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Well after reading this book, one thing is clear–humans are TERRIBLE at solving mysteries! Cats are the real detectives!! Do yourself a big favor if you are a fan of cute and cozy mysteries and check this book out!

The wrong people would certainly be arrested for murder if not for Nero and Marlowe (detective in training), a pair of felines who not only live at Oyster Cove guest house, they solve murders there! And I’ll just say, Oyster Cove might be a dangerous guest house to stay at. Murders and skeletons galore at that house!

The local sheriff is a bit bumbling when it comes to the skeleton found in the walls, so thankfully Nero and Marlowe are willing to help out, with some assistance from their human frontman, Josie. When a family happens to be visiting the very home where their ancestor’s skeleton is found, they know it is the sign that his treasure is buried on the grounds of the guest house. Frankly, I was shocked she let them dig up the grounds at all, though it was begrudgingly!

When the second body is found after the guests and townsfolk show up for an all-night treasure hunt, it becomes clear there is a murderer on the loose! Nero has Marlowe for help, but he employs a gang of other cats to help as well. It might sound weird to have chapters narrated by the cats talking to eachother, but that was all part of the cozy charm!!!

I couldn’t NOT grin while reading this book (something that was probably quite odd to the passengers on the train with me yesterday)! With tons of cute moments and obscure clues, cozy mystery fans will LOVE this book!

Thank you to Bookouture for my copy. Opinions are my own.

About the Book

Discovering the 300-year-old skeleton of shipping tycoon Jedediah Biddeford in the ballroom wall is a big old hassle for Josie Waters, owner of the Oyster Cove Guesthouse. Especially when Biddeford’s descendants turn up, certain that a family legend about treasure buried nearby must be true.

Josie is too busy dreaming up the perfect cake for the Oyster Cove’s 250th anniversary celebration to worry about the Biddeford family – plus half the town – digging up her yard… until one of her guests is murdered in the guesthouse garden. 

With worries that her guesthouse will get a reputation for being the kind of place you only leave in a body bag, Josie must put her detective skills to work to find the killer. Lucky for her, Nero and Marlowe and their gang of cat sleuths are also on the case. 

From the old wharf, to the town common, to the guesthouse itself with its many nooks and crannies, the cats are sure to sniff out the killer… but can they help Josie stop the person behind the mysterious murder before they strike again?

A fantastic page-turner from a bestselling author, purrfeect for fans of Agatha Christie, Adele Abbott, cat lovers and everyone in between!

Author Bio

USA Today bestselling author, Leighann Dobbs, discovered her passion for writing after a twenty year career as a software engineer. She lives in New Hampshire with her husband Bruce, their trusty Chihuahua mix Mojo and beautiful rescue cat, Kitty.

Her book “Dead Wrong” won the “Best Mystery Romance” award at the 2014 Indie Romance Convention.

Her book “Ghostly Paws” was the 2015 Chanticleer Mystery & Mayhem First Place category winner in the Animal Mystery category.

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