Cajun Cat

Clarence “Cat” Touchette, an elderly and very rich Cajun farm owner, is acting as campaign advisor for his friend, Simon, who is a candidate for parish sheriff. When Simon is threatened with blackmail, Clarence, with the help of his blind brother-in-law, J.O., and his friend and employee, Tee Man, investigates the threat. Cat resents getting old and irritability invades his personality in dealing with his family, friends, adversaries and associates. The discovery of a stray dog among his cattle affects him in a manner that even he has difficulty understanding.

Everybody in Willow Creek has a secret. Tinny Rawls hears most of them over coffee and gumbo. At fifty-nine, Tinny has spent forty years feeding her Louisiana neighbors at The Gumbo Pot, where the coffee is strong, the gossip travels fast, and her ginger cat Roux keeps a watchful eye on everyone who comes through the door. Then master carver Beau Thibodeaux is found dead in his workshop. The sheriff calls it a tragic accident and closes the case almost before the coffee cools. Tinny isn't buying it. Beau's hands were too steady, his final plans too important—and a tiny piece of worked ...

What would cause two friends to leave Cajun country and go on a foolhardy romp through Colorado? The argumentative Cajun and Tee Man attend the National western stock show in Denver to buy a bull. They craft an impromptu visit to Winter Park ski resort where, coincidently, the blind J.O., is enjoying winter sports with challenged veterans. The raucous bunch celebrates and J.O. cajoles Cat into a snowmobile race, which ends in near-disaster.

Cat and his friends are back! The rich, cantankerous, narcissistic, but generous, septuagenarian Cajun, Clarence "Cat" Touchette, helps when his friend, Crosby "Souris" Babineaux finds his son in a coma at the family's marine transportation company. Cat begins probing, discovers unusual business practices by Souris' son, and scrutinizes a sleazy crew aboard a vessel chartered by a mysterious company.

The Lobster Boil Weekend was supposed to be the biggest celebration Pelican Harbor had ever seen—four hundred people, an antique copper kettle, and sixty quarts of Blair Whitcome's Cajun lobster bisque. What Blair didn't plan for was opening her walk-in cooler at four in the morning to find the man who delivered the lobster dead inside it, with someone else's handwriting in her temperature log and a sharpened oyster knife she'd never seen before. Now her kitchen is sealed, her festival booth is the talk of the harbor, and Detective Delcambre is building a case against a hot-tempered young...

When your life is turned upside down… Tara Roberts is forced to watch her family being murdered. She heads for Las Vegas leaving behind memories of her shredded life. And you can’t pick up the pieces… FBI agents inform her the murderer has escaped and is headed her way. You seek solace in the strangest places… FBI Agent Chance Anselmi tries protecting her to no avail. He offers Tara not only his protection but also his affection. And realize love hides from no one. While fighting off her nemesis, Tara finds strength and love in the arms of her Cajun protector.

As Elijah’s bakery swarms with excitement, camera crews, and the possibility of Roxy's friend winning a coveted spot on a TV show, his unpleasant rival for the job goes missing. When the rival is found dead in a dumpster, Roxy wants to learn more. . She can’t help but be curious when another death rocks her part of the city. But police quickly close the case with a flimsy excuse that raises eyebrows. And color Roxy skeptical. Determined to uncover the truth, she starts asking questions, but the cops aren’t talking. Not even when another body bites the dust.