Book 117, 2025

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Cat Got Your Killer by Sofie Ryan

My rating: 4 of 5 stars


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I finished reading Cat Got Your Killer in the wee hours this morning. It’s the 12th book in Sofie Ryan’s “Second Chance Cat” series of cat-centric cozy mysteries. The main character is Sarah Grayson, along with her cat, Elvis.

When Sarah goes to the shore to see how her boyfriend, Mac, is progressing on the boat he’s building, she ends up helping to pull a body out of the water. The dead man was involved in another drowning that happened along that same beach fifteen years ago. People who knew the victim were convinced there was no way he would have returned to a place where a friend drowned, and when the police determine he was murdered, Sarah’s friend Glenn is implicated. Soon, the senior citizen PI’s that work out of Sarah’s shop are on the case. Sarah is certain the current murder is tied to the former death. All she needs to do is prove it.

A fun and charming story, as each book in this series has been so far. However, once again my enjoyment was tainted by Rose. I assume the author intended for the feisty senior citizen to provide some comic relief, but I do not find Rose amusing at all. She comes across as smug and condescending, which really just gets my hackles up. Who finds this funny? Moving on. Characterizations were stellar, from familiar people to those we meet in this book. The plot moved at a steady pace without any unnecessary meandering. The narrative was balanced nicely between the investigation, Sarah’s job, and her downtime.

Favorite lines:
♦ “You figured out that Michael Norris was murdered because he didn’t like seagulls?”
♦ “I’m pretty sure nothing is official if we don’t have cake.”
♦ “Avery could sell snow shovels in a heat wave.”
♦ “You did win me over with you lasagna.” // “I thought I won you over with my studly good looks.” // “No, I’m pretty sure it was the lasagna.”

Very good, four stars