Catscapades

Coming around to see what all the fuss is about

Check out this great review for Cat-Eye Witness.

http://bookread-mumswritings.blogspot.com/2014/01/cat-eye-witness-2nd-in-klepto-cat.html

Smokey, the inspiration for this series

Book 3 in the Klepto Cat Mystery series is now available on Kindle. If you don’t have a Kindle, download the Kindle app to any ereader or computer FREE from any book page offering a Kindle book.

In this story, Michael Ivey, the local veterinarian (Savannah’s new husband) is attacked by an enraged client and then later accused of this man’s murder. The evidence quickly stacks up against Michael, until Rags, Savannah’s kleptomaniac cat, starts digging up clues implicating the unlikely suspect.

Coinciding with the details of this challenge is the discovery that the old house, which the couple purchased from Savannah’s aunt, is cursed. Is this why the couple has not been blessed with a child?

Savannah’s sister Brianna comes for a visit. She teams up with the Iveys’ vet tech, Bud, to discover how to break the gypsy spell and they fall hard for each other. Will their courtship be strengthened or weakened by a frightening carjacking incident?

Detective Craig Sledge is prominent in this story as the lead investigator in the murder case. As usual, he engages in some creative tactics to get the information and the confessions he’s after. He has also become embedded in Savannah’s friend, Iris’s family. He’s dating Iris and helping with her son, Damon’s rehabilitation in prison.

Order your Kindle copy here:

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The cat that inspired the book

Catnapped, the first in the Klepto Cat Mystery series, is now in print. Currently, the print and the Kindle versions are available only at Amazon.com. http://amzn.to/14OCk0W For those of you in Ventura County, you’ll also soon find it in your library system. It may be available at a few pet stores and feed stores. And watch for it to appear on the shelves at Made in Ojai soon.

Here’s the storyline for Catnapped—a cozy mystery with cats.

When Savannah Jordan agrees to help her Aunt Margaret while she recovers from a broken foot, she doesn’t expect to walk into a mystery, become part of a not-quite-legal surveillance team, be kidnapped by a deranged stranger and meet a steaming hot veterinarian.

Beloved neighborhood cats are missing—the community can only guess at their fate—and Aunt Margaret’s life is being threatened. Is it because she has a clue to the missing cats or is it something more sinister? Of course, as in all of the Klepto Cat Mysteries, Rags, an ordinary cat with a most unusual habit, has a paw in saving the day.

Lily recommends Catnapped

I didn’t notice it, but yesterday was my 100th post for this blog.

I started this blog around the theme of my book, “Catscapades, True Cat Tales,” as well as my love for cats. And now, I’m having fun blogging about my new Klepto Cat Mystery series. I write about the process of writing fiction, the challenges of producing and promoting fiction and I might throw in some stories about my cats and their friends.

Today, I’d like to share another milestone: While I started out publishing my Klepto Cat Mystery books as Kindle books only, I’ve just completed the process of having the first one published in print. Order your copy of “Catnapped” in paperback today. They’re $8.95 each. If you live in CA, add 7.5% tax–or 67 cents AND, of course, shipping. I’m guessing shipping for this book will be around $2.00. So, if you live in CA, send me $11.62 each and for those of you out of state, it will be $10.95 each.

Matilija Press, PMB 123, 323 E. Matilija St., Ste. 110, Ojai, CA 93023

I’ll ship January 28–in plenty of time for Valentine’s day giving!!

Lily seems not to be impressed, but I’m excited as all get out. My first two cozy mystery novels are doing well as Kindle books. And we’ll have two announcements to make with regard to the Klepto Cat Mystery Series within the next few weeks.

Order your copies for your Kindle today. Did you know that you can download the Kindle software for FREE to your iPad or other reading device?

The two books now available at http://www.amazon.com (for only $2.99 each)

Catnapped (Also soon to be in print)

Cat-Eye Witness

Coming soon for Kindle

Sleight of Paw

To be published in the Spring

Undercover Cat

Just so you know, there are no talking cats in these books. Oh they might voice their opinion by using cat-like phrases such as Mew, Meow or Hiss. But boy do they get involved in some interesting situations with the people-characters.