Crafts and Life

Whisker Jog, New Hampshire, is a long way from Hollywood, but it’s the place legendary actress Deanna Daltry wants to call home. Taking up residence in a stone mansion off Cemetery Hill, the retired, yet still glamorous, septuagenarian has adopted two kittens from Lara Caphart’s High Cliff Shelter for Cats. With help from her Aunt Fran, Lara makes sure the kitties settle in safely with their new celebrity mom.
 
But not everyone in town is a fan of the fading star. Deanna was in Whisker Jog when she was younger, earning a reputation for pussyfooting around, and someone is using that knowledge against her. After being frightened by some nasty pranks, Deanna finds herself the prime murder suspect when the body of a local teacher is found on her property. Now, it’s up to Lara, Aunt Fran, and the blue-eyed Ragdoll mystery cat Lara recently encountered to collar a killer before another victim is pounced upon . . .

Lara has settled back into Whisker Jog, living with her Aunt Fran in the newly created High Cliff Shelter for Cats, going out with the lawyer Gideon and catching up with her old friend Sherry. Everything is ticking along when some excitement occurs, a retiring Hollywood actress has settled into Whisker Jog, she wants to adopt a kitten or two (which she does) and she seems to want friendships which leads to Lara and Fran being invited to the welcome party being thrown for Ms Deanna Daltry. Whilst there though there are a couple of unpleasant pranks, and more unpleasantness from an uninvited guest – the problem is that guest is found dead the next day! and Deanna seems the obvious suspect.

Lara needs to help run the shelter, take under her wing a new employee, get her painting done and find out who killed the man and why! Luckily the Ragdoll mystery cat Blue is there to help facilitate matters.

NB – I was able to read an advance copy from NetGalley!