Kitty Christmas Caper: Short Stories

By Jacqueline Vick

A Frankie Chandler, Pet Psychic short story. It's Frankie's first Christmas in Arizona, and holiday cheer is proving evasive. She misses her family, she misses snow, and with best friend Penny taking part in a production of "Scrooge", she's forced to attend rehearsals to offer morale support. When she finds an abandoned kitten on the doorstep of U Behave, her animal behavior business, Frankie reluctantly uses her psychic abilities to peek inside Kitty's head. A mistake. Were those noises and screams the result of a horrible accident? Or murder? It's an uphill battle to find the young kitten's mother and discover the terrible fate of her pet parents.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Classical Reads
• Release date: Dec 1, 2012
• ISBN: 9781945403033

Jacqueline Vick

Jacqueline Vick writes mysteries that include farcical situations and satirical humor. She writes about characters who are reluctant to accept their greatest (and often embarrassing) gifts. She is the author of THE FRANKIE CHANDLER PET PSYCHIC MYSTERIES about a woman who, after faking her psychic abilities for years, discovers animals can communicate with her. The series evolved out of her desperate attempts to train a rescued mutt with fear-based aggression. Two visits with animal communicators inspired the article Calling All Canine Clairvoyants for Fido Friendly Magazine, and, later, Frankie Chandler. Her second series, THE HARLOW BROTHER MYSTERIES, features brothers Edward and Nicholas Harlow. Edward, a former college linebacker, now ghost writes the Aunt Civility etiquette books. Nicholas is his secretary and general dogsbody. Her first mystery, Family Matters, was a semifinalist in the 2009 Amazon Breakthrough Novel Competition. Her short stories have appeared in numerous publications, including Future Mystery Anthology Magazine and The Best of Everyday Fiction Two Anthology. Her Harlow Brothers novella, Lovely As, was a finalist for the Black Orchid Novella Contest.

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