Wednesday, August 2, 2017

A Tale of Two Kitties by Sofie Kelly

She's just met Leo Jane when his granddaughter introduced her at the library.  Mia worked for her and she took an immediate liking to Leo.  After a short visit, life went back to normal.  But she had some strange visitors in library.  One was Leo's estranged twin, Victor.  One was a casino boss that had banned Leo from playing cards in his establishment.  Then Leo turns up dead...

Berkley and Net Galley let me read this book for review (thank you).  It will be published September 5th.

When the evidence (what little there was) is gathered, the son is accused of murder.  That's Mia's father and Kathleen knows he didn't do it.  But how do you prove that?

The first thing she does is look the archived news stories trying to find out more about everyone.  She knew Leo's wife had left him for Victor.  She also knows she was coming back to him when she ran off the road and died.  There was nothing suspicious about the death, but there should have been...

The story is entertaining with some cat magic, Kathleen's romance, and trying to straighten out the Jane's family ties. There are several suspects but Kathleen finally gets it down to one.  Now if she can just stay alive long enough to tell the police...

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