Book 67, 2018

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Purrder She Wrote by Cate Conte

My rating: 4 of 5 stars



Last night I rocked through the rest of Purrder She Wrote, by Cate Conte. It's the second installment in the "Cat Cafe" mystery series, featuring entrepreneur and cat lover, Maddie James.

Maddie is excited for the grand opening of her newest venture, a cat cafe on Daybreak Island. Unfortunately, the day is almost ruined when one of her volunteers gets into a heated argument with a snobbish socialite who wants to skip the adoption process and take one of the cats home that instant. When the wealthy woman is later found dead, suspicion falls squarely on Maddie's staffer. She doesn't believe Adele killed anyone, and after she learns her brother-in-law called in the dead body, Maddie is doubly intent on finding out who really killed Holly Hawthorne. In addition to trying to dig up other suspects, Maddie is trying to run her business, support her devastated sister, embark on a new relationship with handsome dog groomer Lucas, and organize her father's gala at the hospital. All in a day's work!

First of all, I did enjoy this book more than the first one in the series. Characters were more relatable, and we finally got the 'cat cafe' part of the 'cat cafe mystery'. I also appreciated that it wasn't Maddie who stumbled across the dead body. Too many cozies, which feature amateur sleuths, have the main character finding body after body after body, and it's utterly unrealistic. Much better to have our main character learn about it and start investigating from there. The plot was interesting, Maddie was engaging, and I enjoyed reading about the cats, too.

Favorite line: "Lord Voldemort could've gone in there with a white apron and pants on and they'd never have noticed."

I would like to see this. Ha ha!

Good book, four stars:

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