MYSTERY

Purr M for Murder: A Cat Rescue Mystery

by T.C. LoTempio
Crooked Lane. Mar. 2017. 304p. ISBN 9781683310921. $25.99; ebk. ISBN 9781683310938. M
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Leaving behind her New York City advertising job and unfaithful fiancé, Sydney McCall returns to North Carolina to help her sister Kat run the Friendly Paws animal shelter. Sydney is adopted by one of the Friendly Paws cats, the charismatic, orange Toby the Wanderer. When wealthy landlord and curmudgeon Trowbridge Littleton threatens to shut down the Cat Café fundraiser and even the shelter itself, Kat and Sydney become suspects in Littleton's death, stumbling upon his body in his art gallery. Sydney, a Nancy Drew fan, is ably assisted by the intuitive and adventurous Toby as they start sleuthing to identify the real culprit. Sydney's high school friend Will, now a handsome homicide detective on the case, is conflicted by her involvement in the case.
VERDICT The author of the "Nick and Nora Mysteries" launches an engaging series with a proactive, appealing sleuth. The (nontalking) Toby is sure to be a hit with cat lovers and cozy readers.
Reviewed by Ann Chambers Theis , Mar 01, 2017
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