Mabel & the Cat's Meow: Prequel to Mabel Gets the Ax, Book One in the Mysteries of Medicine Spring cozy mystery series. - Softcover
Synopsis
Mabel greets two weeks in her grandmother’s poky village of Medicine Spring with as much enthusiasm as a jaunt to Aruba. Could this be a teensy clue that her job as a lawyer has lost its rosy glow?
One day as Mabel enjoys an afternoon stroll, feeble cries from the second floor of a vacant house prompt her to investigate. Despite being about thirty years older and fifty pounds heavier than Nancy Drew, she manages to clamber inside where she finds more than she bargained for.
Along with freeing a scrawny, half-grown cat from a closet, Mabel makes a horrifying second discovery—a man’s body.
Mabel’s determined to help the kitty, who appears injured, but the cat has other ideas. So does Mabel’s best friend and true-crime aficionado, Lisa, who’s more interested in solving the murder. Despite herself, Mabel is drawn into the hunt for a killer, as well as a cat. Luckily, she doesn’t have to rely solely on Lisa’s and her non-existent skills as rookie investigators. Grandma and her elderly best friends also get into the act, along with Grandma’s dog Barnacle, who proves he too has a nose for crime.
There’s more excitement and danger in this small town than she’d ever encountered in the big city. And she kind of likes it.
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