*****5 stars
If you like cats and cozy mysteries, you’ll enjoy this book, the 17th entry in prolific cat author, Patricia Fry’s Calico Cat Mystery series. Fry is also the award-winning author of the Klepto Cat mystery series. I’ve read books from both, and they are purr-fect reads. This one takes place during the holidays and a mystery involving cats and a gardening center. There are also children involved, and a sad situation that main character Parker and her wise cat, Olivia, help to fix. Olivia, the star of this series, is based on Fry’s own calico, Olivia. The covers are as pawsome as the stories. Don’t miss this for some cat style holiday magic: https://www.amazon.com/Olivias-Christmas-Miracle-Calico-Mystery-ebook/dp/B0CN4DPKCY/
I'm a retired librarian and the award-winning author of the Cobble Cove and Buttercup Bend cozy mystery series and other novels, short stories, poems, articles, and a novella. My books include CLOUDY RAINBOW, REASON TO DIE, SEA SCOPE, MEMORY MAKERS, TIME'S RELATIVE, MEOWS AND PURRS, and MEMORIES AND MEOWS.
My Cobble Cove cozy mystery series published by Solstice Publishing consist of 6 books: A STONE'S THROW, BETWEEN A ROCK AND A HARD PLACE, WRITTEN IN STONE, LOVE ON THE ROCKS, NO GRAVESTONE UNTURNED, and SNEAKY'S SUPERNATURAL MYSTERY AND OTHER COBBLE COVE STORIES. My new Buttercup Bend series published by Next Chapter Publishing includes THE CASE OF THE CAT CRAZY LADY, THE CASE OF THE PARROT LOVING PROFESSOR, THE CASE OF THE LLAMA RAISING LIBRARIAN, and THE CASE OF THE WHALE WATCHING WEDDING PLANNER.
I've also written a romantic comedy novella, WHEN JACK TRUMPS ACE, and short stories of various genres published as eBooks and in anthologies published by the Red Penguin Collection. My poetry appears in the Nassau County Voices in Verse and the Bard's Annual. My latest book is A MIXED BAG OF CAT TAILS, a multi-genre collection of ten stories featuring cats.
I'm a member of Sisters-in-Crime, International Thriller Writers, and the Cat Writers' Association. I live on Long Island with my husband, daughter, and 2 cats.
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