Gone with the Whisker

Zusatztext Praise for Laurie Cass "Charming...Librarian Minnie Hamilton is kindhearted! loyal! and resourceful. And her furry sidekick! Eddie! is equal parts charm and cat-titude."-- New York Times  bestselling author Sofie Kelly "A likable heroine! feisty and opinionated cat! and multidimensional small-town characters."--Kings River Life Magazine "With humor and panache! Cass delivers an intriguing mystery and interesting characters."--Bristol Herald Courier (VA) "Almost impossible to put down...Filled with humor and warmth."--MyShelf.com Informationen zum Autor Laurie Cass is the national bestselling author of the Bookmobile Cat Mystery series. Klappentext A friendly feline and a feisty librarian merrily roll along in the newest Bookmobile Cat mystery...until murder stops them in their tracks! It's the summer season in Chilson, Michigan, and the town is packed with tourists ready for a fabulous Fourth of July fireworks show. Minnie Hamilton and her rescue cat, Eddie, have spent a busy day on the bookmobile, delivering good cheer and great reads to even the library's most far-flung patrons. But Minnie is still up for the nighttime festivities, eager to show off her little town to her visiting niece, Katrina. But then, during the grand finale of the fireworks display, Katrina discovers a body. Minnie recognizes the victim as one of the bookmobile's most loyal customers. And she knows she-and Eddie-will have to get to the bottom of this purr-fect crime. Chapter 1   Every summer when I was a kid, my mom and dad and older brother and I piled into the family car and headed north to visit my aunt Frances. It was a long drive from Dearborn up to Chilson, and it was even longer if road crews were working on I-75, shutting down lanes of traffic and creating backups that ran for miles. This was when my dad would mutter, "There are four seasons in Michigan. Fall, winter, spring, and construction."   At five years old, I hadn't grasped what he was talking about, but at nearly thirty-five, I had a much better understanding of the concept.   "This project wasn't supposed to start until after the Fourth," Julia said, glaring at the brake lights lined up ahead of us.   I glared along with her. "When I called the road commission last week, that's what they told me." I rolled my shoulders in an attempt to loosen my neck. As a six-year resident of northwest lower Michigan, I'd lost my tolerance for sitting in traffic five and a half years ago.   This wasn't anything close to the gridlock of southeast Michigan, but time spent waiting for the oncoming lane of cars to get through and our side to get waved forward was time the bookmobile wouldn't be able to spend with its patrons. The Chilson District Library Bookmobile carried me, aka Minnie Hamilton, Julia Beaton, my part-time bookmobile clerk, roughly three thousand books, magazines, CDs, DVDs, puzzles, board games, and video games and-   "Mrr," Eddie said.   And the bookmobile also carried Eddie, the black-and-white cat who had followed me home from a walk through the local cemetery a little over two years ago. At the time, I had not been a cat person, but it hadn't taken me long to become attached to the furry little guy. I'd dutifully placed ads in the paper for a lost cat, I'd talked to cemetery neighbors, and I'd called area veterinarians and the local animal shelter. No one, thankfully, had come forward to claim my new buddy, and we'd been fast friends ever since.   But like any relationship, we'd had our ups and downs. A definite down had been the day Eddie had managed to sneak aboard the bookmobile's maiden voyage. That had not boded well for my relationship with my then-boss, Stephen, who had been a stickler for any and all rules, one being no pets in the library, of which the bookmobile wa...

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Laurie Cass is the national bestselling author of the Bookmobile Cat Mystery series.

Product details

• Authors: Laurie Cass
• Publisher: Berkley Publishing Group
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 31.03.2020
• EAN: 9780593100134
• ISBN: 978-0-593-10013-4
• No. of pages: 352
• Dimensions: 107 mm x 170 mm x 22 mm
• Series: A Bookmobile Cat Mystery; Bookmobile Cat Mystery; A Bookmobile Cat Mystery
• Subject: Fiction > Suspense