Frank Jamieson, golden boy gone bad, has disappeared, taking along with him the family fortune. His wife, Christy, needs to find him, for her future and more importantly, for her daughter's future well-being and success.
Ten years ago, Christy was a regular girl who met her prince. He was her hero, her knight in shining armour, the love she always knew she wanted. They were married and she moved with him to his home town of Vancouver, British Columbia. There she discovered that Frank wasn't a knight, he was the family bad boy. The wayward one. And she, Christy, was just another of his transgressions.
With Frank no longer in the picture, the trustees who manage his vast fortune see an opportunity to separate Christy from her beloved daughter, Noelle, the Jamieson heir. To make sure that doesn't happen, Christy needs to find Frank, but she has no idea how to go about it.
Enter Quinn Armstrong, an award-winning journalist. He'll help Christy, but for a price. He's writing an expose on sons of the wealthy and he wants the dirt on Frank. Is selling out her errant husband a price Christy can afford to pay? Can she afford not to?
And just what does Stormy the family cat have to do with Christy's ever-growing crisis? Is he the cause? Or the solution?
Called "a deftly crafted and consistently compelling read from beginning to end" by the Midwest Book Review, The Cat Came Back will keep readers turning the page until the final, satisfying conclusion.
About the Author :
The author of the 9 Lives Cozy Mystery Series, Louise Clark has been the adopted mom of a number of cats with big personalities. The feline who inspired Stormy, the cat in the 9 Lives books, dominated her household for twenty loving years. During that time he created a family pecking order that left Louise on top and her youngest child on the bottom (just below the guinea pig), regularly tried to eat all his sister's food (he was a very large cat), and learned the joys of travel through a cross continent road trip. The 9 Lives Cozy Mystery Series-The Cat Came Back, The Cat's Paw, Cat Got Your Tongue, Let Sleeping Cats Lie, Cat Among the Fishes, Cat in the Limelight, Fleece the Cat, and Listen To the Cat! and When the Cat's Away-as well as the single title mystery, A Recipe For Trouble, are all set in Louise's home town of Vancouver, British Columbia. For more information please sign up for her newsletter at http: //eepurl.com/b0mHNb. Or visit her at www.louiseclarkauthor.com or on Facebook at LouiseClarkAuthor.
Review :
A deftly crafted and consistently compelling read from beginning to end, "The Cat Came Back" is the first volume in author Louise Clark's new 9 Lives Cozy Mystery' series. Replete with unexpected twists and turns, "The Cat Came Back" is very highly recommended and certain to be an enduringly popular addition to personal and community library Mystery/Suspense collections. - James A Cox, editor-in-chief, Midwest Book Review
At last a mystery that was a real pleasure to read. Well drawn characters, a mystery intriguing enough to keep one gripped to the very end, whimsical without being mushy and above all no gratuitous four-letter words (all too common in so many books now). Please keep writing more. - Macdonald, Amazon Reviewer
Louise Clark is masterful in this murder mystery tale. Well written. Interesting characters. And the murdered husband's spirit inhabiting their pet cat was a surprise that added humor and plot twists. Louise is a new favorite author of mine! - Suzan O'Leary, Amazon reviewer
Usually, cozy mysteries tend to stay away from the darker stuff, like reliving a death or the more gruesome details. This one flirted a bit with the dark side, and the plot captured me completely. There's some interesting elements to the story that make it work. - ASW, Amazon reviewer
A telepathic cat/ghost? What's not to like? This is a decent mystery, presented in a rather different way, with likable characters (including the cat) and a challenging plot. There's enough action to hold the reader's attention, too. - Rev, Amazon reviewer
I was intrigued by the title, which suggested a somewhat humorous story with a fairly complex plot line. I was not disappointed. If you are looking for a perplexing plot, with a surprising end and a spicy thread of humor and romance, this is It!!!!! - Daniel Kelty, Amazon reviewer
The twists to the plot kept me guessing, at times laughing so hard tears blurred my vision. I have already purchased the other two in this series and can't wait to read.!! - Margretta Sahm, Amazon reviewer
