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A Cat By Any Other Name
by Lydia AdamsonA catnip garden yields a bumper crop of murder for actress-turned-sleuth Alice Nestleton... Alice Nestleton, beautiful off-off Broadway actress-turned-amateur-detective, has been forced into a life of crime--sleuthing that is--with some cat-sitting on the side. But this hot summer in New York she has taken a hiatus from stage and scene-of-the-crime to join a coterie of cat-lovers in cultivating a Manhattan herb garden. Unfortunately, a party to celebrate their first crop of peppermint tea ends with one of their group going right off the edge--of a 25th-floor terrace. Alice is stunned and grief stricken at the apparent suicide. But aided and abetted by her two cats, she soon smells a rat. And the help of her own feline-like instincts, the gorgeous gumshoe discovers that the victim's dearest friends may well have been her most murderous enemies... Be sure to look for A Cat Tells Two Tales, available October 2012 in trade paperback from Obsidian.
A Cat Cafe Christmas
by Codi GaryA laugh-out-loud, opposites attract romance about three of the world&’s most beloved C&’s: Christmas, Coffee, and Cats. Veterinarian and animal lover Kara Ingalls needs a Christmas miracle. Opening the Meow and Furrever Cat Café to find loving homes for adorable, adoptable cats was a dream come true—but with more cats than customers, it&’s quickly turning into a nightmare. If Kara can&’t figure out some way to get the café out of the red, it won&’t last past the holidays. Marketing guru Ben Reese may be annoyingly smart and frustratingly bossy, but when he hatches a plan to put the café in the &“green&” by Christmas, Kara realizes that she&’d be a fool to turn down his help. And so what if he turns out to be an excellent problem solver and nerdy-hot—he can&’t even handle fostering one little kitten. She needs to keep their relationship professional and focus on saving the cafe. But if Ben and Kara can set aside their differences—and find homes for all the cats by Christmas—they might discover that, by risking their hearts, they&’ll have their own purr-fect holiday . . . together.
A Cat Dupree Complete Collection: Nine Lives Cut Throat Bad Penny (A\cat Dupree Novel Ser. #1)
by Sharon SalaRevisit the fan-favorite Cat Dupree series from New York Times best-selling author Sharon Sala, together for the first time in one complete box setNine LivesBounty hunter Cat Dupree first cheated death when she was thirteen. The second time left her orphaned and scarred. And the only thing that will diminish her lust for revenge is finding the man who left her for dead. Every job she takes is an opportunity to invade the criminal world that hides the tattooed man who ruined her life. And she hopes to hunt him down on her current mission into the rugged deserts of Mexico, where there is no law to watch her back.Without her knowledge, bondsman Wilson McKay is on the same job, and trailing Cat is the fastest way to find his man. He’s willing to share resources—and the reward—especially if that means getting to know the lonely woman beneath Cat’s tough, take-no-prisoners exterior. Life’s taught Cat that the surest way to land on her feet is to work alone, but Wilson might be the man to change her mind—when they’re not competing for jobs or ready to kill each other.Cut ThroatThroat slashed and left for dead next to her murdered father, a thirteen-year-old girl vows to hunt down the man who did this to them—Solomon Tutuola. Now grown, bounty hunter Cat Dupree lets nothing—or no one—stand in the way of that deadly promise. Not even her lover, Wilson McKay. Their sexually charged encounters leave McKay wanting more, but Cat is determined to keep her distance. She doesn’t need a man making emotional demands, not now, when revenge is near. Suspecting that Tutuola is still alive, despite witnessing the horrific explosion that should have killed him, Cat follows a dangerous money trail to Mexico, swearing not to return until she’s certain Tutuola is dead—even if it means destroying her very soul...Bad PennyCat Dupree would love nothing more than to settle down and build a life with fellow bounty hunter Wilson McKay. But Soloman Tutuola--the man who murdered her father and slashed her throat when she was thirteen--haunts her even from the grave.An investigator from Mexico is tracking down the person who is responsible for Tutuola’s death--and the trail leads directly to Cat. To add to her bad luck, a junkie with a vendetta is stalking Wilson and is willing to kill anyone who gets in the way of his revenge.Desperate to start their future together, Cat and Wilson turn the manhunt around--vowing to do whatever it takes to find freedom from the past and the scars that have damaged them both.
A Cat In Wolf's Clothing
by Lydia AdamsonAvailable Digitally for the First Time A cat, a mouse, and two corpses equal a menagerie of murder for actress turned cat-sitting sleuth Alice Nestleton... Dubbed "one of Manhattan's finest little-known actresses," beautiful cat-sitter turned sleuth Alice Nestleton has been called into action again. This time the New York City cops have put her onto a case that's right up her alley. It begins when a routine murder investigation uncovers a string of clues that tie up fifteen years of unsolved homicides. The common thread: a cat-loving serial killer who preys on feline owners, whisks away the startled pet, and leaves a mouse toy at the scene as his calling card. This is enough to put Alice hot on the trail for more clues--a trail that moves from the secretive small towns of the Adirondacks, to the pages of a book of nursery rhymes, to the eerie caverns of Central Park. There Alice finds herself face to face with a mysterious cult whose devotees dabble in cat-worship--and murder. Curl up with A Cat Tells Two Tales, available October 2012 in trade paperback from Obsidian.
A Cat Named Brat (An Alice Nestleton Mystery #20)
by Lydia AdamsonNew 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 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.... Millions of citizens live in New York City. A surprisingly large number of them come unforgettably to life as Alice Nestleton, forty-something-year-old Actress and cat sitter investigates a wide variety of crimes in the Alice Nestleton Mysteries. The complete series is available from Bookshare including #1 A Cat in the Manger, #2 A Cat of a Different Color, # 3 A Cat in Wolf's Clothing, #4 A Cat by Any Other Name, #5 A Cat in the Wings, #6 A Cat With a Fiddle, # 7 A Cat in a Glass House, #8 A Cat With No Regrets, #9 A Cat on the Cutting Edge, #10 A Cat in Fine Style, #11 A Cat On A Winning Streak, #12 A Cat Under the Mistletoe, #13 A Cat in the Chorus Line, #14 A Cat on a Beach Blanket, #15 A Cat on Jingle Bell Rock, #16 A Cat On Stage Left, #17 A Cat of One's Own, #18 A Cat With The Blues, #19 A Cat With No Clue and #21 A Cat on the Bus.
A Cat Named Swan
by Holly HobbieDiscover this beautiful pet-adoption story from Holly Hobbie, the creator of the bestselling Toot & Puddle series and one of the most treasured children&’s illustrators of all time. Beloved author-illustrator Holly Hobbie presents the story of a rescue cat&’s adoption, the paradise he finds, and the transformative joy he brings to his new family. Holly Hobbie&’s intricate watercolors evoke the small kitten&’s hardscrabble life as powerfully as they do his blissful one. This story tugs the heartstrings and is a testament to the importance of pet adoption and the powerful ways that pets connect with their people.
A Cat Named Tim and Other Stories
by John MartzIn this picture book anthology of four mostly wordless stories, every character is colorful and cool, and every page is an adventure! For fans of Narwhal and Jelly.In Tim's world, cats can paint on the ceiling and a cheerful porcine couple can wait months for the bus. A duck and a mouse can fly . . . a plane, of course. In "Doug & Mouse," the first of four stories, a plucky duck and mouse pair embark on a globe-spanning journey by plane, jungle vine, horse, skis, skates, paraglider, boat and submarine, but they're sure to make it home in time for pizza and tunes. In "Tim," the titular cat lives his nine lives to the fullest -- he's a basketball star (sort of), a scientist (but not a very good one), a painter (very lifelike) and an all-terrain golfer. In "Connie," a plucky rabbit follows her line of inquiry wherever it leads. And in the final story, "Mr. and Mrs. Hamhock," an amiable pig couple wait months and months for the bus, only to realize that they've forgotten something important behind at home.
A Cat Story
by Ursula Murray HustedA vibrant, heartwarming graphic novel about two irresistible cat friends on a journey to find their forever home—a journey inspired by the magic of art and storytelling. Cilla and Betto are two friends who need a place to call home. The docks in Valletta are too wet, and the scraps of food too scarce. The city’s streets are too busy, and the humans too unreliable. But what about the quiet garden from old kitten tales—a place where all cats are welcome, and the humans are always kind? Could the stories really be true? As Cilla and Betto embark on a grand adventure to find out, they begin to spin a tale of their own—one that will take them through the art and stories of many journeyers who came before, and that will bring them to a surprising destination.
A Cat Tells Two Tales (Alice Nestleton Mystery, unnumbered)
by Lydia AdamsonFor the first time in one volume, two twisting tales featuring off-off Broadway actress turned sleuth Alice Nestleton and her crime-solving cats Bushy and Pancho... A Cat in a Manger It's the holiday season and Alice is hoping for a merry little Christmas peacefully cat-sitting at a sprawling Long Island estate. Instead, she finds herself embroiled in a deadly conspiracy of high-stakes horse racing, sinister seduction, and missing cash. She knows she'd better count on her cat's clever instincts and nine lives, since her own curiosity has landed her just a whisker away from death. A Cat of a Different Color When a moonstruck student from Alice's acting class is killed in a Manhattan bar, Alice is determined to solve the crime, especially since the gorgeous Abyssinian-like cat he brought her is stolen on the same night. But the trap she devises to corner the cat-napper entangles her in an even bigger mystery-- a dead actor's secrets of love, revenge, and murder. .
A Cat Under the Mistletoe (Alice Nestleton Mystery #12)
by Lydia Adamson[From the back cover:] "Alice Nestleton--actress, cat sitter, and amateur sleuth--is ringing in the holidays with a new client: a lovely tortoiseshell cat named Roberta. But sometimes this fickle feline turns into the kitty from hell, which is where Manhattan animal therapist Dr. Wilma Tedescu enters the picture. Make that exits. On Roberta's very first appointment, Alice finds the good doctor as dead as a Christmas goose, proving that cat "shrinks," unlike cats, are decidedly short of nine lives. Suspicion falls on the doctor's estranged husband ... and then on Alice. As Alice sets out to find the real killer, the fur really flies. It isn't long before her nose for clues lands her a whisker away from a killer who doesn't pussyfoot around with murder ..." While trying to live on the scant income from infrequent acting and cat-sitting jobs, Alice Nestleton is all about solving crimes. You meet her friends, both human and feline, but on most pages you tag along with Alice as she combs the streets of New York City in search of criminals. Clues build slowly, then pieces begin to come together for an investigator who is low on money and technology but long on determination and confidence. Look for more of the over twenty Alice Nestleton Mysteries in the Bookshare collection including #1A Cat in the Manger and #15 A Cat on Jingle Bell Rock.
A Cat Was Involved: A Chet and Bernie Mystery eShort Story (The Chet and Bernie Mystery Series)
by Spencer QuinnSpencer Quinn's first original e-short story reveals how everyone's favorite detective duo--Chet the Dog and P.I. Bernie Little--came to meet before their first big case in Dog On It.As fans know, Chet first met Bernie on that fateful day when he flunked out of K-9 police school. The details of that day though have always remained a little vague (like so much in Chet's doggy brain). All we know is that Chet had been the best leaper in his K-9 class, but for some reason he failed his final leaping test...and that a cat was involved...and that there was some blood. But whose? The test, the cat, the blood--all pieces of a puzzle that, when solved, will bring down a dangerous gang of thieves--and signal the start of a beautiful friendship.This fateful day has been alluded to in every book in the series, and now fans of Chet and Bernie will finally get to find out what actually happened. For these two beloved characters, it was something like love at first sight--and, for Chet, at first smell, too.
A Cat Who Couldn't See
by Julie CoxWith a swish of her tail and a twitch of her whiskers, a curious cat embarks on a sensory expedition around her home and garden. Ears alert and nose aquiver, what exciting sounds and scents might she encounter? Join her delightful wanderings, seeing familiar surroundings through new eyes. But will this adventurous puss lose her way or manage to whisk herself back to where she began? Accompany our feline friend sniffing out and tasting adventure, one paw placed inquisitively in front of the other. However, will she know home once more just through the power of her nose, the brush of her tail and the feel of the grass beneath her paws? Come see the world from a whisker’s perspective – where tales unfold no farther than one’s own backyard.
A Cat With No Clue (Alice Nestleton Mystery #19)
by Lydia AdamsonActress and amateur sleuth Alice Nestleton thinks up the perfect anniversary gift for her elderly actor friends, Alex and Lila. She has a chef whip up a replica of the meal the couple shared on their first date. For better or worse, they eat every bite. The next day, they're dead - from food poisoning. Of course, the only witnesses are the couple's two little kittens. Definitely cute, but certainly not viable on the witness stand. To say that Alice is the prime suspect would be an extreme understatement. And while the actor in Alice may love the spotlight, this is not the kind of attention she needs ...
A Cat With a Fiddle
by Lydia AdamsonAvailable Digitally for the First Time A holiday in rural Massachusetts seems like just the thing for talented actress turned cat-sitter Alice Nestleton--until a killer strikes a sour note... Alice Nestleton has recently died... at the box office, that is. Her latest play bombed, and the critics gleefully skewered her performance in the reviews. Instead of going to the dogs, Alice has returned to a kinder, gentler profession--cat-sitting. Her current assignment is to deliver an adorable Scottish-fold kitty named Lulu to her owner at a remote Massachusetts artists' colony. To Alice's relief, the woods are lovely, dark, and deep--too bad the visiting world-famous quartet isn't as charming...especially when their handsome ladykiller of a pianist turns up murdered. Alice may have a tin ear, but she possesses a sharp eye for suspects and a nose for clues. Now, the paw prints are on the wall, and Alice has a good idea whodunit. But the local police won't listen, and soon the intrepid cat-lady is baiting a dangerous mousetrap for a killer who's not just pussy-footing around... Be sure to look for A Cat Tells Two Tales, available October 2012 in trade paperback from Obsidian.
A Cat and Eight Kittens
by Oliver BrowneIn A Cat and Eight Kittens, an ordinary cloudy morning walk transforms into an extraordinary adventure for a mother cat and her eight kittens. Little could they imagine the whirlwind of events that would unfold after a chance encounter with an irate dog. The story takes a thrilling turn when the feline family, seeking refuge from the persistent pursuit of a large brown dog and the relentless rain, stumbles upon what they believe could be their new home. It is here that Spot, the mischievous, snow-white kitten with a distinctive black spot over his right eye, leads the kittens to an incredible discovery: a mysterious sphere with flashing lights. This sphere astonishingly materializes food at the mere mention of it, a feature that, as their mother had feared, attracts the attention of their canine pursuers. The tension escalates when the dogs arrive in search of the source of the tantalizing scents. It’s then that the young kittens unleash their playful yet ingenious tactics to outwit their pursuers. However, a mishap occurs when Felix, one of the kittens, disappears due to an unintended consequence of a wish. Just when it seems all hope is lost, the story culminates in a heartwarming twist. The cat family finds themselves reunited, including Felix, in a picturesque setting: a serene farm by a lake, complete with a loving owner.
A Cat and Eight Kittens 2: Life on the Farm
by Oliver BrowneIf, like many others, you thought A Cat and Eight Kittens: The Town Version was fun and full of adventure, then you are in for a wonderful time reading A Cat and Eight Kittens: Life on the Farm. While the main stars of the story remain the Cat and Eight Kittens, you are introduced to their new friends on the farm, including the farmer and his young daughter. The story shows how much adventure happens while living on the farm, how things can go from normal to crazy in a matter of hours. If these Kittens are known for one thing, it’s crazy, and no doubt you will find Felix right in the middle of it all. This time, it’s the Kittens’ new friends who are in peril, and it’s up to the Kittens to try and save the day. Come join this wonderful adventure with Felix and all the other cats to see if they can help save their friends!
A Cat for the Keeper
by Lilly Hurd‘A heartwarming little tale’ – Peter May The lighthouse keeper needed a new cat and I knew I had the perfect replacement. But this journey had begun long before I boarded the boat to the island . . .
A Cat in Fine Style (Alice Nestleton Mystery #10)
by Lydia Adamson[from the back cover] "Alice Nestleton is putting on the dog: posing in elegant duds for a New York boutique's new ad. But she's surprised to find Bobbin, the clothes designer's once-beloved cat, exiled to the loft where the fashion shoot is taking place.. Dressed-to-kill Alice stumbles across a corpse--the loft's wealthy owner, dead from an allergy to some gourmet paté. Naturally the police call the death accidental. Just as naturally Alice, with her nose for crime, smells a rat. So when the victim's wife asks her to investigate, Alice calls on her boyfriend, Tony, to help unravel a thread of malice amid the secret affairs and shady transactions of the rag trade. But Alice's instincts tell her to cherchez le chat. What she finds may break her heart before she solves this top-of-the-line case involving a fat cat, clothes to die for, and murder by design."
A Cat in a Chorus Line (An Alice Nestleton Mystery #13)
by Lydia Adamson[From the back cover:] "A Paws De Deux--And Murder The only things Alice Nestleton likes about Peter Nelson Krispus, the cantankerous old man whose off-beat musicals made him a cult figure, are his two Silver Tabby Maine Coon cats. And the felines are about to join Alice in being cat's-eye witnesses to murder. It begins when the actress-turned-sleuth and Tony Basillio, her significant other, go to a fund-raiser at Krispus's Hell's Kitchen tenement. They arrive just in time to see another guest, a well-known cat fancier, gunned down at point-blank range. The shooter is Krispus's harridan of a wife. The motive is a complete mystery--a mystery Alice feels compelled to solve. But when the clues begin coming in on little cat feet, Tony walks out of her life. There are a lot of broken hearts on Broadway, and Alice's is among them. But she won't give up snooping into this tale of two fat cats and a hoofer's desperate secret, even though Alice fears that the next cat-astrophe--another sudden death--may be her own." To further peak your interest in the Alice Nestleton Mysteries, the first chapter of the next book in this series is provided at the end of the book as well as eleven synopses of prior series publications. Millions of citizens live in New York City. A surprisingly large number of them come unforgettably to life as Alice Nestleton, forty-something-year-old Actress and cat sitter investigates a wide variety of crimes in the Alice Nestleton Mysteries available from Bookshare including #1 A Cat in the Manger, #2 A Cat of a Different Color, # 3 A Cat in Wolf's Clothing, #4 A Cat By Any Other Name, #5 A Cat in the Wings, #6 A Cat With a Fiddle, #7 A Cat in a Glass House, #8 A Cat With No Regrets, #9 A Cat on the Cutting Edge, #10 A Cat in Fine Style, #11, A Cat on a Winning Streak, #12 A Cat Under the Mistletoe, #14 A Cat on a Beach Blanket, #15 A Cat on Jingle Bell Rock, and #21 A Cat on the Bus, with the rest of the books in the series `coming soon. The action in these relatively short novels gets underway on page one. The reader isn't given a moment to lose interest. Being an actress, Alice notices details about places and people that bring the reader into the picture. Being a cat lover, Alice misses no opportunity to lavishly describe her own two cats and cats she meets along her way, as well as sprinkling in catnips of feline trivia cat-loving and curious readers will enjoy.
A Cat in a Glass House (Alice Nestleton Mystery #7)
by Lydia Adamson[From the Back Cover] "Take out order For Death Alice Nestleton, after years of off-, off-off-, and far-beyond-Broadway theater, sees stardom beckoning at last. Her agent has sent her to a trendy Tribeca Chinese eatery to land a movie part with an almost-major film producer. Instead, Alice is cat-apulted into crime once more. Before she can even order, she spots a fabulous red tabby mysteriously perched amid the glass decor of this New York City in-spot ... and three young thugs pulling out weapons to spray the restaurant with bullets. After the shooting, a pretty waitress is dead, and Alice--ever hopeful actress, accomplished cat-sitter, and occasional consultant to the NYPD--is dead certain the tabby is missing. Teamed up with a handsome, Mandarin-speaking city cop, she's up to her fortune cookie in trouble, and wondering if Confucius says: "Lady who seeks the cat connection to this murder may lose nine lives and one heart." Millions of citizens live in New York City. A surprisingly large number of them come unforgettably to life as Alice Nestleton, forty-something-year-old Actress and cat sitter investigates a wide variety of crimes in the Alice Nestleton Mysteries available from Bookshare including #1 A Cat in the Manger, #2 A Cat of a Different Color, # 3 A Cat in Wolf's Clothing, #4 A Cat by Any Other Name, #5. A Cat in the Wings, #6 A Cat With a Fiddle, # 8 A Cat With No Regrets, #9 A Cat on the Cutting Edge, #10, A Cat in Fine Style, #12 A Cat Under the Mistletoe, #15 A Cat on Jingle Bell Rock, #17 A Cat of One's Own, and #21 A Cat on the Bus, with the rest of the books in the series coming soon. The action in these relatively short novels gets underway on page one. The reader isn't given a moment to lose interest. Being an actress, Alice notices details about places and people that bring the reader into the picture. Being a cat lover, Alice misses no opportunity to lavishly describe her own two cats and cats she meets along her way, as well as sprinkling in catnips of feline trivia cat-loving and curious readers will enjoy.
A Cat in the Manger
by Lydia AdamsonAvailable Digitally for the First Time This Christmas, Alice Nestleton will discover that cat-sitting can be murder... Off-Off Broadway actress-turned-sleuth Alice Nestleton is just crazy about cats, particularly her Maine coon cat Bushy and zany alleycat Pancho. Now she's hoping for a merry little Christmas peacefully cat-sitting at a sprawling Long Island estate, where she expects to be greeted by eight howling Himalayans. Instead, she finds herself face to bloody face with a grisly corpse. Alice has unwittingly stepped into a deadly conspiracy of high-stakes horse racing, sinister seduction, and missing cash. She knows she'd better count on her cat's clever instincts and nine lives, since her own curiosity has landed her just a whisker away from death... Get your paws on A Cat Tells Two Tales, available October 2012 in trade paperback from Obsidian.
A Cat in the Wings
by Lydia AdamsonAvailable Digitally for the First Time Murder takes a bow at the ballet, and cat-sitting sleuth Alice Nestleton pirouettes into danger... An actress led into a life of crime (sleuthing, that is) and cat-sitting, Alice Nestleton has returned to the theater--dozing in a box seat through a Lincoln Center production of The Nutcracker. She's happily imagining her Main Coon cat, Bushy, and all-American alley cat, Pancho, doing the dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy when her reverie is interrupted by some off-stage excitement--the discovery of former ballet great Peter Dobrynin dressed like a derelict and dead as a doornail. And when the murder is pinned on her close friend, Lucia, Alice starts snooping for clues among New York's homeless to find the real killer. From flop houses to the elegant salons of wealthy art patrons, Alice is drawn into a dark, dangerous dance of deception...until a mysterious cat drags in the shocking solution to this pas de deux with death. Curl up with A Cat Tells Two Tales, available October 2012 in trade paperback from Obsidian.
A Cat of One's Own (Alice Nestleton Mystery #17)
by Lydia Adamson[from inside flaps] "Alice Nestleton may be an acclaimed New York actress, but it's her performance as a cat-sitting sleuth that pays the bills. Now, in her seventeenth tantalizing adventure, Alice meets a striking-looking, unattached male. Enter Jake: Hostage. Escape artist. Eyewitness to murder. Cat. Once, Alice's old friend Amanda Avery was a struggling academic. Now she's a wealthy widow in need--of a cat Not just any cat, but the purrfect companion to cozy up to her aging Gordon Setter. And who knows more than Alice when it comes to finding the finest in feline friends? The answer to Amanda's prayers is an American short-hair called Jake, a half-tan, half-black cat of the world who looks like a harlequin, and stands out in a crowd. Unusual? Definitely. Valuable enough to steal? Hardly. But within a week he's snatched, and Alice is hired to help find him. The case turns deadly when Amanda meets a violent fate at the catnapper's hands, and Jake becomes a crucial, if silent, witness to the crime. A clue to what the tomcat saw is hidden in Amanda's not-so-innocent past--one that conceals enough secrets to turn a simple catnapping into a baffling case of homicide. As Alice searches for answers with the help of her wisecracking boyfriend, Tony Basilio, she becomes trapped in a dangerous game of cat and mouse--where only her own feline instincts can protect her from a cunning killer who will go to any lengths to bury those dark secrets forever...." Millions of citizens live in New York City. A surprisingly large number of them come unforgettably to life as Alice Nestleton, forty-something-year-old Actress and cat sitter investigates a wide variety of crimes in the Alice Nestleton Mysteries available from Bookshare including #1 A Cat in the Manger, #2 A Cat of a Different Color, #3 A Cat in Wolf's Clothing, #4 A Cat in the Wings, #5 A Cat in the Wings, #6 A Cat With a Fiddle, #7 A Cat in a Glass House, #9 A Cat on the Cutting Edge, #12 A Cat Under the Mistletoe, #15 A Cat on Jingle Bell Rock, and #21 A Cat on the Bus, with the rest of the books in the series coming soon. The action in these relatively short novels gets underway on page one. The reader isn't given a moment to lose interest. Being an actress, Alice notices details about places and people that bring the reader into the picture. Being a cat lover, Alice misses no opportunity to lavishly describe her own two cats and cats she meets along her way, as well as sprinkling in catnips of feline trivia cat-loving and curious readers will enjoy.
A Cat of a Different Color
by Lydia AdamsonAvailable Digitally for the First Time. A mystery cat takes talented actress-turned-sleuth Alice Nestleton behind the scenes--for murder... Beautiful Off-Off Broadway actress-sleuth Alice Nestleton gasps as a sinister shadow looms at the top of her apartment house stairs. But it's only a moonstruck student from her acting class who comes bearing a gift--a gorgeous white Abyssinian-like cat. That is strange enough, but stranger still, just days later the young Lothario is killed in a Manhattan bar...and the exotic kitty is cat-napped! Alice's own two cats, the regal Bushy and the harum-scarum Pancho, have helped her catch criminals before. But the trap she devises to corner the perpetrator of the cat theft may entangle her instead in a dead actor's secrets and murderous drama--of love and revenge... Curl up with a copy of A Cat Tells Two Tales, available October 2012 in trade paperback from Obsidian.
A Cat on Jingle Bell Rock (Alice Nestleton Mystery #15)
by Lydia AdamsonActing jobs and cat-sitting assignments have been elusive for Alice Nestleton lately ... but there's plenty of sleuthing work to be done. A prominent theater director has requested her help for his pet charity: Sustenance House. It seems an anonymous benefactor has vanished (along with his much-needed holiday donation), and Alice must find out what's going on before the homeless shelter has to close its doors to the poor forever. But when a board member shoots himself during a meeting--and a murderous Scrooge tries to keep Alice out of the picture--things get messy--things get messy. It's going to take some quick thinking--and the help of two Siamese cats named Tiny and Tim--to wrap up this case and cook a killer's Christmas goose. Look for more books in this series in the Bookshare collection including: A Cat Under The Mistletoe.