Strangled in Cherry Hills: A Small-Town Cat Cozy Murder Mystery Whodunit: Cozy Cat Caper Mystery, #6
By Paige Sleuth
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Three cats, two dogs, and one dead body.
Kat Harper isn't the only one with a knack for stumbling upon crime scenes. This time she's led to the corpse du jour by her adventurous cat Matty and one determined dachshund. It doesn't take long before the dead man is identified as local dog walker Jeffrey Parr—and his doxie client could be the only eyewitness to this latest Cherry Hills homicide.
Kat doesn't set out to investigate, but what can she do when the task of reuniting the dachshund with his owner introduces her to more suspects than she can count? Between Jeffrey's disgruntled clients and his angry exes, Kat has her hands full trying to determine "whodunit." That might be a blessing in disguise though. As the amateur sleuth soon learns, success often comes with a price. And when Kat finds herself in the killer's crosshairs, it might just be up to her furry feline friends to save her from becoming the next murder victim.
All of the Cozy Cat Caper Mystery books can be enjoyed as standalones but will be better appreciated as part of the series. The books are light, fun cozy mysteries featuring an animal-loving female amateur sleuth, lovable and not-so-lovable quirky characters, and a page-turning mystery that needs solving. None of the books include cliffhangers, bad language, or graphic scenes.
Paige Sleuth
Paige Sleuth is a pseudonym for mystery author Marla Bradeen. She plots murder during the day and fights for mattress space with her two rescue cats at night. When not attending to her cats' demands, she writes. Find her at: http://www.marlabradeen.com/
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Strangled in Cherry Hills - Paige Sleuth
Strangled in Cherry Hills
A Cozy Cat Caper Mystery
Book 6
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Paige Sleuth
Copyright © 2016 Marla Bradeen (writing as Paige Sleuth)
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Three cats, two dogs, and one dead body.
Kat Harper isn’t the only one with a knack for stumbling upon crime scenes. This time she’s led to the corpse du jour by her adventurous cat Matty and one determined dachshund. It doesn’t take long before the dead man is identified as local dog walker Jeffrey Parr—and his doxie client could be the only eyewitness to this latest Cherry Hills homicide.
Kat doesn’t set out to investigate, but what can she do when the task of reuniting the dachshund with his owner introduces her to more suspects than she can count? Between Jeffrey’s disgruntled clients and his angry exes, Kat has her hands full trying to determine whodunit.
That might be a blessing in disguise though. As the amateur sleuth soon learns, success often comes with a price. And when Kat finds herself in the killer’s crosshairs, it might just be up to her furry feline friends to save her from becoming the next murder victim.
All of the Cozy Cat Caper Mystery books can be enjoyed as standalones but will be better appreciated as part of the series. The books are light, fun cozy mysteries featuring an animal-loving female amateur sleuth, lovable and not-so-lovable quirky characters, and a page-turning mystery that needs solving. None of the books include cliffhangers, bad language, or graphic scenes.
Table of Contents
CHAPTER ONE
CHAPTER TWO
CHAPTER THREE
CHAPTER FOUR
CHAPTER FIVE
CHAPTER SIX
CHAPTER SEVEN
CHAPTER EIGHT
CHAPTER NINE
CHAPTER TEN
CHAPTER ELEVEN
CHAPTER TWELVE
NOTE FROM THE AUTHOR
HALLOWEEN IN CHERRY HILLS
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
CHAPTER ONE
Matty, no!
Katherine Harper raced out of her apartment after the tortoiseshell cat. Matty moved with surprising speed, turning into a tawny-colored blur as she streaked down the hallway. No one watching would have guessed that just two minutes ago she had been sound asleep, snoring contentedly.
At the other end of the corridor, the elevator doors parted. Kat’s lone third-floor neighbor stepped out.
Kat, hi!
Lucy Callahan waved as best she could around an armload of canvas grocery bags.
Lucy, don’t let Matty in the elevator.
What?
The redhead looked around, but the bags blocked her view of the cat darting right past her legs.
Matty!
Kat yelled again, but she was too late. Already the elevator doors were closing.
Matty sat down in one corner of the elevator and hooked her tail around her paws. The tilt of her chin suggested she knew she had just done something bad and her human couldn’t do anything to stop her.
Kat reached the elevator just as the metal doors fused shut. Fiddlesticks!
she said, smacking her palm against the seam.
She jabbed the button a handful of times. When the doors didn’t part, she realized someone must have already called the elevator to another floor.
Her gaze shifted to the stairwell.
Matty’s out here?
Lucy lifted her bags in an attempt to see what was going on below knee level.
Kat sprinted to the stairwell, leaned against the bar handle, and shoved the door open with her shoulder. She escaped from the apartment.
Before Lucy could ask for details, Kat ducked into the stairwell and pounded down the steps. Luckily, she lived on the top floor so there was only one way for Matty to go. And if she hurried, she just might make it to the ground floor before the elevator.
She burst into the lobby, groaning when she saw William Peterson standing there with his hands on his hips.
The older man scowled. Kat Harper, was that your mangy animal?
Kat’s eyes swept across the lobby. Where did you see her?
It was in the elevator.
Mr. Peterson glared at her. You ought to keep it in your own unit. I don’t want to be riding around with flea-carrying vermin.
She doesn’t have fleas, Mr. Peterson.
Kat’s brow furrowed when the item in his arms caught her attention. Why are there naked people on your tote bag?
The picture on the side depicted a shirtless man and a cleavage-baring woman engaged in a steamy embrace.
Mr. Peterson shoved the bag behind his back. That’s none of your business.
Kat shrugged, figuring he was right. She shifted her focus to the more urgent matter at hand. Where did Matty go?
Mr. Peterson scratched his head as he looked around. It was here just a moment ago.
A yellow-and-brown ball tore past them then, rocketing toward one of the windows that someone had left open a crack.
Kat’s heart lurched. Matty!
She ran for the exit, knowing she wouldn’t be fast enough.
By the time she flung the lobby door open, Matty was almost around the building. Kat caught sight of the tortoiseshell’s gray-striped tail seconds before it disappeared.
She feared Matty would be gone before she could catch up, but as soon as she cleared the corner of the building she spotted the cat sniffing at a patch of grass.
Kat halted,