When the Cat's Away

✍ Scribed by McCaslin, Dane

• Book ID: 109172054
• Publisher: Gemma Halliday Publishing
• Year: 2016
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 117 KB
• Series: Proverbial Crime 2
• Category: Fiction

✦ Synopsis

Mystery writer Caro Layton-Browning has a bad case of writer's block and boredom--a very dangerous combination. Looking for something to distract her, she pays a visit to her newest neighbor, Meredith Holmes, the proprietor of a kitschy bookstore called Murder by the Book. When Meredith confides in Caro concerning an on-going battle with the president of the Seneca Meadows Chamber of Commerce, Caro jumps at the chance to liven things up a bit. Vowing to give "the dragon lady," Lucia Scarantelli, a piece of her mind, Caro takes Meredith downtown to confront the issue head-on. Apparently someone else had the same idea. When Caro literally stumbles over the body of a very dead Lucia, she becomes determined to find out who did it--before hubby, Gregory, returns from a business trip to England. Teaming up with Meredith, Caro starts an investigation that uncovers a stolen goods ring which stretches from New York City to Seneca Meadows. With just enough information to make...