A gorgeous Norwegian Forest Cat, a cat café, a food critic, and … murder!The small town of Gold Leaf Valley is aflutter with a food critic’s arrival. His online column has made him famous in this part of Northern California, but not everyone is pleased he’s in town.When café owners Lauren Crenshaw and Annie, her silver-gray tabby, stumble across his body, what should they do? Investigate the … should they do? Investigate the crime themselves? Or … leave it to the police?
Is Lauren under suspicion for delivering pastries to the dead man’s motel room? Or did his intern bump him off in order to gain a promotion?
Lauren’s cousin Zoe is keen to help investigate the crime. But are there too many red herrings in this case to uncover the truth?
Zoe is also busy turning knitting club into knitting/crochet club and teasing Lauren about her budding romance with the attractive Detective Mitch Denman.
Can the trio uncover the truth about the food critic’s death – before the killer strikes again?
This is a fun, clean, cat cafe cozy mystery with female amateur sleuths – and a beautiful Norwegian Forest Cat!
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Lauren, and Annie try to sweeten up a food critic with a couple of Ed’s pastries, only to find they’re too late. See if you can solve the case before they do. There’s lost of people to chose from, and lots of good sounding food as well. This is my honest, voluntary review of an advanced reader copy of this book.
Annie, the silver-gray tabbyNorwegian Forest
Cat seats people in the Cat Café run by the
Crenshaw cousins, Laurenand Zoe.
The small town of Gold Leaf Valley is a flutter
with the arrival of a famous food critic from the
city of Sacramento.
When he and his protégé arrive at the cafe, the
café’s baker is not there plus all his bake goods
have sold out. They said they would return the
next morning.
When they do not show up the next day, Lauren
decides to take some pastries to the hotel. She
and Anne walk over to where the food critic is
staying. They find him dead!!!
Well fleshed out characters that are colorful,
interesting, some quirky and very entertaining.
A very well plotted adventure with descriptions
that make the reader part of the story.
I volunteered to read Meow Means Murder. Thanks
to the author for the opportunity. My opinion is my
own.
When a food critic comes to Gold Leaf Valley; outside of Sacramento, to do reviews, he gets more than he bargained for. As he prepared the review of the Crenshaw cousins; Lauren and Zoe, cat café which is named after their Norwegian cat Annie, he checks out permanently.
The local detective; Mitch Denman, now has to find out who did the dirty deed.
I have read other things by the author and am ALWAYS pleased with the style and direction of the book. I would only make a small suggestion. Since most people don’t start from the beginning of a series; maybe have not heard of it or the author before, you might start each book with an explanation of the main characters by full names. This one didn’t refer to their last names; had to revert back to the first book.
Lauren Crenshaw and Annie, her silver-gray tabby stumble upon the food critic after he did not return to the cafe the next day to try Ed’s pastries. When Annie actually ‘meows’ Lauren knows something is up. She finds the food critic on the floor of his hotel room with a lamp laying beside him. He is not breathing. Then his assistant sees her over the body. Detective Mitch Denman comes to question them. Yes, he is dead. No his assistant didn’t hear anything even though he had the room next door. Who would want to kill this popular critic? Well, there are a few people. Seems he wasn’t all that nice of a person. But who in the small town of Gold Leaf Valley would do such a thing? You will have to read the book to find the answer. I voluntarily reviewed a free copy of this book
Meow Means Murder by Jinty James is the second book in the Norwegian Forest Cat Cozy Mystery series. Annie is the special cat who is the “hostess” in the cafe owed by Lauren and Zoe. Annie actually seats patrons of the cafe and sometimes she spends time with each of the customers! This story is about a food critic who has been reviewing different establishments in the small town of Gold Leaf Valley. Oddly enough for a cozy mystery (LOL) the food critic is murdered and Lauren, along with Annie, is the person who discovers the body.
This story will keep you turning pages and guessing who murdered the critic until the very end. The plot and characters are well developed and you will love Annie! I received this book as an advance reader copy and I always review every book that I read. I highly recommend this story.