Short Cat Mysteries

Edgar Award-winning editor Otto Penzler collects more than 50 of his all-time favorite holiday crime stories - many of which are difficult or nearly impossible to find anywhere else. From classic Victorian tales by Arthur Conan Doyle, Robert Louis Stevenson, and Thomas Hardy, to contemporary stories by Sara Paretsky and Ed McBain, this collection touches on all aspects of the holiday season, and all types of mysteries. They are suspenseful, funny, frightening, and poignant.

Spencer Quinn’s first original audio 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?

Sticking their noses where they are most definitely not wanted. Despairing of their humans, these pets take it upon themselves to solve the cases they see as only cats and dogs can. Whether they sniff out the clues or fool the criminals into thinking they are harmless pets to be ignored, Rex, Amber, Buster, and more enjoy escapades a plenty in this fun collection of short stories. Grab your copy and be ready for the fur to fly! Includes: Police Dog - Day One Amber's Bust The Little Lost Dachshund Hell Cat Hell Hounds The Clown, the Witch, and the Cat The Case of the Missing Pasty

Vivian, a former reporter and a newlywed, doesn’t know what to do with herself after an incident with her husband forces her to question their partnership and her future. Yearning for the ocean air and a sense of home, she retreats to Tybee Island to clear her head and visit her Nana, a retired PI who now struggles with dementia. The phone rings: Catherine Grant, a housewife living in a private development nearby, woke up to find her husband and their baby girl missing, and she is desperate for help.

A COSY MURDER MYSTERYONE ROTTEN APPLE SPOILS THE WHOLE BARREL. It's winter in Hertfordshire and the heavy snow falls over the hills. Detective Harris is called out to a body laying in the snow. It was supposed to be a simple case, but with the ever disappearing evidence, can Harris find the victim's killer, because this one is evading the police and will bring Harris face to face with a perpetrator unlike anything she has seen before. A very merry murder is an evocative and atmospheric tale. The perfect novelette to curl up with over a cold, winter's day.

When pets investigate, you can be sure the fur will fly. When two kids go missing on Hallowe’en, the task of finding them provokes a Buster versus Amber challenge. The dog can follow the scent, but the cat will use her brains. Who will find the children first? And where are they anyway? But Felicity’s pets aren’t the only ones trying to solve this case. Her niece, Mindy, is out in the dark too. There’s a mob forming outside a suspiciously derelict and overgrown house, but is the lady inside really a witch? In the ultimate test of feline against canine and pets against humans, who ...

This is a Box Set of Cozy Mystery Books 1-3 in the Tabitha Clive Amateur Sleuth Short Read Series Cats, Crooks, and Cobblers - Book 1 Question: What does a rusty old tin box, peach cobbler and a dead ex-boyfriend all have in common? Answer: Tabitha Clive! When the citizens of her hometown of Kornville, Nebraska, are shocked by a murder, amateur sleuth and part-time reporter Tabitha Clive takes it upon herself to investigate. Tabitha’s case proves more complicated than she anticipated. She must deal with a strange cast of characters, from a suspicious new farmhand to a rude baker with a ...

January in Maine brings cold and snow. Lots and lots of snow. But just when I thought things were settling down around here, I stumbled over a frozen body. What else could go wrong? My boyfriend, Alec, retired from the police department at the end of the year because his boss was giving him trouble. But when he decided to become a private investigator, the bodies just keep coming. And as if things weren’t bad enough, the victim on ice was a schoolteacher and everyone like her. (Except for the killer, of course.) It was for that reason that I made up my mind to find her killer. Annoying ...

Amateur sleuth Maya Rae thought the hardest part of inheriting her café was figuring out the espresso machine. Now, she’s got a magical identity theft case and a smoking hot werewolf to figure out. As the newest amateur sleuth witch in Moonglow Crossing, Maya Rae has settled into a life of supernatural chaos. The Black Cauldron Café is thriving, and her grumpy cat familiar, Bart, is grudgingly mentoring her in the art of witchcraft, even if he delivers lessons with a snarl. But the cozy atmosphere shatters when a distraught mermaid client reports a shocking crime: someone is ...

A missing pet. A gang of criminal pit bulls. Two cat detectives are ready to solve a mystery… Yoshi and Gatsby are two felines known as the Petectives. When they agree to help a pretty young cat find her missing brother, a routine pet investigation goes sour faster than a bowl of milk. To solve the mystery, the cat detectives must face down a gang of vicious criminal pit bulls and the neighborhood dog police. While Gatsby's up to his whiskers in danger and romance, Yoshi puts together the pieces of a puzzle that could rock their community. With enemies at every turn, can Yoshi and Gatsby ...

A Little Paris Christmas Murder —🎄🗼🐱 a festive cozy mystery set in Paris where food, wine, and books warm even the coldest nights… along with Mercury, the cat. Christmas in Paris… what could possibly go wrong? Ava Sext, an amateur sleuth and transplanted Londoner who sells books from a stand overlooking the Seine, is determined to make this her best holiday season ever. But when a fellow bookseller is pushed into the Seine at the bustling Christmas Fair, leaving him fighting for his life, Ava and her friend Henri DeAth must unravel the mystery before the holiday cheer turns ...

Bo can do things no cat should be able to do. That’s because Bo isn’t really a cat -- or rather, he is a cat, but he’s more than a cat. When Bo’s “owner” catches him typing away on his computer late one night, that’s when the ultimate game of cat and mouse begins. And guess who’s the mouse in this little scenario? This darkly humorous tale is approximately 30 pages in length.

A collection of short stories from comedy to mystery to dark romance to macabre to just plain odd. From fractured fairy tales to quirky stories of happenstance and romance. All designed to make you think of the possibilities or laugh at the dry humour. A book you can read from cover to cover or just take a quick break from the mundane and read one story at a time when you get a chance. An easy reading and entertaining book .

If you enjoy fun Christmas cozy mysteries with pets solving crime, then this is the holiday short read for you. Small Town: In the snow-covered town of Willow Grove, where the air is filled with holiday cheer and the sweet scents of cinnamon and freshly baked gingerbread, chaos lurks beneath the festive surface. Amateur Sleuth: Holly Winters, owner of the Sugar and Spice Bake Shop, finds herself drawn into the role of amateur sleuth as strange incidents disrupt the town’s holiday celebrations. Furry Sidekicks: With her retired police dog Comet and witty cat Nutmeg by her side, Holly ...

People are beginning to go missing in a small rural town. A veteran officer and a new hire are on the case, while dealing with a cat invasion. Can they find what is causing people to disappear before it is too late?

Set in the biggest small town in the country, Susan and Mike travel to St. Louis for their son’s Match Day ceremony. At the reception, the dean of the medical school drops dead under mysterious circumstances. Susan smells foul play. Teaming up with the detective’s mother, it's double trouble as she and her new bestie uncover secrets worthy of murder in Murder is Medical. In Murder is Universal, Susan and Valerie are on a flight when they discover the passenger in the middle seat dead on arrival. The dynamic duo is convinced it was murder. The dead passenger, owner of a successful ...

Animals behaving badly. A ghostly hand on the staircase of an old theater. Skunks where no skunks should be. Insider information from the author herself about the strange, absurd, and occasionally even glamorous world of belly dance! In this collection of short stories, there are also more than a few appearances by Ginger and Susan, the main characters in the series The Belly Dance Mysteries. While they’re not stumbling over bodies this time, they do manage to get into quite a few ridiculous situations! This hodgepodge collection has a little something for everyone, so if you need a laugh...

Who knew a collector of miniatures could end up at the center of a murder? When eccentric collector Dolores Finch is found dead in her dollhouse exhibit, amateur sleuth Lila Whitcomb, her witty cat Pip, and her sharp-tongued sidekick Donna can’t resist poking around. Between Dolores’s quirky collection, a trail of jealous rivals, and more than one suspicious alibi, the case proves anything but small. With their wits, humor, and a knack for stumbling into trouble, Lila, Pip, and Donna must piece together the truth before the killer adds another name to their collection.

Kathleen Paulson has her hands full in Mayville Heights, Minnesota, running the public library and taking care of her two uncanny cats, Hercules and Owen. Kathleen's good friend Maggie says items are being stolen from the local artists' co-op. She doesn't want to call the police, because the main suspects are all close friends. Luckily, Kathleen and her faithful felines are there to put their paws on the truth!

It’s beginning to look a lot like arson this Christmas season… The Cat Café is buzzing with excitement this holiday season as they prepare for the Holiday Fur Ball & Silent Auction. As Tinsley and her crew put the finishing touches on the treats and decorations, she can’t help but daydream about the new animal shelter she hopes to build with the money from the auction. The excitement soon fizzles, however, when a fire breaks out at the café with the fur babies inside. Thankfully, they’re rescued by firefighters and all safe and sound. But everyone at the Cat Café is shocked when ...