Happy Sunday! The Hideaway by Lauren K. Denton will be published on Tuesday, April 11. It is a Christian novel. One Perfect Lie by Lisa Scottoline also releases on Tuesday. There are new books coming out every week this month!
Cat Got Your Cash by Julie Chase
is the second book in A Kitty Couture Mystery series. Lacy Crocker owns the Furry Godmother in New
Orleans, Louisiana. She designs outfits
for animals and creates organic treats. Lacy
is picking out which of her pet couture creations she is going to show Annie
Lane, fashion designer. Lacy is hoping
to partner with Annie and have a pet companion line to Annie’s Mardi Gras
designs. Lacy arrives at Annie’s home
and receives no answer to the ringing of the bell. Lacy knocks on the door, and it swings open
to a meowing Siamese kitten. Lacy
follows the kitten into the kitchen where another kitten awaits along with
Annie in a pool of blood. A startled Lacy drops her box of designer creations
into the blood, and then picks up the murder weapon. Lacy contacts Detective Jack Oliver instead
of 911 believing he will understand the situation (like her fingerprints on the
murder weapon). When Lacy finds out that
the kittens are being sent to animal shelter, she steps in and offers to take
care of them. The next day Lacy returns
home to pick up the kittens to find them gone.
Someone broke in and stole them.
Thankfully, the kittens are quickly retrieved, and Lacy relocates them
to her parents’ home. Lacy discovers
that Annie set up a trust for Cotton and Cashmere, the kittens. Dylan Latherope, Annie’s ex-husband, wants to
regain custody of the kittens and stalks Lacy trying to obtain them. Lacy sets out to discover the identity of
Annie’s killer while working on new costume designs and handling obligations she
has incurred from her parents in return for cat sitting duties. She does manage to find time to flirt with
Jack Oliver and Chase Hawthorne. But
then the killer decides to take matters into his own hands, and Lacy finds
herself and her beloved cat, Penelope in danger. Lacy will need her wits about her if she is
going to make it out of this situation alive along with Penelope.
Cat Got Your Cash is easy to read
and has a fast pace. This book is
definitely more cozy than mystery. I
felt that more time is devoted to the Lacy’s zany antics than the murder
mystery. There was one wacky incident
after another in this book. It is a screwball
type of humor that reminds me of I Love Lucy (I know I am dating myself with
this reference—how about Young and Hungry for the millennials). I did find information repeated especially
regarding Penelope wanting to ride the robotic vacuum cleaner at the store, Lacy’s
mother with her phone calls and parties, Lacy’s attraction to the two men, and
Imogene, her shop assistant, mystic abilities.
I give Cat Got Your Cash 3 out of 5 stars. The mystery is not complicated and many
readers will be able to identify the killer.
Cat Got Your Cash is the second book in the series, but it can be read
alone. Details from the Cat Got Your Diamonds (first book in series) and Lacy’s history are included in this
novel. I was not a fan of this cozy
mystery. It was just too inane and
unrealistic for me. Lacy is a businesswoman
(running her shop at a profit), but comes across as seriously lacking in the
brains department. Then there is the
love triangle (they certainly are popular in books this year) that dominates
the story. If you enjoy outlandish,
humorous type of novels (my mother loves them), then you should check out Cat Got Your Cash (releases 04/11). The next book in A Kitty Couture Mystery series is Cat Got Your Secrets. It will be out on September 12, 2017.
Thank you for visiting today and reading my review. I will be reviewing Kale to the Queen by Nell Hampton. I am currently reading Gone Without a Trace by Mary Torjussen. I hope you have a lovely, relaxing Sunday. Take care and Happy Reading!
Kris
The Avid Reader
Thank you for visiting today and reading my review. I will be reviewing Kale to the Queen by Nell Hampton. I am currently reading Gone Without a Trace by Mary Torjussen. I hope you have a lovely, relaxing Sunday. Take care and Happy Reading!
Kris
The Avid Reader
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