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Rene Roberts'

Crazy Cat Lady's Mysteries

Book 1—Support Your Local Caffeine Dealer—Tracy & Grumpy #1

What do a money bag, a fiercely feral black cat, and a one-legged sheriff have in common?

HuggaMugg Coffee Shop is just becoming the go-to place to caffeinate and visit with friends, when a bank robbery next door drags owner Tracy Adams into a swirl of mystery and small-town secrets—with a very grumpy feral black cat now living in her "Basement of Doom"—and who likely knows more than Tracy does.

Tracy has no choice but to investigate increasingly unsettling events along the Cove Road's shops, all while under the suspicious gaze of Sheriff Tom Bellows, who sees her as more suspect than citizen.

With her sharp wit, a loyal crew of regulars, and an uncanny knack for uncovering the truth, Tracy must solve the case before she's roasted right out of town.

Come hang out at HuggaMugg's on Cove Road in Mussel Beach—swap stories, make friends, and maybe solve a mystery or three...

But 1st—Is stealing someone's coffee a mugging?


Book 2 - To Be Honest It Was The Cat's Idea - B.B. and the King #1

Garage sales can be dangerous. Ask me how I know...

My cover name is Olivia Coppersmith-Jones. I'll explain later—it's complicated. When I woke up in Hill Harbor Hospital, I learned I was shot at a garage sale. Great.

Now I'm the only witness to a murder I can't remember while I wait to testify in the murder case I'd give anything to forget.

With my FBI handler now missing, I escaped the hospital back to the cottage where I'm cat-sitting and find my landlady's editor cat, Stevie King, has "opinions" about my disappearance and dereliction of my cat-sitting duties.

Either my brain injury is causing hallucinations, my meds have alarming side effects, or Stevie King is actually speaking to me telepathically and is now my only ally here in Hill Harbor.

Do I wait for my sanity to return and risk my cottage door being broken down by whoever wants me to shut up, or do I disguise myself, snoop around and try to save my own life?


Book 3 : Downward Cat and Other Impossible Poses—Jewels & Jigsaw #1

Is running away the same as running toward a better life?

Jewels Jensen catches her cheating husband in a jaw‑dropping betrayal, sending her down the highway gamely grinding the gears of her newly converted schoolie with her bags thrown in the back, her calico cat Jigsaw hiding under the seats, and her brand new Private Detective self-study course still hidden inside a Breakfast Buddy cereal box.

But when Jewels is yanked off the highway as a "person of interest" in a murder, her grand adventure comes to a screeching halt. Now she and Jigsaw are stuck back in the small coastal town they were desperate to leave—Tides Landing.

With whispers flying and a killer still on the loose, Jewels must clear her name fast. Good thing she’s got a knack for uncovering secrets, both new and old… and a four‑pawed partner who’s even better at revealing the truth.


Book 4 - The Bus, The Body, And The Brilliant Idea - Jewels and Jigsaw #2

Controlled Mud-Slinging?

 

After a fall excursion in her retrofitted school bus turns into a terrify ride along the Coquihalla Highway, newly widowed Jewels Jensen, her klepto-cat Jigsaw and their guest, Poppy Mansbridge find themselves trapped in a remote mountain chalet during a deadly snowstorm.

The chalet is hosting an exclusive, off-season international pottery competition, with five specially selected competitors, a renowned sculptor teaching, and an insufferable art critic judging. With only a skeleton staff on site, Jewels and Poppy step up to help.

Uh-oh! Cue career change: chambermaids & scullery maids.

It isn't long before they deduct the real danger isn't the blinding snow squalls outside, but the five clay artist's inside. It appears these five know each other from another event—though they won't admit it—which did not go well. This one isn't going well, either.

In fact, it's going rather badly—seriously badly.

Time to break out Jewels's Private Investigator course...


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