Book 55: Kindle and Print versions now available at Amazon.com. Here’s the description:
Rags leads the charge against mayhem and crime.
In this story Rags helps locate and rehabilitate Detective Craig’s troubled stepson, but not without some missteps and mishaps. The detective, Savannah, and her psychic friend, Rochelle travel to Arizona to find Chris and try to help him. Along the way Rags takes charge in an attempted assault, he saves Rochelle from a cruel magician’s prank, and he rescues vulnerable cats under difficult circumstances. Expect the unexpected in this lively and touching tale.
We’re on the verge of publishing Book 55 of the Klepto Cat Mysteries–within the next two days! Alongside that, I just handed over Book 6 of the Calico Cat Mysteries to the beta readers . Yes, we’re moving right along, bringing a lot of cat fun and mystery into the New Year.
young man who has lost his way. Rags, the klepto cat, becomes Rags, the slayer when he practically single-pawedly takes down a gang of misfit criminals and saves the economy and lifestyle of a community. He 
stands in for a cat destined to be bumped off and ultimately gives the cat-hit men a whole lot of what for. Then he chases down and catches the target cat—a sweet nursing mother cat—and, for her own good, drags the reluctant kitty to safety. Exciting, huh?
As you probably know by now, there’s a new cat in the White House and she’s not pedigreed or even registered. She’s only two, so she must have been a kitten when Jill Biden first met her during a campaign stop. As the story goes, the grey-and-white striped cat jumped onto the stage with her and evidently made quite an impression.
Cats come in all shapes, sizes, colors, temperaments and that’s just the ordinary pet cat. Look around you and you’ll see small cats, large ones, chunky, sinewy, fluffy, sleek, big eared, folded eared, curly haired, green-eyed, blue-eyed, odd-eyed and many other types of cats.
are? According TICA (The International Cat Association) there are 71, FIFE (Federation Internationale Feline) says 48 and the Cat Fanciers’ Association (CFA) recognizes only 45.
We often introduce a new breed here in this blog. There are certainly a wide variety of them. And there are some I’ve never heard of. Sure, people are still experimenting with cat breeds and still the cat associations will add to their lists, but rarely. In 2018, the 
CFA added two new breeds, the lykoi, which we have talked about here and the Khao Manee, which I’ve never heard of. How about you? Here’s a site that shows this breed.
Are there cat-related things you’d like to do that you haven’t yet done—especially since you’ve been sidelined from doing much of anything these past few years? What cat activities are on your bucket list? Would you like to visit the big cats on an African safari, own or breed a specific type of cat, get involved in rescuing cats from the street, become a veterinarian, see Cats the play (for 
the first or the tenth time)?
in a room with a Savannah (cat) kitten, I’ve visited several cat cafés in various cities and a restaurant in the mountains where cats roam free while you eat. I just missed once meeting the mayor of a city in Alaska—a cat, I’ve rescued cats, and I’ve known many delightful/wonderful cats. I have some great cat artwork—some of them originals, and I’ve done a lot of cat photography. I’ve dressed up like a cat, attended several conferences of the Cat Writers Association and workshops related to cats.
But there’s at least one thing I haven’t done and I would delight in doing it. I’d love to ride the cat train in Japan. Here’s a link to this delightful activity 
She’s so cute with her conductor hat on.
There is such a thing as the working cat. You’ve met cats in libraries keeping watch over the books and welcoming patrons, at the nursery providing a little extra help picking out plants, in the pet store, citrus packing factory, bookstore, and more. Cats are also happy to oblige warehouse owners as mousers.
for office, cats winning honorary office status, cats on ships and so much more. In fact, I’m writing a mystery around the theme of working cats as we speak. But here’s an adorable article featuring all the types of work our ordinary cats do for us at home. I think you’ll get a chuckle out of it and do a little head-nodding as if to say, “Yes, my Ginger, or Annie, or Gizmo does that.
Just imagine what your cat does around your house on a daily basis. Our cats are yoga instructors, counselors, entertainers, food critics, even security guards. For example, I always know when an Amazon delivery has arrived on our 
porch because of Olivia’s reaction. She becomes ultra alert, stares at the door, and often leaves the room at a dead run.
If our two cats got jobs what would they be? For Sophie, our classy elder cat, maybe she’d enjoy lolling around each day in a dress shop, in a furniture store—demonstrating the products, or she might work in a cat-food factory as a tasting master.
Mysteries and my office assistant. But if she were to seek work elsewhere it might be as a toll-taker. She loves watching cars and big trucks roll past the house through the windows.
Are your cats as fickle about their toys as Olivia is? She love-love-loves a toy, then she doesn’t. She becomes so excited about a toy that she plays with it all the time and manages to lose it under furniture, in sofa cushions, etc. So you buy her more. Soon, however, her
fascination for that toy is over and she never plays with it again.
Sophie likes small soft toys and fuzzy mouse toys with tails. She wrestles with the soft toys and she tosses the mice up in the air by the tails then pounces of them—yes, at 17 and a half years old.
that skitter and scoot all over the wood floors. She skitters and scoots after them with great joy.
Cats love boxes. Bring them a gift in a box and they’ll opt for the box as the gift. Most cats are eager to watch you open your deliveries. At our house Olivia and Sophie will practically sniff the tape off a package, then sit guard over it until we finally open it. No, they aren’t eager to see what’s inside, they’re eager to get inside 
and take command of the coveted empty box.
But a group of cats in British Columbia have taken their adoration for deliveries even further. They have made claim to the item that was inside the box to the point that they’re keeping their people from using the new Vitamix that came inside.
Litter boxes used to be for emergencies only and for a cat’s overnight needs. Few people kept their cats inside all the time. Cats were meant to frolic out of doors in the grass, among the tulips, taking in sunshine and communing with the birds. I must say I don’t recall many birds visiting our yard when we had indoor/outdoor cats.
to keep cats that wanted to be outside inside. Kids open doors. That’s what kids do—and they leave doors open. With three children under four, how does anyone have time to make sure the cat’s 
inside along with the toddlers. Besides, keeping a cat indoors with three active toddlers would probably be considered cruelty to animals.
cats to the dangers lurking out of doors, we have totally indoor cats now. I do enjoy visits from the outdoor cats that still roam, but the dangers are still real—maybe even more perilous.
Here in our community last week a spunky black cat that was left outside over night, met up with a cougar around 2 am. It was recorded on one of those cameras everyone has to identify porch pirates and watch the goings ons with the wild life. The cat survived to tell the tale the next day and to request he
be allowed to sleep at the foot of his human’s bed from now on at night.
Today we’d like to announce the first book of the year—a Calico Cat Mystery and it’s available in both print and Kindle at Amazon.com right now! Here’s the scoop:
