish would come true so soon. Suddenly the small town of Happy Bays is confronted with a crime wave the likes of which she's never se...
Diana is in the kingdom of Montinia for the wedding of her brother Mike when all hell breaks loose: a gang of terrorists takes the entire royal family and the Petrovs hostage. Their target: Diana Petrov. In the nick of time Diana is whisked away to s...
Just when Felicity Bell, well-renowned baker and sometime crime reporter, thought that the streets of Happy Bays were safe once again, tragedy strikes. First there's the nuclear power plant, where a terrorist is plotting revenge on the small Long Isl...
When the ghost of a murdered little girl suddenly appears before Felicity Bell, she's surprised to say the least, most of all because Jennifer Dozen was reported missing, not murdered. But Jennie is very dead indeed, and before long Felicity finds he...
Happy Bays, that peaceful little town nestled on Long Island's south shore, is suddenly the scene of a brutal murder. Felicity Bell, baker and sometime crime reporter, decides to get involved when the police appear stumped. Very soon, however, more m...
When the guests and staff mysteriously disappear from the Happy Bays Inn, Felicity Bell and Alice Whitehouse immediately suspect foul play. Upon closer inspection, however, a more startling conclusion presents itself: the ghost of a murdered travelin...
When Felicity Bell and Alice Whitehouse are sent to England on their first ever ghost hunting mission, they discover the woman who hired them brutally murdered with an ancient battle-ax. Now instead of figuring out how to rid Castle Windermere of its...
Felicity and Alice have only just returned home from their first Wraith Wranglers mission when trouble once again looms large on the horizon. This time it's Alice's fiance Reece Hudson who's in mortal danger when he's kidnapped by a gang of twisted t...
When Senator Job Vickar is brutally murdered, his ghost turns to Felicity Bell and Alice Whitehouse to help him find the ones responsible and avenge his death. Before long, however, they find themselves embroiled in a conspiracy that reaches to the h...
When Henrietta 'Harry' McCabre's employer, a dodgy antiquarian, is found murdered, she promptly shoots to the top of Inspector Darian Watley's suspect list. Fortunately she has a solid alibi: at the time of the murder she was delivering a rare and pr...
Enemy of the Tates is the first installment in the new Tate-à-Tate series of humorous cozy mysteries. Think Hart to Hart meets Hollywood, with a big dollop of fun. Mark and Cleopatra Tate, Hollywood’s most famous celebrity couple, are having a re...
Triplets Edelie, Estrella and Ernestine Flummox are three New York City working girls, living with their grandmother and aspiring to become, respectively, top chef, top singer and top lawyer. There’s something very peculiar about the Flummox sister...
When Felicity Bell gets a surprise visit from a man dressed in a golden skin suit, threatening to destroy Happy Bays and all of its inhabitants if she doesn’t return the ring she stole, she can only assume it’s a prank her friends are playing on ...
When fashion designer Aimée Vass heads down to Florida for a much-needed vacation with her momager Romella, she never expected her dead dad to tag along. The ghostly spy has vowed to make up for lost time by sticking to his wife and daughter like gl...
The antics of these two will put a big smile on your face.MEET FELICITY BELL & ALICE WHITEHOUSE. One a baker, the other a mortician's assistant, they go after the bad guys with reckless abandon, cheerful ineptitude and a gross disregard for criminal ...
When Harry McCabre is called upon to rid an apartment of its ghostly occupants, she never expected to be drawn into a murder case dating back thirty-five years. And neither did she expect to run into her ex-boyfriend, Scotland Yard Inspector Darian W...
Encouraged by their godfather, triplets Edelie, Estrella and Ernestine decide to show the world what they’re capable of. They’re witches, and proud of their witchy heritage. And even though their grandmother warns them not to go through with thei...
The Flummox witches have finally landed their first client, a young mother who’s possessed by a ghoul. As Edelie, Estrella and Ernestine try to free Valerie Gabby of her unwanted guest, however, they quickly discover there’s a lot more at stake h...
When Harry and her wraith wrangling associates are called in to deal with a poltergeist emergency, little does she know this latest assignment will land her in very hot water indeed. For it turns out that from the same home the famous Pink Eulalie ri...
When Estrella is idly strolling along the beach, she’s accosted by the ghost of a former British Royal Navy captain, who insists that a treasure is buried off the coast of Long Island, in a shipwrecked frigate called the Albion. And since a client ...
There's something special about Max. He may look like your regular ginger flabby tabby, but unlike most tabbies, he can actually communicate with his human, reporter for the Hampton Cove Gazette Odelia Poole. Max takes a keen interest in the goings-o...
When famous eighties pop star John Paul George is found floating face down in his pool, Hampton Cove's premier sleuthing tabby Max and his feline friends are on the case. Soon they're chasing leads and following clues, helping their human Odelia Pool...
Blorange tabby Max and ragamuffin Dooley are on the case again. This time a world-famous reality star has been found murdered in her own bed, and it looks like the crime just might be terror-related. The Kenspeckles, stars of the well-known reality s...
Nine years ago Anna Washington became world famous when she slapped Chris Jefferson across the face in the middle of her father’s inaugural address. He had it coming. After all, he’d been putting the moves on the vice-president’s daughter in fu...
Who is Alice Whitehouse? Mortician's assistant, gun store clerk and chairwoman of the neighborhood watch committee. Loving daughter of the Chief of Police. Best friend to local baker Felicity Bell. And then there's the fact that Alice sees dead peopl...
When the set of the latest Harry Potter movie is being haunted by a poltergeist, Harry McCabre and her ghost hunting associate Jarrett Zephyr-Thornton are called in to deal with the pesky ghostly pest. Little do they know this is only the beginning o...
It’s an important day for Saffron Diffley. First day at the office. First day collaborating with her brothers in the family firm of Diffley Insurance. And first day as an agent for Karma Corps, the mysterious agency tasked with balancing crime and ...
Mia Rugg and her family run an amusement park in California called Charleneland, named after her famous grandmother Charlene, the well-known songstress. They all share the same house, with things getting pretty hectic from time to time, as Mia's two ...
The peace and calm of Hampton Cove is brutally disturbed when celebrity chef Niklaus Skad, famous for his show Kitchen Disasters, is found cooked in his own oven. The chef wasn't a well-liked man, and there are plenty of suspects to go around. Odelia...
Edelie Flummox runs a flower shop in the Haymill neighborhood in Brooklyn along with her two sisters. Not that she’s particularly interested in flowers, or running a store. Edelie is, after all, a witch, and feels she should probably be doing witch...
The biggest and most successful girlband of the nineties, the Piquant Pack, announce their comeback. But when a ghost from their past suddenly rears its ugly head, what was supposed to be a feast for fans and music lovers alike quickly turns into a n...
When a duck farmer and Elvis impersonator is found murdered, his million-dollar belt buckle missing, all evidence points to his sons, eager to lay their hands on the inheritance. Not everything is as it seems, however, and soon Alice Whitehouse, Feli...
When a dead drug addict turns out to be a famous nineties action star, suspects soon abound: the neighbors whose parrot he allegedly killed, the action hero actor who was his rival, the hipster accountant he unleashed his road rage on, the local bar ...
Murder, Mayhem... and One Very Hangry Cat!Former actress and lifestyle guru Donna Bruce is found dead in her sauna cabin, the victim of a murderous swarm of bees. With the town buzzing about whodunit, reporter Odelia Poole and Detective Chase Kingsle...
Main Street, Charleneland. The street resembles an Old West shanty town. Sheriff Jack Wayne and Doc Killer are facing each other, hands poised over their six-shooters. Suddenly a shot rings out and Sheriff Wayne lies dead in the street. The audience ...
Alice Whitehouse, Felicity Bell and the other members of the neighborhood watch are called upon to investigate the death of bodybuilder Dieter Watt. In spite of Dieter's ghost giving them all the assistance they need-or even want, the case is bafflin...
When popular vlogger and geocacher Kandace Slaker is found dead, Saffron and Lucien Diffley, local karma agents, are on the case. Kandace turns out to have made quite a few enemies in Happy Bays, and the investigation soon gets bogged down by a lack ...
When one of Harry McCabre’s high school friends is murdered, she is quickly fingered as the prime suspect. When in short order a second person is murdered, she becomes a fugitive from justice and is forced to go on the run. Soon she and Jarrett dec...
Purrfect Santa Chase’s grandfather is missing, and he asks Odelia to help find him. And since Odelia’s editor has told her to find out who the new Hampton Cove Santa is, she gladly agrees. After traipsing all over New York City in search of Grand...
When a local baker is killed, the neighborhood watch is on the case. Especially when it turns out the victim is the uncle of Skip Brown, of Brown’s Better Bread Bakery fame, and one of Edelie, Estrella and Ernestine’s best friends. When the kille...
Murder, Mayhem... and a Catfight for the Ages!When megastar Charlie Dieber narrowly survives an assassination attempt, but his bodyguard takes the bullet instead, reporter Odelia Poole-a proud Bedieber-jumps at the chance to help solve the case. Team...
The bucolic Hamptons town of Happy Bays is rocked to its foundations when a cult and its charismatic guru pitches up its tents on a neighboring piece of land. Soon tensions rise and a confrontation between townies and cult followers seems inevitable....
Murder, Mayhem... and a Cat-astrophic Infestation!When the Most Fascinating Man in the World is murdered in the Most Fascinating Way, reporter Odelia Poole finds herself tangled in a Most Baffling Mystery. Teaming up with her boyfriend, Detective Cha...
The Kellys are not a typical all-American family. Oh, on the surface they might look like your next-door neighbors: Tom Kelly, professor in economics, his wife Dee, art gallery owner, teenagers Maya and Scott, baby boy Jacob, and of course the fa...
Three writers. Three genres. Roberta 'Bobbi' Boulder writes thrillers. Melody Pen writes romance. Zita Guerra writes horror. Together they write romantic suspense as Nora Steel. And inadvertently they manage to get embroiled in all kinds of mayhem wh...
A life drawing class at the Brooklyn Community Arts School ends in tragedy when John Sunderland, the handsome male model, doesn't get up from his position on stage. He's been shot through the head with a bolt from a crossbow. An impossible shot throu...
Scandal, Secrets... and One Seriously Stinky Crime Scene!When tabloid kingpin Dick Dickerson is found drowned in duck dung, the case is as messy as his headlines. The infamous editor of the National Star made enemies everywhere-from politicians and H...
Murder, Mayhem, and a Library Reading Gone Terribly Wrong!When Marge Poole pulls off the impossible-convincing the world's bestselling author to do a reading at the Hampton Cove library-she expects a night of literary excitement. What she doesn't exp...
It's just a typical weekday at the Kelly family home in Issaquah, Washington. So when new neighbors move in, the event offers a nice little break from the daily routine. Only things take a turn for the dramatic when tragedy strikes next door, and the...
Murder, Mayhem, and a Scandal in the Spotlight!Hampton Cove's premier reporter Odelia Poole is ready for her moment in the spotlight, having landed the lead role in this summer's Bard in the Park production. But when her understudy is murdered, Odeli...
Hollywood Scandal, Murder... and Kittens?!When the ex-wife of notorious Hollywood bad boy Jeb Pott is found murdered in his lodge-Jeb himself covered in her blood-everyone assumes it's an open-and-shut case. But reporter-turned-sleuth Odelia Poole is...
A Glamorous Weekend, A Hollywood Icon... and Murder in the Hamptons!When Odelia Poole gets an exclusive invite to spend the weekend at the luxurious estate of Emerald Rohne-the greatest actress of her generation-she's thrilled. There's just one catch...
A Royal Scandal, A Deadly Plot... And a Cat with a Corgi Obsession!When Tessa Torrance, newly crowned Duchess of Essex and wife to Prince Dante, becomes the target of a shocking assassination attempt, her mother knows exactly who to call: Odelia Pool...
A Fashion Icon, A Murderous Scandal... and One Very Instagram-Famous Cat!When Leonidas Flake, legendary fashion designer and international style icon, is found murdered in his glamorous estate, all signs point to his live-in boyfriend, Gabriel Crier....
When Tommy the cat witnesses a murder taking place right beneath his favorite elm tree, at first he's not too worried. After all, humans will do these things, and as long as his own human keeps the kibble and the milk coming, life goes on. But when t...
The Skeleton in the ClawsetFinding a skeleton in your basement isn't exactly a fun surprise-just ask Marge. One minute, she's minding her own business, and the next, bam! A full-blown whodunit lands right at her feet.Odelia, of course, jumps into det...
A talk show host in danger. A Hollywood mystery to solve. And one very grumpy feline forced to fly the friendly skies.When Odelia Poole, ace reporter and amateur sleuth, lands a job protecting TV icon Opal Harvey, I was thrilled for her-until she ann...
Being a feline sleuth in Hampton Cove is never dull, but this time, things have really gone off the rails. Harriet has decided to become a pop star, Gran wants to be the next Beyoncé, and-oh yeah-a famous singer just turned up dead.Chickie Hay, ...
Killer kibble, a zombie invasion, and... Gran wants a baby?!I was in desperate need of excitement (or at least a new snack), so when I discovered a brand-new type of cat kibble promising to fix all my problems, I thought my luck had finally turned. S...
Breaking News: The war between cats and dogs has begun!It all started with a horrific discovery-a dog had done its business right in front of our house. Naturally, we couldn't let this stand. So Harriet, ever the visionary, formed the Cat Committee f...
A new church, a mysterious doctor, and a family that just can't stay out of trouble...When Grandma Muffin declared she'd found religion and started recruiting followers for her brand-new church, I chalked it up to just another one of her eccentric wh...
A luxury island. A reality show. A missing persons case. What could go wrong?Life was purrfect. I had my favorite couch spot, my daily kibble, great friends, and the best human a cat could ask for. In other words: bliss.And that's exactly when troubl...
LEAN, MEAN, CLEANING MACHINE... OF DOOM!I try to live a peaceful, dignified life. A soft couch. A full food bowl. A reasonable amount of human worship. But this past week? Pure chaos.First, I was kicked out of my own home.Then, I was attacked-not onc...
I've survived a lot in my time-vacuum cleaners, Roombas, Gran's driving-but nothing prepared me for what I found in my backyard: an inflatable pool. Filled with water.Odelia, in her infinite wisdom, had decided to teach us how to swim. Because clearl...
WATCHMEN, WATCHDOGS & WATCHCATSI'm not usually claustrophobic, but let me tell you-being trapped in a box in the attic with my fellow felines, while some lunatic set it on fire, was not my idea of a good time. Did we make it out alive? Well, obviousl...
Fool Him Once...I try not to complain-life as a cat is pretty sweet-but when everyone in town suddenly started having their greatest wishes come true, I couldn't help but wonder... where's my miracle?As it turns out, fate had a very different kind of...
Murder Ahoy!When Odelia invited me and Dooley along on her honeymoon, the last thing I expected was to become a detective on the high seas! The honeymooners had decided to take a Caribbean cruise, and if there's one thing I dislike more than the open...
Cats à la Mode: Murder, Matchmaking, and Office RomanceLife with humans is a mixed bag, especially when they drag you into their schemes. Take Gran and Scarlett, for example. When they decided to take their Dear Gabi agony column on the road, it...
Hair of the Cat That Bit YouAs so often happens, I was faced with several problems at once. It required multitasking and I have to admit I'm not an ace in that department. First Odelia received an urgent request from a young woman who was the victim ...
When darkness descends on Ghent, Chief Inspector Holt is drawn into his most chilling case yet. What begins as a desperate search for a kidnapped plastic surgeon takes a sinister turn when the mutilated body of a woman is discovered in one of t...
When the hunter becomes the hunted. Chief Inspector Holt thought he'd buried the past when he put notorious killer Brian Parnham behind bars. But when a murdered sexton turns out to be an ex-con-and Parnham's former associate-the case reopens o...
A killer out for revenge. A detective with nothing left to lose. A town on the brink of chaos. After catching his boss in bed with his wife, Chief Inspector Holt's once-illustrious career crumbles in a single punch. Exiled to a sleepy countrysi...
A wedding, a hit list, and a ghostly mystery-who knew matrimony could be murder?Ghost hunter Harry never expected a simple trip to her favorite beautician, Billie Linney, to turn deadly. But when a gunman opens fire, she finds herself in the crosshai...
The fire was just the beginning.When a grand department store in Brussels goes up in flames, the body of the night watchman is found among the ashes. It looks like a tragic accident-until Chief Inspector Holt starts digging.The deeper he investigates...
New Kitten on the Block: Murder, Mystery, and a New Family MemberThe big day has finally arrived-Odelia is about to give birth to a new member of the family. But things don't go exactly as planned. On the same day, Gran decides to adopt a dog and gif...
An Eye for an Eye: A Deadly Search for JusticeThirteen years ago, five bachelors were accused of the hit-and-run accident that killed Poppy Careen on a quiet residential street. But Poppy's mother has never stopped seeking justice, and now she's turn...
Read in Order to DieWedding bells are ringing in the quaint town of Hampton Cove, but there's a twist: Chief of Police Alec Lip and Mayor Charlene Butterwick may not be as eager to tie the knot as the public believes. In fact, both the bride and groo...
Clarice to the Rescue!When bullying goes too far, it's time for Clarice to step in! A young girl's torment at the hands of a bully was enough to make her little brother call in the services of Odelia Kingsley and her clowder of crime-solving cats. Bu...
Canceled AnonymousAn unusual epidemic has swept through Hampton Cove, but this isn't your typical virus-it's something much more devastating. Cancelation is the name of the disease, and its symptoms are brutal: getting fired, losing friends, and bein...
He's Gotta Catch 'Em All!Lights, camera, drama! When George Calhoun, the world-famous silver fox of the silver screen, got caught cheating by a flying drone, the situation quickly went from bad to worse. Now, desperate to get his hands on the incrimi...
All Aboard!When Marge and Tex decide to celebrate their twenty-fifth wedding anniversary with a Caribbean cruise, they invite the entire family-including us. Unfortunately, my promise to never set foot on a cruise ship again gets quickly forgotten.Bu...
Let it Meow!Matt thought he had it all figured out-he met the love of his life, Aurelia, and when she said yes to his proposal, he was on top of the world. But fate has a wicked sense of humor.When Matt finally meets Aurelia's dad, he's hit with a sh...
Playing ChickenWhen Dooley declared he was giving up chicken because chickens are friends, not food, it sparked a chain reaction of chaos. The only problem? Odelia had to figure out what to feed him now-because air and light weren't cutting it. Doole...
Tis the Season to be Molly!Christmas and I have a complicated relationship. The season itself? Too cold, too wet, and way too much snow. As a cat who doesn't wear shoes, all that ice is pure torture on my poor paws.Honestly, I'd be all for Christmas ...
This Looks Like a Job for Max!When the creator of the beloved Kellys comic strip is found murdered, it sends shockwaves through Hampton Cove and launches me, Max, into a case like no other. Suddenly, Gran is convinced she's a goddess, enjoying the at...
A Piece of Fake: A Mystery Filled with Secrets, Suspicion, and a Deadly DiscoveryI'm not much of a baked goods enthusiast, so when a former bakery salesgirl named Sasha Kay asks Odelia for help fighting a wrongful theft accusation, I'm less than thri...
It Was the Fur-Fect SolutionAll I wanted in life was a peaceful routine: daily naps, kibble on demand, and plenty of quality time with my friends. But lately, Hampton Cove, the cozy town I call home, has turned into the kind of crime-ridden place you...
Of Mischief and MiceIt was a dark and stormy night when a mouse came knocking on our door, desperate for help in a life-or-death situation. Normally, you wouldn't expect much sympathy for mice, right? They're not exactly the most beloved creatures. S...
Just the Facts, Ma'amKidnapping in broad daylight? In the peaceful town of Hampton Cove, it's practically unheard of. But when Mayor Charlene Butterwick is snatched right in front of Town Hall, all bets are off.As the mayor's family-and the beloved a...
Game, Set and MurderTennis: a game humans seem to adore, though I fail to see the appeal. You hit a ball with a racket, it flies across a net, and then you hit it back. Rinse and repeat until someone wins. Simple, really-and incredibly dull. So when ...
Rats!Uncle Alec is MIA, sending cryptic messages about quitting his job and marriage, leaving his wife-and the entire family-on edge. But the surprises don't stop there! Gran and Scarlett have also disappeared without a trace, and to make matters wor...
Four Lives. One Unlikely Plan.Ezra has a big problem: he needs to be married with kids within a year. When his roommate proposes the unthinkable-renting a wife and borrowing a baby-Ezra's first instinct is to say no. But desperate times call for desp...
Ghost From The PastIn a family obsessed with hitting ten thousand steps, I was content to dream my way through it all. But everything changes when a woman identical to Odelia appears at our doorstep, brutally attacked, and everything we thought we kn...
A Grandmother is Like a Grand-AngelLife in Hampton Cove was going swimmingly-until Dooley decided to feed a bird, and that bird brought its entire family. While Odelia wasn't thrilled with the growing feathered population, Gran saw dollar signs. But ...
Furry Furry CatsWhen pop star Brick Bracken's prized guitar, Marybud, is stolen, it kicks off a whirlwind of drama, intrigue, and unexpected chaos. But while the world reacts, there's one group that's more concerned with their own mission: Gran, Scar...
From a Whisker to a ScreamI've never claimed to have a musical bone in my body (and frankly, I think it's rare for any cat to stake their fame on musical talent, Broadway musicals aside). So when Harriet suggested a joint performance with Father Reil...
Fur will fly when a haunted house meets a hockey hunk-and the cats are caught in the middle.First, a scandal-plagued hockey star moves into Marge and Tex's attic to hide from the tabloids. Then a local mansion turns out to be haunted by a ghost with ...
The Gray Panthers Ride Again!When a shot rings out in the early morning and Kurt Mayfield, our neighbor, is found bleeding on the ground, it's just the beginning of a wild ride. Across town, a museum is being burgled by a gang of smooth criminals. Co...
Time to Face the Music: A Deadly Hit in FitchvilleCats might not have their own pop careers (yet), but when Odelia is assigned to write an article about pop star Tab Fitch, she's more than happy to pay a visit to his luxurious compound in Fitchville,...
Dead End StreetWhen Odelia and Chase are called to investigate a murder-suicide in a quiet suburban neighborhood, the case seems cut and dry. The Römers were struggling with mounting debts due to their son's illness, and it looks like a tragic b...
The War of the BeausWhen Nathanial Tindell, a local businessman with a billion-dollar empire, is found murdered in a run-down apartment, everyone's asking the same questions: Why was he living under an assumed name? Why would a self-made billionaire ...
Caddicts of the World, Unite!On a scorching hot day that made me wish for a hole in the ground, Dooley made a discovery that could only be described as legendary: three bags of Franklin Cooper kibble in the pantry. These weren't just any kibble-Frank...
Baker Street Cats: A Whisker-Twitching Mystery!Meet Dooley-a ragamuffin cat with a big heart, and the best friend of Max, the smartest cat around. When Max asked Dooley to write the intro to their latest mystery, Dooley wasn't sure he could pull it o...
Anyone Can Paint: Love, Stalkers, and Art Gone WildWhen Jay met Laia, it was love at first sight. But Laia's parents didn't share the same enthusiasm. They gave her an ultimatum-family or fiancé-and Laia chose her fiancé. What followed was ...
We'll Always Have Max: A Parisian Murder Mystery with a TwistWhen Odelia joined Chase at a police conference in Paris, we thought it would be a fun, relaxing getaway. After all, who doesn't enjoy a little Parisian flair with some sightseeing, shoppin...
First Cats vs. First DogsIt was a performance to remember-but not necessarily for the right reasons. When Harriet belted out one of her infamous solos, the crowd was left in tears. Whether they were moved by her voice or simply trying to stop their e...
Never Send a Human to Do a Cat's Job.Hi, I'm Max. Full-time feline, part-time detective (and, let's be honest, the real brains of this operation).When my human's mom, Marge, gets kidnapped (yes, kidnapped!), things around here go from zero to total m...
What Ho, Max!Traveling is never fun for cats-especially when it involves long flights and strange places. But when trouble strikes in a remote corner of England, we had no choice but to pack our bags (or rather, our carry bags) and head across the At...
Crooked Collars & Collared CrooksWhen a frantic woman walks into Odelia's office asking for help finding her missing cat, you know I'm on the case. But what starts as a simple feline search turns into something far more sinister: not only do I find t...
Hot Dog!Vacation turns to chaos! Marge and Tex were all set for a dream vacation at the luxurious Hampton Cove Resort & Spa, but their relaxing getaway quickly turned into a nightmare. Guests were being robbed by a mysterious thief, and it wasn't lon...
The Taming of the ShrewsHampton Cove is under siege-by drug dealers preying on school kids! With the town's safety on the line, a task force is formed, and it's up to me (Max), my best friend Dooley, and our humans, Odelia and Chase, to bring these c...
Lord of the SnailsI was minding my own business (napping, eating... more napping), when I was approached with a mysterious case that would throw my world into chaos. A woman needs my help-her boyfriend was kidnapped and murdered, and she believes he ...
A Regular Slugfest: Infestation, Billionaires, and Dog Show ChaosWhen a slug and snail infestation hit the backyard, it was more than just a gardening nuisance. It was an all-out battle, with Odelia and her family desperately trying to reclaim their ...
Diamonds Are Not This Cat's Best FriendI have a confession to make: I've never understood the allure of diamonds. Sure, they sparkle, but when your tummy is rumbling, a bowl of kibble beats a glittering gemstone any day.So when the world-famous Pink ...
Murder Under ParWhen Carl Strauss, a world-famous golf pro, is caught up in a messy divorce after his wife hires Odelia to help expose his philandering ways, it's no surprise that things quickly spiral into big trouble with the law. What starts as a ...
Move over, cats-there's a new dog in town.When former hockey star turned rookie cop Mick Harper nabs a pair of crooks-with help from his heroic huskies, Blizzard and Storm-he becomes the toast of Hampton Cove. Medal from the mayor. Column in the Gaze...
Burn, Baby! Burn!A brand-new craze is taking Hampton Cove by storm: a smartwatch that promises to do it all... but not in the way anyone expected. Instead of helping, these watches are exploding-and so are the electric cars. It's chaos on all fronts!...
Murder in Saint-TropezWhen Gran decided to spend her vacation cruising the glamorous French Riviera, I should've known something big was about to unfold. Soon enough, we were whisked away to France on a secret mission: to investigate a blackmail plot...
The Better Cat(R)It was one of those days. First, Brutus needed my help when Harriet put him on a diet (you can imagine how well that went). Then, Chase brought home something called The Better Bib(R), a gadget designed to deal with messy toddlers-be...
One hot-air balloon, one dead neighbor, and one big-boned cat (that's me) stuck in the middle...All I wanted was a nice long nap. Instead, a giant hot-air balloon landed in Hampton Cove, a couple of suspicious humans tried to catnap me and turn me in...
Go for the Burn...If you've ever lived with fitness fanatics, you know the discomfort that comes with constant sweat, strange contortions, and extreme jumping around. Now, imagine sharing your home with two of them-and then throw in fitness celebrity...
Going to the DogsWhen a screenwriter is found dead in the dog park, it's clear that many people had excellent reasons to want him gone. But everyone's got an alibi, making the investigation trickier than expected. The twist? The dead man had uncovere...