Cat Crafts

What do Merlin, black cats, witch bottles, cursed diamonds, lucky horseshoes, talking boards, and Rome’s sacred chickens have in common? They all belong to humanity’s very long, very strange attempt to outsmart fate. STRANGE BUT TRUE: THE WEIRD HISTORY OF WITCHCRAFT & SUPERSTITION explores the peculiar beliefs, magical protections, ominous warnings, and questionable decisions that have followed people through thousands of years of history. Long before anyone blamed a witch, ancient civilizations consulted oracles, read messages in animal organs, carved curses into lead tablets, and ...

A dead biker. A missing aspiring writer. A life changing decision. In the first in the series, A Deadly Course, married couple Emily and Henry Fox move to Vermont seeking covered bridges and antique shops but instead find themselves knee deep in a murder investigation. Can the sleuthing doctor and true crime writer use their skills to bring peace back to Sugarbury Falls? Murder of Course is the second clever cozy in the Sugarbury Falls Mystery series set in Vermont. A midnight knock by their neighbor stirs Henry and Emily into action. Who is the mystery dead girl on the rental cabin floor? ...

Welcome to Woolbridge Cove, where the yarn is soft, the secrets are tangled, and murder has a way of slipping through the door at Coastal Yarns. Ellie Winters never expected her knitting shop to pull her into a string of baffling murders, old grudges, hidden codes, buried fortunes, and dangerous small-town secrets. With her clever orange tabby Captain at her side, and a close-knit circle of friends ready to help, Ellie soon discovers that every pattern has a clue—and every clue can lead to a killer. This special box set includes the first five books in The Knitting Shop Mysteries, a cozy ...

‘A sparklingly delicious confection to satisfy the mystery reader’s appetite’ Helena Dixon, bestselling author of the Miss Underhay Mysteries The first book in a NEW cozy mystery series! Still spinning from the hustle and bustle of city life, Jodie ‘Nosey’ Parker is glad to be back in...

Everyone at the masquerade is a suspect—including the corpse. Mortimer Manor is known for far too many cats, its infamous crafts library, and the eccentric maven at the helm of it all—but none of that could save them from Bowie Binx, aka my shiny new identity. It's fall in Starry Falls! Includes Recipe! A Cozy Mystery by New York Times, USA TODAY, & Wall Street Journal Bestseller Addison Moore. Cosmopolitan Magazine calls Addison's books, "...easy, frothy fun! Each COZY MYSTERY in the series can be read individually so dive on in! Fall is in the air, and to celebrate there’s a ...

Cats have spent thousands of years pretending they need us. They began as wild hunters stalking mice around ancient grain stores, then somehow worked their way into Egyptian temples, medieval witch trials, sailing ships, royal households, government offices, railway stations, internet fame, and eventually the warmest chair in your house. STRANGE BUT TRUE: THE WEIRD HISTORY OF CATS follows the bizarre, funny, and surprisingly complicated story of how one small predator managed to become sacred, suspicious, fashionable, famous, scientifically fascinating, and completely impossible to ignore. ...

Mortimer Manor is known for far too many cats, its infamous crafts library, and the eccentric maven at the helm of it all—but none of that could save them from Bowie Binx, aka my shiny new identity. Humor with a side of homicide. A highly inaccurate vision. A grumpy writer. And a corpse. Welcome to Starry Falls. Running from the mob can be murder. Includes Recipe! A Cozy Mystery by New York Times, USA TODAY, & Wall Street Journal Bestseller Addison Moore. Cosmopolitan Magazine calls Addison's books, "...easy, frothy fun!" Confession. I’m no psychic. But I can sort of see the future—...

It’s pantomime season in Little Shaw, and librarian Ginny Cole has been roped in to help. The local theatre has persuaded national treasure and famously difficult diva, Monica Larkwell, to star in their production of Mother Goose, and while the celebrity’s return to the village after thirty...

The explosive third installment in The Glitch in the Flames series! The Overworld has been pushed to the brink. Now, the true battle shifts to the End! Steve, Alex, Tes, and company successfully beat back the devastating ambush in the Citrus Kingdom. But, with Herobrine reverse-engineering their greatest technology and his corrupted forces anticipating their every move, the Overworld army must hold the line while a small team takes a desperate gamble: crossing into the mysterious, silent dimension of the End. But the End is not as barren they thought it was. It is home to an ancient, ...

Small-town cozy mystery with divorced sleuths Holly Harper’s life is finally back on track after her divorce from “what’s-his-name.” Along with a group of women who’ve sworn off bad marriages and worse men, she’s formed a self-help group known as the Divorced Divas—meeting regularly inside her bead shop, The Beaded Dragonfly, in the heart of Swanee, Kentucky. The Divas may joke about revenge, but things turn deadly when the town’s wealthiest bachelor, Doug Sloan, is found murdered on the floor of Holly’s shop—with a string of cat-eye beads wrapped around his neck. With ...

When Natasha Mason’s AA sponsor is in deadly danger, she turns to the cranky yet brilliant Julia Mann for help, in this exciting new mystery novel from the USA Today bestselling author of One Death at a Time. Mason, a Gen Z adrenaline junkie, and Mann, an ex-con, ex-actress, and lawyer turned...

It's Halloween in Starry Falls and something wicked this way comes. Mortimer Manor is known for far too many cats, its infamous crafts library, and the eccentric maven at the helm of it all—but none of that could save them from Bowie Binx, aka my shiny new identity. It's Halloween in Starry Falls! Includes Recipe! A Cozy Mystery by New York Times, USA TODAY, & Wall Street Journal Bestseller Addison Moore. Cosmopolitan Magazine calls Addison's books, "...easy, frothy fun!" Something wicked this way comes. Opal volunteers to turn the manor into a haunted mansion for the entire month of ...

Three feline-fueled mysteries where the claws come out. THREE BOOKS! Hilarious Cozy Mysteries! Love cats, quirky characters, and small town feels? You will LOVE the Meow for Murder Mysteries! Over 500 pages of reading!!! Mortimer Manor is known for far too many cats, its infamous crafts library, and the eccentric maven at the helm of it all—but none of that could save them from Bowie Binx, aka my shiny new identity. Books Included: Murder at Mortimer Manor Murder Old School Socialites Guide to Murder A highly inaccurate vision. A grumpy writer. And a corpse. Welcome to Starry Falls. ...

Do you want your readers to feel like they're really there - in the place where the story happens? Whether you want to enrich stark prose with atmospheric detail, add vibrancy to a dull piece, or curb waffling descriptions, this guide can help. Learn how to make your settings intense, realistic, and intriguing. This is the 10th book in Rayne Hall's acclaimed Writer's Craft series.

Now presenting seven Scaredy Squirrel adventures in one audiobook collection! The Scaredy Squirrel Collection includes: Scaredy Squirrel Scaredy Squirrel Makes a Friend Scaredy Squirrel at the Beach Scaredy Squirrel at Night Scaredy Squirrel Has a Birthday Party Scaredy Squirrel Goes Camping...

When an extra $5000 shows up in her bank account, Kinsey Millhone puts it down to a clerical error. But suddenly the deposit makes sense. It's not a mistake, it's a setup. Kinsey now has a new client: herself/ As she unravels the frame, she finds her future tied to one family's secret, hidden...

Retirement is bliss—or is it? Newly retired music teacher, Susan Wiles, puts her natural nosiness to work and discovers a talent for solving murders. In Murder is Elementary, Susan finds her former principal dead on the office floor, a half-eaten funfetti cupcake on the desk, and a list of suspects rivaling pre-pandemic lines at Disney! In book two, a dead body is discovered in a construction site behind a school. Susan puts her sleuthing skills into action to save her husband’s best friend, Tank, who is accused of the crime. While Susan works to solve this mystery and exonerate Tank, ...

NEW to the Peridale Café series? This is the PERFECT jumping in point! The truth always rises to the surface... Julia South-Brown is thrilled to unveil her café’s latest creation—cruffins—at the grand opening of Peridale’s new community square. But her excitement turns to dread when Wendy Michaels, a sharp-tongued food critic and Julia’s former college nemesis, publicly accuses her of negligence, then dies under suspicious circumstances. As whispers of sabotage spread through the village, Julia’s café becomes the focus of scandal, threatening her livelihood and reputation. ...

‘A sparklingly delicious confection to satisfy the mystery reader’s appetite’ Helena Dixon, bestselling author of the Miss Underhay Mysteries When a body turned up at her last catering gig it certainly put people off the hors d’oeuvres. With a reputation to salvage, Jodie’s determined...

A heartwarming, small town, magical cozy mystery. Every book in the Quillhaven series can be read as a standalone. In Quillhaven, the yarn doesn’t lie. When Nettie Silverloop discovers a box of strange crimson yarn in her cozy shop, Yarn to Be Wild, she has no idea it carries a power far more dangerous than charm or coincidence. As Nettie and her knitting circle begin creating a Valentine’s charity afghan, the yarn starts exposing hidden truths—old loves, buried regrets, and long-suppressed desires. Secrets surface without permission, pulling the past into the present and tightening ...