The Cat's Tale

Liverpool, 1935-where the fog is thick, the mysteries are thicker, and the boundaries between worlds are wafer-thin.

At the unassuming Dale Street Private Investigations Agency, former librarian Jessie Harper has traded her quiet life for one of spectral secrets and eerie enigmas. Her companion, Khan, is a sleek black cat with emerald eyes and a penchant for revealing truths that defy imagination.

But Khan isn't just a clever feline-he's an ancient being with roots in the mystic sands of Egypt, a vessel for powers long lost to time. When Khan decides it's time for Jessie to hear his story, she's swept into a breathtaking tale of forgotten gods, sacred rituals, and secrets that tremble on the edge of the impossible.

With spectral visions, cryptic hieroglyphs, and an unravelling bond between mortal and immortal, The Cat's Tale is a spellbinding cozy mystery where the mundane meets the magical, and curiosity might just rewrite the rules of reality itself.

KJ Cornwall is the pen name of bestselling true crime and multi-genre author, Stephen Bentley. It is the pen name associated with the Jessie Harper Paranormal Cozy Mystery series set in 1930s Liverpool, a city the author knows well.

They are light-hearted tales with oodles of British humour partly supplied by Khan, the magical, talking cat.

KJ has now penned a new cosy mystery series: the Middleclere Mysteries with Book One, Shadows Over Middleclere now publishedin 2025.