<div>Agatha Award&ndash;Winning Author: When a book critic dies in an English village, a mystery-writing sleuth smells a rat. A number of mystery authors, including Lorinda Lucas, call the village of Brimful Coffers home. Occasionally, there is a violent death . . . for example, the demise of a hapless rat, done in by Lorinda&rsquo;s two kitties. But when the victims are book critic Plantagenet Sutton and a visiting writer, Lorinda finds the case much more difficult to solve&mdash;in &ldquo;another humorous charmer&rdquo; by the award-winning author (Library Journal). &ldquo;[A] charming morsel of a mystery.&rdquo; &mdash;Publishers Weekly Praise for Marian Babson &ldquo;What can a reviewer say about Marian Babson? If you haven&rsquo;t read at least one of her books, you have definitely missed the boat. She is consistently witty.&rdquo; &mdash;Mystery News </div>

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Canapes for the Kitties

<div>&ldquo;A top-notch thriller . . . The identities of the murderer and the twelfth victim come as a stunner&rdquo; (Publishers Weekly). At Maude Daneson&rsquo;s rooming house, the holiday season has everyone bustling about in anticipation, and Maude herself is planning a glorious Christmas dinner. But neither the landlady nor her lodgers realize that a killer walks among them. The police have so far been unable to track the culprit&mdash;and when murder strikes close to home, it threatens to chill the festive mood. &ldquo;A fast-moving, one-sitting treat.&rdquo; &mdash;Kirkus Reviews </div>

The Twelve Deaths of Christmas

<div>This whimsical mystery starring an actor who takes a fall and wakes up as a feline is &ldquo;quite simply, the cat&rsquo;s meow&rdquo; (Publishers Weekly). Shakespearean actor Winstanley Fortescue is known as a hound dog when it comes to the ladies. But when someone pushes him off a ladder, he falls on the theater&rsquo;s resident cat&mdash;and somehow the two of them wind up trading bodies. It takes a while to get used to living on four legs, but it&rsquo;s the perfect way for Winstanley to sneak around while he tries to uncover the attempted murderer, in this fun &ldquo;first-rate&rdquo; mystery from an Agatha Award&ndash;winning author (Library Journal). &ldquo;Clever and witty.&rdquo;&mdash;Booklist </div>

Nine Lives to Murder

<div>A pigeon in the sky with diamonds pulls an ordinary woman into a perilous mystery, in this novel by an Agatha Award&ndash;winning author. Bettina Bilby doesn&rsquo;t have much fun living with her nagging, critical mother&mdash;but at least this weekend she gets to temporarily take in her friend&rsquo;s four cats. Then, after a rainstorm, one of her four-footed guests finds a dead carrier pigeon&mdash;and a fortune in diamonds&mdash;outside the house. As Bettina wonders what to do about this treasure that fell from the sky, some dangerous types start showing up around town, and before she knows it, Bettina&rsquo;s dull life is enlivened by a murder mystery. Praise for Marian Babson &ldquo;What can a reviewer say about Marian Babson? If you haven&rsquo;t read at least one of her books, you have definitely missed the boat. She is consistently witty.&rdquo; &mdash;Mystery News</div>

The Diamond Cat

<div>A &ldquo;suspenseful&rdquo; mystery starring two publicists&mdash;and a whole lot of cats&mdash;from the Agatha Award&ndash;winning author of Cover-Up Story (Publishers Weekly). British public relations firm Perkins &amp; Tate are used to dealing with show business&mdash;but this time, the celebrities are cats. The company&rsquo;s been hired to publicize a major event for cat fanciers, but even if the felines in attendance are dignified, elegant, and well trained, the same doesn&rsquo;t always hold true for the humans . . . After a valuable cat statue disappears&mdash;and the exhibit&rsquo;s much-disliked organizer is found dead in a cage with two Sumatran tigers&mdash;Douglas Perkins and Gerry Tate must sniff out a two-legged beast. &ldquo;The appearance of this second-in-a-series from England will gladden Babson&rsquo;s numerous aficionados in America. . . . Suspenseful action . . . While many convincingly real cats compete for the reader&rsquo;s affections, even Doug, expressing indifference to feline charms, falls helplessly in love with a wistful kitten.&rdquo; &mdash;Publishers Weekly &ldquo;For the marvels of metamorphosis, stick to Kafka. For the joy of cats, consider Ms. Babson.&rdquo; &mdash;The New York Times Book Review on Nine Lives to Murder </div>

Murder at the Cat Show

<div>A millionaire&rsquo;s cat may be the key to a murder mystery in this delightful novel from an Agatha Award&ndash;winning author. When Annabel Hinchby-Smythe accepts an offer to serve as interior decorator to computer mogul Arthur Arbuthnot, she can&rsquo;t help noticing that no one in the house seems to genuinely like the tycoon&mdash;aside from his cat, Sally. After Arthur&rsquo;s sudden death&mdash;and the revelation that Sally is named sole inheritor in his will&mdash;Annabel&rsquo;s new task will be finding out the truth about her client&rsquo;s demise, and keeping the furry heiress safe from harm. &ldquo;Her portrayal of the kindhearted, martini-swigging Annabel is a winner.&rdquo; &mdash;Booklist Praise for Marian Babson &ldquo;Marian Babson&rsquo;s name on a mystery is a guarantee of quality writing wrapped around an unusual crime.&rdquo; &mdash;Houston Chronicle </div>

The Company of Cats

<div>Can this housecat prevent a homicide? An &ldquo;inventive&rdquo; mystery from the Agatha Award&ndash;winning author (Chicago Tribune). The Harpers have traded their New England home for a cottage in the original England&mdash;just for the summer. Their cozy new house even comes complete with Esmond, a timid marmalade cat. But the peaceful village starts to feel less welcoming when an attempt is made on Mr. Harper&rsquo;s life. Now, amid secrets and suspicions, they must sniff out the truth&mdash;with a little help from Esmond. Praise for Marian Babson &ldquo;What can a reviewer say about Marian Babson? If you haven&rsquo;t read at least one of her books, you have definitely missed the boat. She is consistently witty.&rdquo; &mdash;Mystery News </div>

Paws for Alarm

<div>A dentist&rsquo;s office becomes a crime scene: &ldquo;Uproarious . . . a hilarious cast of characters . . . sparkling comedy&rdquo; (Publishers Weekly). Endicott Zayle is a dentist to the rich and famous&mdash;as well as to public relations partners Doug Perkins and Gerry Tate. Now, he desperately needs their help. It looks like his use of an experimental anesthetic has come back to bite him, and a beautiful model lies dead in his dentist&rsquo;s chair. There may be more to the story, though&mdash;and Perkins and Tate, with Pandora the cat at their side, will have to fill in the missing pieces in this rollicking mystery from an Agatha Award winner praised for her &ldquo;very funny dialogue&rdquo; (The New York Times Book Review). </div>

In the Teeth of Adversity

<div>It&rsquo;s curtains for an interfering stage mother in this &ldquo;frothy, funny&rdquo; mystery from an Agatha Award&ndash;winning author (Kirkus Reviews). London public relations firm Perkins &amp; Tate has a potentially lucrative new client: the American country singer known as Black Bart. Unfortunately, the Nashville sensation comes with a reputation for chasing underage groupies&mdash;and an entourage that includes both his comedienne wife and her driven, controlling stage mother . . . who soon dies under highly suspicious circumstances. Now Douglas Perkins and his partner, Gerry Tate, need to put the best face on the chaos&mdash;but it&rsquo;s hard to focus on PR when you&rsquo;ve got to play PI . . . &ldquo;Rollicking . . . Babson has a coolly amused, ironic voice . . . [A] fast-paced mystery.&rdquo; &mdash;Publishers Weekly &ldquo;A vivid cast of characters.&rdquo; &mdash;Kirkus Reviews </div>

Cover-Up Story

<div>The &ldquo;consistently witty&rdquo; Agatha Award&ndash;winning author presents a tale of murder in a country mansion (Mystery News). With their fortunes dwindling, Reggie and his wife, Midge, have turned the family mansion into an English country inn. When Midge gets a call from an old classmate who arranges &ldquo;mystery tours&rdquo; for visiting Americans, she happily agrees to host one of these staged-murder events. But the tour seems to be a disaster from the get-go, with lots of arguing and complaining among those involved. Then, after a massive snowstorm, a real murder takes place&mdash;and it&rsquo;s up to the amateur sleuths to solve the case before the killer checks them out permanently. Praise for Marian Babson &ldquo;Marian Babson&rsquo;s name on a mystery is a guarantee of quality writing wrapped around an unusual crime.&rdquo; &mdash;Houston Chronicle </div>

Murder on a Mystery Tour

<div>A troupe of travelers in London may harbor a killer in this novel from an Agatha Award&ndash;winning author praised for her &ldquo;wit and whimsy&rdquo; (Kirkus Reviews). A group of tourists has arrived in London&mdash;shaken by the mysterious death of one of their fellow travelers back in Zurich. Larkin&rsquo;s Luxury Tours is represented by the public relations firm of Perkins &amp; Tate&mdash;so it&rsquo;s up to Douglas Perkins, with a little assistance from his cat, Pandora, to soothe their fears, boost their spirits . . . and prevent them from demanding refunds. But after another member of the tour disappears, Doug will have to turn from sightseeing to crime-solving in this puzzler from a &ldquo;consistently witty&rdquo; writer (Mystery News). &ldquo;Marian Babson&rsquo;s name on a mystery is a guarantee of quality writing wrapped around an unusual crime.&rdquo; &mdash;Houston Chronicle </div>

Tourists Are for Trapping

<div>A suspenseful tale of murder and mystery in a dysfunctional British family: &ldquo;Babson is as easy to read as ever&rdquo; (Kirkus Reviews). Margot has come back to England from America to show solidarity with her extended family in the midst of a scandalous murder trial. Cousin Chloe stands accused of stabbing her identical twin sister, Claudia, and Margot&rsquo;s well-to-do relatives are, understandably, a mess&mdash;that is to say, even more dysfunctional than usual. One is eating compulsively to cope with the stress; Claudia&rsquo;s teenage daughter is hiding out in her bedroom; the paparazzi are hounding everyone; and all the while Chloe won&rsquo;t speak a word to the police, lawyers, or doctors. No wonder the household&rsquo;s pet Abyssinian, Tikki, has gone to stay with the neighbors. But things are about to get worse when Margot, searching for Tikki, finds another victim&mdash;whom no one recognizes&mdash;in the pond, in this absorbing novel from an Agatha Award&ndash;winning author. &ldquo;What can a reviewer say about Marian Babson? If you haven&rsquo;t read at least one of her books, you have definitely missed the boat. She is consistently witty.&rdquo; &mdash;Mystery News</div>

The Cat Next Door

<div>This mystery &ldquo;immerses the reader in English village life [with] a cast of delightful characters, including cats&rdquo; (Publishers Weekly). Mystery writer Lorinda Lucas doesn&rsquo;t like the trend toward overly gruesome crime fiction&mdash;but she&rsquo;s even more upset about Roscoe, the cat who lives next door. He used to look well-fed and well cared for, but when Lorinda gets back from her most recent book tour, she&rsquo;s worried by his dangerously skinny appearance. It turns out that Roscoe&rsquo;s owner has a new girlfriend who&rsquo;s put the poor cat on a deprivation diet&mdash;and that&rsquo;s not the only bad news in Brimful Coffers. There&rsquo;s been a fatal hit-and-run and escalating tensions&mdash;and before she knows it, the mystery writer will be investigating a real-life murder case . . . This witty, suspenseful tale comes from an Agatha Award&ndash;winning author whose &ldquo;name on a mystery is a guarantee of quality writing wrapped around an unusual crime&rdquo; (Houston Chronicle). Please Do Feed the Cat is the 1st book in the Brimful Coffers Mysteries, but you may enjoy reading the series in any order.</div>

Please Do Feed the Cat

<div>A rescued cat is a clue to a killer&rsquo;s identity in this cozy mystery by an &ldquo;utterly entertaining&rdquo; Agatha Award&ndash;winning author (Booklist). Aging actress Dame Cecile Savoy is on the way to a Brighton taxidermist&rsquo;s shop, accompanied by her friends Trixie and Evangeline&mdash;and her recently departed Pekingese. But when they arrive, they discover a dead body, a spreading fire, and a helpless Japanese bobtail cat in a cage. After rescuing the endangered kitty, aka Cho-Cho-San, Trixie and Evangeline now have another heroic task to attempt: finding out who&rsquo;s responsible, and what sort of person would bring a live cat to a place like that. &ldquo;Ailurophiles will want to snuggle up to British veteran Marian Babson&rsquo;s latest comic feline cozy.&rdquo; &mdash;Publishers Weekly The Cat Who Wasn&rsquo;t a Dog is the 6th book in the Trixie Dolan &amp; Evangeline Sinclair Mysteries, but you may enjoy reading the series in any order.</div>

The Cat Who Wasn't a Dog

<div>A man infiltrates a tycoon&rsquo;s castle to find out who pushed his sister down a flight of stairs in this &ldquo;enjoyable Gothic mystery that keeps you guessing&rdquo; (Kirkus Reviews). Vance is an experienced female impersonator, so when his beloved twin sister, Vanessa, winds up in a coma after a suspicious fall, he has a unique way to investigate. Using her clothes and makeup&mdash;and his striking resemblance to his twin&mdash;he works his way into the remote castle of Vanessa&rsquo;s wealthy employer, along with a harem of other women. With help from a doctor, Vance poses as an amnesiac Vanessa and is able to fool everyone&mdash;with the exception of his sister&rsquo;s Angora cat. But will his masquerade be successful long enough for him to solve the mystery&mdash;before someone else tries to finish the job? &ldquo;Diverting . . . will keep readers&rsquo; attention.&rdquo; &mdash;Publishers Weekly &ldquo;Marian Babson&rsquo;s name on a mystery is a guarantee of quality writing wrapped around an unusual crime.&rdquo; &mdash;Houston Chronicle</div>

Only the Cat Knows

<div>The Agatha Award&ndash;winning author&rsquo;s &ldquo;charming heroines&rdquo; return as a cookbook writer is entangled in a mysterious death (Kirkus Reviews). Trixie and Evangeline&rsquo;s shared kitchen is unusually crowded as Trixie&rsquo;s daughter, Martha, tests recipes for her upcoming cookbook, with help from her editor. But as they rush to meet their deadline, a few more people show up unexpectedly . . . including the husband of the cookbook&rsquo;s original author, now mysteriously deceased, who Martha replaced. When one of these unwanted guests turns up dead, the truth will have to come out eventually&mdash;and Trixie and Evangeline are on the case, along with Cho-Cho-San, their beloved Japanese bobtail. &ldquo;Lively . . . Fans of frothy, dialogue-heavy British cozies will be in heaven right up to the madcap climax.&rdquo; &mdash;Publishers Weekly No Cooperation from the Cat is the 7th book in the Trixie Dolan &amp; Evangeline Sinclair Mysteries, but you may enjoy reading the series in any order.</div>

No Cooperation from the Cat

<div>A boy commits a catnapping&mdash;and becomes a witness to murder in the process&mdash;in this &ldquo;suspenseful psychological thriller [with] a tight plot&rdquo; (Publishers Weekly). On a dare from the local boys, lonely eleven-year-old Robin sneaks into a neighbor&rsquo;s house to steal their pedigree cat. But he doesn&rsquo;t expect the terrifying scene that awaits him. After a loud dispute echoes from above&mdash;and the man of the house comes down the stairs covered in blood&mdash;Robin makes a run for it. But the killer knows someone was there, and when he talks to the police, he figures the mysterious intruder is the perfect person to pin the murder on. Now Robin is in fear for his life, and desperately trying to keep the whole episode a secret&mdash;along with the cat who&rsquo;s become his new companion&mdash;in this twisting, poignant tale of suspense by an Agatha Award&ndash;winning author. &ldquo;The story dashes to a dramatic end with surprises along the way.&rdquo; &mdash;San Jose Mercury News &ldquo;Among Babson&rsquo;s many mysteries, this charmer may be the pick of the litter.&rdquo; &mdash;Booklist</div>

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