Presented are nineteen lively and entertaining brand-new tales of mystery and suspense from modern master, inspired by the cat.

Tales of murder, mayhem, and meows are all here in this irresistible collection of purr-fect cat crime stories from the world's best mystery writers.

While working for a TV news team, Nancy gets a chance to cover a breaking story at the zoo—a cougar, belonging to one of the world’s endangered species, has given birth to four cubs. But the wondrous news turns wicked when the cubs are stolen.

A murder plot... ...and the cat who must stop it. Jamie's girlfriend wants him dead. Scottie needs to save his human's life. But how? He's just a cat. The intended victim goes about his daily life not knowing his girlfriend and her secret lover are plotting against him. Scottie knows, but the soon-to-be murdered man doesn't understand the feline's attempts to save his life. Jamie is an easy mark and his death is imminent. His girlfriend will not give up until he's six feet under...with his cats. Will Scottie rescue his human or perish along side him? Will he get the help he needs to stop the villains? Can one cat stop a murder? You'll love this suspense book because everyone loves a thrilling page-turner with some laughs. Get yours now.

The familiar scents of gunpowder and kitty litter… ​When hardened men with a soft spot for felineslook for a haven, they come to Kitty and Me, a barwith a select clientele and one ironclad rule: When inside, do not dare harm the cats that call it home.Here, the hitman known as Undertaker findshimself in the unenviable situation of mourning the recent loss of his beloved pet, Cheriko...and discovering that his next target is a fellow cat lover. But the concrete jungle isn’t always so courteous as to wait outside, and the bloody truth about Undertaker’s latest job is knocking at the door.

Cats are vanishing......all over the neighborhood, but Jonas Shurmann doesn't care. He thinks cats are spoiled brats who don't appreciate anything people do for them. Jonas has bigger problems in his life: the ridiculous-looking chicken costume he has to wear to his class Halloween party, working at the vet's office after school, and his math book getting thrown into the yard of a haunted house. Those are real problems!At least that's what Jonas thinks, until he discovers he can hear cats talk. Through his newfound power, Jonas befriends two cat detectives, CatBob and Neil Higgins, and together they set out to find the missing felines. The mystery leads the trio on a terrifying adventure: one that takes them into the depths of a haunted mansion that holds the chilling truth behind the disappearances.

The CAT CRIME CLUB plans to steal from a circus, and the SPACE CANINE PATROL AGENTS must stop them.

Librarian Charlie Harris and his cat Diesel must catalog a killer in this mystery in the New York Times bestselling Cat in the Stacks series. Suspecting that someone is stealing from him, the aging and eccentric James Delacorte wants Charlie to do an inventory on his rare book collection. Soon after they begin, Delacorte is found dead at his desk, leaving Charlie with the bigger task of solving his murder. Immediately Charlie is suspicious of Delacorte’s own family, and relies on the help of Diesel to paw around for clues. The cat and mouse game heats up after a highly valued copy of Edgar Allan Poe’s Tamerlane goes missing and a second murder occurs. Now Charlie and Diesel must solve the case before the killer strikes a third time—and hope curiosity doesn’t kill the cat...

Jim Qwilleran and his cat Koko get a taste of trouble in the second mystery in the bestselling Cat Who series. Jim Qwilleran isn’t exactly overwhelmed by his new assignment for the Daily Fluxion. Interior design has never been one of his specialties and now he’s supposed to turn out an entire magazine on the subject every week! But the first issue of Gracious Abodes is barely off the presses when Qwilleran finds himself back on more familiar territory—the exclusive residence featured on the cover has been burglarized and the lady of the house found dead. Now Qwilleran and his brilliant Siamese cat, Koko, have their respective moustache and whiskers twitching. And when Koko starts pawing clues in the dictionary and sniffing designer furniture, Qwilleran finds himself doing a feature on a very clever murder...