It’s Book 39 of the Klepto Cat Mystery series. It’s book 7 published this year—a record for us. And yes, Book 40 is in the works.
I know you become anxious for the next story—you write and post and tell me that all the time. I’m working as fast as I can. But if you can’t stand the Rags craving, my suggestion is to start reading the series again from Book 1. I know that some of you have done this and enjoyed it very much. I spoke with one fan who has read the series through three times.
Here’s a description of Book 39, A Purrfectly Perilous Plot.
The klepto cat takes center stage and works a little magic.
Rags is invited to help rehearse a murder. The community is shocked when fiction becomes a gruesome reality and a key feline witness goes missing. Leave it to Rags to uncover crucial clues that prevent this from being a perfect crime. Rags is on a roll when he performs on stage in San Francisco. He gets more snickers than rave reviews, but he’s applauded for pawing the culprit in a very real embezzlement scam. Without missing a beat, Rags goes on to help reform a troubled friend who’s about to become a terrorist and he helps save the spirit of a dear old man. A lovely cat’s life is saved as well, when the Iveys, with Rags’s blessings, adopt a special-needs cat.
A Purrfectly Perilous Plot, available at Amazon.com NOW
How did the cat became part of the Halloween theme? Perhaps by association—their association with witches?
accompanied by a freaky or cute witch character.
Everyone is writing a book these days—more so than at any other time in history. And many of you hope to have that book read by the masses or maybe just your friends and family or a segment of the population who like hotrod racing, butterflies, snorkeling, adventure stories, cozy mysteries (ah-hem), or some other topic or genre.
self-publishing. You’ll be able to talk with publisher’s agents and editors and sit in on workshops by professionals with familiar names, such as Penny Sansevieri, Mandy Jackson-Beverly, Carolyn Howard-Johnson, Toni Lopopolo, Shelly Lowenkopf, myself (Patricia Fry) and others.
When I was a child I remember asking my parents why is there Mothers Day and Fathers Day and no kids day? They told me that every day is kids day. I think you could say the same for most cats. Every day’s cats day in this household and I’m sure yours. However, people mark these national and regional holidays to bring awareness to those cats that are still waiting for a loving home. National Cat Day is an opportunity to generate more adoptions into good homes, more donations for shelters and other agencies where cats 
are being cared for while waiting for a good home.
Mystery stories are written for adults who enjoy light reading with cats and an interesting mystery plot. Rags’s fans like that the cats in my books do not talk, except for an occasional cranky or friendly Meow. And fans appreciate that they have the opportunity to learn through this series and have their thought processes stimulated.
Still often people will buy a book from me to give to a child. I always suggest that the parent, teacher, relative always read the book first and decide if it’s appropriate for that child. Why? Because I do not write these books for children. I write them with adults in mind. Sure there are beautiful examples of messages in the books reminding us to hold true to our values. There are humorous and sometimes silly incidents and lots of kitty-cat (and sometimes horse) action. And some kids might adore reading some of these books or certain passages from them, but still, I write for adults.
know a child who has read one? What age? How was the story received? Would you feel comfortable giving one of these books to a child you know?
Many children dream of growing up being surrounded by animals. They see themselves swimming with the dolphins or caring for the elephants at a major zoo. Some want to be veterinarians, horse trainers, safari guides, or maybe run an avian pet store or a petting ranch.
assistant. Become an animal behaviorist or ethologist. You could open a spa for animals or a daycare facility, pet grooming shop, animal hotel, or a dog-walking or pet-sitting business.
making wigs for pets. If you sew, you might want to jump on the bandwagon by making cute outfits for dogs and cats or you can buy a cute van and run a pooper scooper business. If you’re social and want to run a business, while also helping to find forever homes for homeless cats, open a cat café. 
There are 127 cat cafes in the US now. Here’s a site listing them. 
A blog follower asked if I’d cover this topic. I’ve actually written articles on the subject in my other life (as a freelance article-writer), for Cat Fancy Magazine, as I recall. It might still be floating around on the Internet someplace. But meanwhile, let me suggest some other good articles on the subject.
homed when my mother died earlier this year. My niece and her husband and son created a plan for making the move as pain-free for Smokey and their resident cat, Kitty Boo-Boo, as possible. And they were successful.
Before we start today’s blog, I’d like to revisit a topic we touched on Monday–“What Should I Feed My Cat?” The old grain-free versus grain-filled question came up with a vote for the old-fashioned non-grain-free cat food and dog food option the preferred choice and for some good reasons. It was suggested that before deciding, do your own research. Here are two sites I trust that might help you make the decision for your pets: 
contest. Some people prefer living with dogs and some like having cats around. But there are those who enjoy isolating and flaunting the various perceived differences between the cat and the dog and why we should choose one over the other. A whole lot of people have the best of both worlds and welcome dogs AND cats into their homes. They get the best (and sometimes the worst) of both worlds.
Here’s the nitty gritty about cats and dogs according to some specialists. Cats live longer than dogs. They’re less expensive to keep, need less space, less attention, and they have better hygiene habits. There are more pet cats in the US than pet dogs and maybe that’s because cats are softer, sweeter, quieter, 
cleaner and smarter.
Those of us who adore our fur-babies (our house cats) are also fascinated by those cats that still live wild. I read last week that the domestic cats shares 95-96% of the same DNA with the tiger. Here’s a cool site that demonstrates the similarities between the “mini-me” cats in our homes and wild cats. 
how closely related your fur-babies are to their ancestors in the wilds, you may never look at her the same again.
the margay, the ocelot, the serval, even the Pallas cat, but I hadn’t heard of the Eurasian lynx, the flat-headed cat, the Chinese mountain cat or the kodkod. Yes, that’s a cat, too. Check out this site and learn some crazy stuff about cats you may have never heard of.
In most cases, the answer to this question is—whatever he’ll eat. Cats can be finicky, but there are so many cat food choices out there that surely you can find something he’ll adore. Is it canned food (pate, sliced, stew), kibbles, moist, prescription, natural, organic, or raw food? What flavor does your cat prefer? Salmon, beef, tuna, whitefish, chicken, with or without grain? What do you or your veterinarian prefer your cat to eat? Often it isn’t the same thing he wants to eat—the piece of chicken from your plate, tuna bites, any cat treat, or how about a smidge of catnip?
you’re not looking she’ll sometimes lick from your ice cream bowl or take a bite of your pumpkin pie. Our kitty, Lily, will eat just about anything I’m eating. While she’s on a 
prescription diet, we carefully monitor what she eats, but I still get a kick out of her when she steals a piece of spinach or a string bean from my plate and actually eats it.
