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Pru Marlowe isn’t your ordinary animal psychic...

When Pru Marlowe gets the report of a cat shooting, she's horrified. Animal cruelty is the one thing this tough-girl behaviorist won't abide. When she gets to the scene, though, and finds a man dead – and his white Persian only slightly singed, she knows something else is afoot. Could the pampered pet have set off the rare duelling pistol? Or is the Persian being set up as a cat's paw in a deadly game? That's what Pru and her tabby sidekick Wallis must find out in Cats Can't Shoot.
  Simon excels in creating unique and believable animal characters as well as diverse and memorable humans, says Booklist in a starred review, and this sequel is just as good as Dogs Don’t Lie (2011).   Readers will relish this fun caper, adds Mystery Gazette.

Dulcie Schwartz doesn't believe a book could be cursed. But when the rare Dunster Codex goes missing – and the head of the prestigious Mildon Collection turns up dead – she's got to wonder. Dulcie is a scholar, but the rational mind will take her only so far. Sometimes it takes a ghost – or the shade of a beloved cat Mr Grey – to help unravel Grey Expectations, the fourth Dulcie Schwartz feline mystery – a mystery rooted in history.
  Enchanting, says Publishers Weekly, of Grey Expections, the fourth Dulcie Schwartz feline mystery. Fans of academic paranormal cat cozies will be in heaven. Booklist adds, this is definitely more than just another cat mystery.

These are darn good mysteries.
— *Oline Cogdill, South Florida Sun-Sentinel

Look for Cats Can't Shoot and Grey Expectations in bookstores near you!