A young mother, Christy Jamieson just learned her husband Frank has embezzled his trust fund, sold their Vancouver mansion, and ran off with a socialite. Worse, Frank's trustees are telling Christy to let them handle it. But they aren't doing anything, and Frank's enemies are coming after her and her daughter. Desperate to find Frank and fend off his enemies, Christy asks journalist Quinn Armstrong for help. His price: the dirt on Frank. But the closer Christy and Quinn get to the dangerous truth, the more convinced they become that only the one who knows where Frank is at, is Stormy the Cat Stormy the Cat, who rescued by Quinn is not what he seems. 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. For the personal reading lists of dedicated mystery buffs it should be noted that "The Cat Came Back" is also available in a paperback edition (9781614178583, $17.99) and in a Kindle format ($3.99).
James A. Cox Editor-in-Chief Midwest Book Review