A Cat Named Brat — Lydia Adamson

New York guidebook author Louis Montag can't seem to get any writing done--not with his hyper cat, Brat, pawing at words on his computer t screen. Enter actress and sleuth Alice Nestleton. For a few hours a week, she agrees to house-sit and look after Brat. But on her first day, the doorbell rings and suddenly Alice is knocked out cold and Mr. Montag is strangled to death. The police call it a simple robbery. But nothing in
Alice's life is simple. Now Brat is missing. And Montag's mysterious guidebooks turn out to list places that don't even exist. Alice quickly drafts some of her quirkiest cohorts to help uncover clues. But the real hoax is yet to come...