Evil Cat

Klawde is not your average cat. He's an emperor from another planet, exiled to Earth. He's cruel. He's cunning. He's brilliant... and he's about to become Raj Banerjee's best friend. Whether he likes it or not. Klawde had everything. Sharp claws. Fine fur. And, being the High Commander of the...

Evil has crept into Molena Point, California, on stealthy cat feet. A rash of brazen burglaries, from antique jewelry to vintage cars, coincides with the unwelcome appearance of yellow-eyed Azrael, feline nemesis of crime-solving cats Joe Grey and Dulcie. But what follows soon after really has Joe’s fur standing on edge. A young, healthy waiter drops dead at a reception for local artist Charlie Harper. And when the trail of big-time thefts leads up to San Francisco, the dark beast, Azrael is on the scene. Does he have contact with a stalker and a handsome philanderer?

London, 1667. In the court of Charles II, it's a dangerous time to be alive. A wrong move could lead to disgrace, exile or death. The discovery of a murder at Clarendon House, the palatial home of one of the highest courtiers in the land, could have catastrophic consequences. James Marwood, a traitor's son, is ordered to cover up the murder. But the dead man is Edward Alderley, the cousin of one of Marwood's acquaintances. Cat Lovett had every reason to want her cousin dead. Since his murder, she has vanished, and all the evidence points to her as the killer.

Tis the season for hot cocoa, twinkling lights, and... murder? At Belle Mountain Lodge, Tilly is excited to rub elbows with glamorous actress Victoria Van Der Woodsen at a holiday gala. But the celebration chills when Victoria is found lifeless in her room, sparking a yuletide mystery. As Tilly delves into the lavish lodge's secret corners—from the ice-glazed pond to the relaxing outdoor hot tub—she uncovers a naughty list of suspects. Yet, the icing on this mystery is the shocking revelation of an unexpected suspect, hiding like a forgotten present under the lodge's towering Christmas ...

This collection investigates the origins of our most intriguing old-fashioned superstitions, many of which we still find ourselves abiding by today. Hundreds of the beliefs passed down through the generations have their foundations in our ancestors' efforts to ward off evil, which they blamed for hardship, illness, and injustice in times when life was, as often as not, "nasty, brutish and short."

New York Times best-selling authors Rita Mae Brown and Sneaky Pie Brown continue their beloved Mrs. Murphy series in Whisker of Evil. Mystery fans cannot get enough of these cozy whodunits featuring the case-cracking duo of intrepid postmistress Mary Minor "Harry" Haristeen and her brilliant, sleuthing cat, Mrs. Murphy.

There's the world wide web - the internet we all know that connects us via news, email, forums, shopping, and social media. Then there's the dark web - the parallel internet accessed by only a select few. Eileen Ormsby has spent the past five years exploring every corner of the dark web. She has shopped on darknet markets, contributed to forums, waited in red rooms, and been threatened by hitmen on murder-for-hire sites.

Discover a brilliant thriller set in a remote big-cat sanctuary: "one of the scariest and most touching horror tales in years" (James Patterson). In an isolated stretch of eastern Kentucky, on a hilltop known as Blade Ridge, stands a lighthouse that illuminates nothing but the surrounding woods...

The streets of Stoneham, New Hampsire are lined with bookstores...and paved with murder.When she moved to Stoneham, city slicker Tricia Miles met nothing but friendly faces. And when she opened her mystery bookstore, she met friendly competition. But when she finds Doris Gleason dead in her own...

For the first time in one collection, The Sapphic Sorceresses Saga: The Birthstone Trilogy combines all the romance and horror of Lidia and Ember’s exciting fight for their love and their battle to stop a magickal war from breaking out. Forbidden from their love: go back to Churchhaven College to where it all began. Separated from their love: return to Glaadmor Manor and Lidia’s fight to rescue Ember. Punished for their love: face the pits of Hell and hold on to Lidia and Ember’s story one more time. All your favorite witches, warlocks, and everyone in between, all in one magickal ...

"Applaud for KLAWDE. Two paws up!"--Dav Pilkey, creator of the Dog Man series. "Funny, savage, and brilliant, Klawde is the pet I wish I had."--Max Brallier, New York Times Bestselling author of The Last Kids on Earth. Klawde is not your basic cat. He's an emperor from another planet, exiled...

"Applaud for KLAWDE. Two paws up!"--Dav Pilkey, creator of the Dog Man series. "Funny, savage, and brilliant, Klawde is the pet I wish I had."--Max Brallier, New York Times Bestselling author of The Last Kids on Earth. Klawde is not your basic cat. He's an emperor from another planet, exiled...

Applaud for KLAWDE. Two paws up!"--Dav Pilkey, creator of the Dog Man series. "Funny, savage, and brilliant, Klawde is the pet I wish I had."--Max Brallier, New York Times Bestselling author of The Last Kids on Earth. Klawde is not your basic cat. He's an emperor from another planet, exiled...

Getting whisked off to an alternative dimension is bad enough, but when you’re not exactly in the first flush of youth it adds another, um… dimension. Say hello to Maisie and Doris! Maisie has long believed in the kind of things most people never think about. Her sister Doris shakes her head and tries to ignore her belief in stuff that goes bump in the night… perhaps hoping it’s just a phase which one day will simply fade away. They both spent much of their lives in Scraggy Bottom after all! Sadly for Doris, late one night everything changes. Any slight hope of phases fading ...

Klawde is not your basic cat. He's an emperor from another planet, exiled to Earth. He's cruel. He's cunning. He's brilliant... and he's also Raj Banerjee's best friend. Klawde and Raj are back! As summer turns to fall, our favorite warlord cat remains in his pitiful exiled existence. But Raj...

"Applaud for KLAWDE. Two paws up!"--Dav Pilkey, creator of the Dog Man series. "Funny, savage, and brilliant, Klawde is the pet I wish I had."--Max Brallier, New York Times Bestselling author of The Last Kids on Earth. Klawde is not your basic cat. He's an emperor from another planet, exiled to...

A stray dog is recruited to infiltrate a house full of cats to stop them from taking over the world. Will he be able to avoid the ever watchful eye of the head Cat Scratch? Who is the man they always meet with in their private room? Is the lady who owns the house involved? Will Ringo ever be reunited with his family? Read the Ringo Squad Against the Forces of Evil to find out.

A brief story about creative ways to exact vengeance, even if all you have is the power to persuade. Gharol is a goblin girl, working in a tavern, trying to make some money before heading back to her university. One evening, the tavern is visited by the ghost of the previous ruler of the land, the evil Cat-Sith wizard Lothar. Lothar is dead now, but has escaped from the hell to which he was banished and can walk the earth again, although in a diminished form. Lothar seeks retribution against the current king of the land, Jend, a former apprentice who led the rebellion against him. Gharol ...

A young man's body is spotted in the stormy sea off Dancing Ledge in Dorset. Did he lose his footing in the gale force winds and fall in? Or is there a more sinister cause of death? Detective Sophie Allen's team discover some curious links to a suicide that happened six months earlier. A strikingly attractive female student connects the cases. Alarming facts slowly come to light as the team probes more deeply.

When mage bounty hunters murdered my family, their mistake was leaving me alive. Ever since that brutal massacre, my hardened heart thrives on revenge. Until the day I see her. She is a mage in pursuit of shifters under my protection and my sworn enemy. From the moment our eyes meet, a connection as dangerous as it is captivating sparks between us, threatening to shatter both of our lives. She represents the evil I fight against. I should resist her. I can't resist her. I don't want to resist. And now we are caught in a flood of forbidden passion neither of us can stem. Will she take a leap...