"When a bad fall leaves Jack Matheson with a broken leg, he is forced to ask for help. That the help comes in the form of Simon, the most beautiful man he's ever seen, is a complicated, glorious surprise."--Publisher.

It's autumn in cozy, idyllic Crozet, Virginia-a time for golden days, crisp nights. And murder. Mrs. Carla Paulson is one of the diamond-encrusted "come-here" set who has descended on Crozet with plenty of wealth and no feeling for country ways. She's determined to make her new house the envy of all her well-heeled friends-and enemies -and she's hired architect Tazio Chappers to build it. From the start, the project-and Mrs. Paulson-are a major headache...

"In this charming mystery from the bestselling author of Paws and Effect, two magical cats have powers of detection that prove indispensable to librarian Kathleen Paulson"--

While the residents of Pickax eagerly await a festival celebrating the 150th anniversary of the town's founding, newspaper columnist James Qwilleran must entertain Harvey Ledfield, an aspiring architect. Strange occurrences seem to follow Harvey around. Koko, the Siamese cat, leaps on his head, a knitter predicts murder, and a woman comes from California to leave a message for Qwill. It's up to Koko to help Qwill piece the clues together.

When small-town librarian Kathleen Paulson stumbles upon the body of Mike Glazer, a former resident and the loudmouth owner of a travel agency, she investigates with the aid of her cats, Owen and Hercules.

Midnight Louie, alley cat extraordinaire and Las Vegas's hairiest, hard-boiled PI, finds himself literally walking a tightrope when a fabulous museum opening at one of Sin City's swankiest casinos is marred by a little thing like death. Louie's loyal roommate, feisty PR freelancer Temple Barr, has snagged the commission of her career: reaping the opening exhibition of the Russian Czars' priceless treasures at the New Millennium Hotel, the apex of...

When her old beau, Detective Marcus Gordon, is accused of murder, resourceful librarian Kathleen and her magical felines must paw through the clues to discover who is trying to frame him for murder.

Painted into a corner after stumbling upon the body of a visiting curator, librarian Kathleen Paulson, her detective boyfriend, Marcus and her magical cats, Owen and Hercules, must track down a murderous art thief before someone else has a brush with death.

Hired to look into who is sabotaging cat shows in the state, Sarah, along with Charlotte's Angels, finds things getting hairy when murder enters the competition, and must pounce on the killer before it's too late.

A collection of four interrelated, stream-of-consciousness short stories follows women and their cat companions as they explore the frailty of life, the pain of isolation, and the limits of communication.