"When a potential client wants to see Perry Mason about a howling dog and a will, the attorney is not interested. He does not enjoy drawing wills, and wonders if the man shouldn't see a veterinarian. However, when the man asks whether a will is legal if the person who made it had been executed for murder, immediately Mason becomes interested. He finds, in addition to the will and the dog, a man who had run away with the wife of another, and a sexy housekeeper."
A mistake at a murder scene dogs Perry while he tries to represent a woman taken in by a con man.
Murder is no laughing matter.
Yet a prominent Indian scientist dies in a fit of giggles when a Hindu goddess appears from a mist and plunges a sword into his chest.
The only one laughing now is the main suspect, a powerful guru named Maharaj Swami, who seems to have done away with his most vocal critic.
Vish Puri, India’s Most Private Investigator, master of disguise and lover of all things fried and spicy, doesn’t believe the murder is a supernatural occurrence, and proving who really killed Dr. Suresh Jha will require all the detective’s earthly faculties. To get at the truth, he and his team of undercover operatives – Facecream, Tubelight, and Flush – travel from the slum where India’s hereditary magicians must be persuaded to reveal their secrets to the holy city of Haridwar on the Ganges.
How did the murder weapon miraculously crumble into ash? Will Maharaj Swami have the last laugh? And perhaps more important, why is Puri’s wife, Rumpi, chasing petty criminals with his Mummy-ji when she should be at home making his rotis?
Stopping only to indulge his ample Punjabi appetite, Puri uncovers a web of spirituality, science, and sin unique in the annals of crime.
When two men change bedrooms at a house-party, everyone thinks that the sleepwalker with the carving knife killed the wrong man.
A bratty heiress wants to keep the news of her marriage a secret from the guardian who controls her purse strings, but when he's murdered, her groom is accused.
A spoiled woman is keen to keep news of her affairs from her powerful husband, even if it costs Perry his freedom when she swears he was on the murder scene.
Who was William Smith? And why was Mavis Jones so horrified to see him? The war had robbed William of his memory, and no one expected him to ever find out who he really was. So when he began work at Evesleys Ltd, why was his life so instantly in danger?
This time out, Dixie’s got a furry partner-in-crime, an irascible Lhasa Apso named Charlie. They’ve just arrived at the home of one of Dixie’s regular clients to check in on Franklin, a mackerel tabby with avocado-green eyes and a luxuriant coat the color of dried beach grass.
Despite a couple of bumps in the road (Franklin seems to be hiding in one of his favorite cubby holes, and Charlie scratches up the parlor door trying to get to the other side), everything else is perfectly normal.
That is, until the next day, when Dixie discovers a dead body on the other side of that parlor door, along with a note that seems to suggest she had something to do with it. Soon, there’s another victim, and then another note, and Dixie quickly finds herself caught in a maze of mystery and danger, where all the clues have her name written all over them, and where she must find the murderer. . . before he finds her.
Blaize Clement won fans all over the world with the charm and wit of her pet-sitting mysteries. Now, with the help of her son, author John Clement, Blaize’s beloved heroine Dixie Hemingway is back for yet another thrilling adventure in this critically acclaimed series.
Dixie has built a nice, quiet life for herself in the sleepy town of Siesta Key, a sandy resort island off the coast of Florida. In fact, her pet-sitting business is going so well she’s even taken on part-time help: Kenny, a handsome young surfer who lives alone in a rickety old houseboat. Things get a little messy, however, when, on an early morning walk in the park with a client’s schnauzer, Dixie makes a shocking discovery: hidden among the leafy brambles is a homeless girl, alone and afraid, cradling a newborn baby in her arms.
Dixie takes the young girl under her wing, even though she’s just been hired by Roy Harwick, the snarky executive of a multinational oil company, to care for his equally snarky Siamese cat, Charlotte, along with his wife’s priceless collection of rare tropical fish. It’s not long before Dixie stumbles upon a dead body in the unlikeliest of places, and soon she’s set adrift in a murky and dangerous world in which no one is who they appear to be.
Smart, fast-paced, and entertaining, The Cat Sitter’s Cradle is a perfect illustration of why Dixie’s loyal fans have come to know and love her and eagerly await the next instalment of her adventures.
Plucky heroine Dixie Hemingway is back in this ninth installment of Blaize Clement's beloved cozy mystery series.
While driving along the beachside road that runs through the center of her hometown Dixie witnesses a terrible head-on collision. Ever the hero, she springs into action and pulls one of the drivers from his car just before it explodes in flames. A little shaken but none the worse for wear, Dixie proceeds to her local bookstore where she meets Cosmo, a fluffy, orange tomcat, and Mr. Hoskins, the store's kind but strangely befuddled owner. The next day the driver whose life she saved claims that he is Dixie's husband.
Meanwhile, both Cosmo and Mr. Hoskins have disappeared without a trace, and a mysterious phone call from a new client lures her to a crumbling, abandoned mansion on the outskirts of town. Soon Dixie finds herself locked in a riddle of deception, revenge, murder, and mystery.
The Cat Sitter's Nine Lives features a compelling main character and a riveting plot that is bound to satisfy the appetites of Dixie Hemingway fans and newcomers to the series.
Pet sitter Dixie Hemingway is on the prowl again in the newest installment of Blaize Clement's classic and beloved series of cozy mysteries, now written by her son, John Clement, using Blaize's notes and ideas for future adventures.
Set in the sleepy beach-side town of Siesta Key, Florida, THE CAT SITTER'S WHISKERS catches up with Dixie as she heads off for work one morning in the dimly lit hours before sunrise.
Her very first client of the morning is Barney Feldman, a Maine coon cat with a reputation for mischief who's guarding his vacationing owner's valuable collection of decidedly creepy antique masks. But someone's hiding in the house when she arrives, and they sneak up and knock her out cold. When the cops arrive at the house, there's just one problem: no one has broken in and nothing is missing.
Searching for answers, Dixie soon finds herself hopelessly trapped in a murky world of black market antiques, dark-hearted secrets, and murderous revenge… a mystery only she can solve.
Author Blaize Clement has
thrilled readers everywhere
with the first six books in her
pet-sitting mystery series. Now
Blaize's beloved heroine Dixie
Hemingway is back for another adventure, and she has her
hands full when the worlds of
celebrity hijinks, counterfeit
fashion, and naughty cats
collide.
Dixie Hemingway, no relation to you-know-who, accepts a job
taking care of famous linebacker
Cupcake Trillin's cats, Elvis and
Lucy, while he's away. But what
seems like an easy job turns
scary when Dixie finds a celebrity fashion model in
Cupcake's house. The woman
refuses to leave AND she also
claims to be Cupcake's wife. But
Dixie has met Cupcake's wife,
and this woman certainly isn't her.
Soon, Dixie is spun into the
world of counterfeit high
fashion. When a valuable list of
fake merchandise sellers goes
missing, the criminals go after Dixie. Once again, what started
as a simple cat-sitting job has
turned into a mess that only
Dixie can solve.
Jim Qwilleran and his Siamese
sleuths, Koko and Yum Yum,
investigate the disappearance
of a wealthy railroad buff--and
alleged multimillion-dollar
embezzler--a case that becomes complicated by red herrings, a
tragic train wreck, and murder
at a railroad tavern.
Qwilleran and the cats are
visiting an island known by
many names. Qwill has always
called it Breakfast Island, but to
the taciturn natives, it's
Providence Island. To the rich summer residents it's Grand
Island--and to the developers
and tourists who are turning
this once-peaceful place upside
down, it's Pear Island. But when
some odd "accidents" occur, including a fatal boat explosion,
Qwill suspects sabotage and
sets out to investigate--because
murder by any other name is
just as deadly...
The New York Times bestselling
author of the Cat Who mysteries
presents a fantastic collection of
feline fiction which includes
fourteen short stories about
kitties who just can’t keep their whiskers out of trouble...
Filled with furballs like a
courageous Siamese who bags a
cunning cat burglar, a country
kitty who proves a stumbling
block in a violent murder, and an intuitive feline whose
premonition helps solve the
case of the missing antiques
dealer, this collection will
delight cat lovers and mystery
aficionados alike! This Collection Includes: Phut
Phat Concentrates • Weekend of
the Big Puddle • The Fluppie
Phenomenon • The Hero of
Drummond Street • The Mad
Museum Mouser • The Dark One • East Side Story • Tipsy and the
Board of Health • A Cat Named
Conscience • SuSu and the 8:30
Ghost • Stanley and Spook • A
Cat Too Small for His Whiskers •
The Sin of Madame Phloi • Tragedy on New Year’s Eve
The New York Times bestselling
author of the Cat Who mysteries
presents a fantastic collection of
feline fiction which includes
fourteen short stories about
kitties who just can’t keep their whiskers out of trouble...
Filled with furballs like a
courageous Siamese who bags a
cunning cat burglar, a country
kitty who proves a stumbling
block in a violent murder, and an intuitive feline whose
premonition helps solve the
case of the missing antiques
dealer, this collection will
delight cat lovers and mystery
aficionados alike! This Collection Includes: Phut
Phat Concentrates • Weekend of
the Big Puddle • The Fluppie
Phenomenon • The Hero of
Drummond Street • The Mad
Museum Mouser • The Dark One • East Side Story • Tipsy and the
Board of Health • A Cat Named
Conscience • SuSu and the 8:30
Ghost • Stanley and Spook • A
Cat Too Small for His Whiskers •
The Sin of Madame Phloi • Tragedy on New Year’s Eve
A twenty-ninth installment of
the popular series finds Moose
County in an uproar over a
string of lucrative inheritances
and a bee sting-related death,
throughout which Polly departs for Paris, Koko the irrepressible
Siamese meets a piano tuner,
and Qwill writes a play.
All the world's a stage--and now
Jim Qwilleran's apple orchard
has become the stage for a real-
life murder scene. The much-
disliked director of the Pickax
Theatre Club's Shakespeare production, Hilary VanBrook,
has been found dead after the
closing-night cast party. With
the help of his super-smart
Siamese, Qwill must cast a
suspicious eye on all the players--especially the ones
pussyfooting around behind the
scenes...
The colorful Casablanca
apartment building is in danger
of demolition--but not if Jim
Qwilleran can help it. He's determined to restore the
building to its original grandeur.
So he moves in with Koko and
Yum Yum--and discovers that
the Casablanca is steeped in
history...and mystery. In Qwill's very apartment, a glamorous art
dealer met an untimely fate,
and the veteran journalist and
his crime-solving cats are about
to reach new heights in
detection as the evidence builds up...and the Casablanca
threatens to crumble down
around them!