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    Thanksgiving in Cherry Hills
    Thanksgiving in Cherry Hills
    Thanksgiving in Cherry Hills
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    Thanksgiving in Cherry Hills

    By Paige Sleuth

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    Thanksgiving is a time for crime in Cherry Hills, Washington.

    Kat Harper expects her biggest Thanksgiving challenge to be coming up with an edible vegan pumpkin pie, but that all changes when a woman is mugged outside her apartment building. Unfortunately, Sylvia Garcia isn't the only victim of this cruel act. Sylvia had only just finished food shopping on behalf of a local homeless shelter before she was attacked, and the thief made off with all her spoils. Now it's questionable whether the less fortunate residents of Cherry Hills will have much to be thankful for this holiday season.

    Lucky for them, Kat's on the case. With a heaping scoop of amateur sleuthing, a pinch of determination, and a dollop of assistance from her two justice-seeking felines, Kat won't stop investigating until she's identified the guilty party. And, just maybe, she can help to put a family back together in the process.

    All of the Cozy Cat Caper Mystery books can be enjoyed as standalones but will be better appreciated as part of the series. The books are light, fun cozy mysteries featuring an animal-loving female amateur sleuth, lovable and not-so-lovable quirky characters, and a page-turning mystery that needs solving. None of the books include cliffhangers, bad language, or graphic scenes.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherMarla Bradeen
    Release dateSep 14, 2016
    ISBN9781370511853
    Thanksgiving in Cherry Hills
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    Paige Sleuth

    Paige Sleuth is a pseudonym for mystery author Marla Bradeen (http://www.marlabradeen.com/). She plots murder during the day and fights for mattress space with her two rescue cats at night. When not attending to her cats' demands, she writes.Please join her readers' group so she can keep in touch: http://hyperurl.co/readersgroup

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      Thanksgiving in Cherry Hills - Paige Sleuth

      Thanksgiving in Cherry Hills

      A Cozy Cat Caper Mystery

      Book 9

      Paige Sleuth

      Copyright © 2016 Marla Bradeen (writing as Paige Sleuth)

      All rights reserved.

      Published by Marla Bradeen.

      This book or portions of it (excluding brief quotations) may not be reproduced without prior written permission from the publisher/author.

      This book is a work of fiction. Names, characters, businesses, places, events, and incidents are either products of the author’s imagination or used in a fictitious manner. Any resemblance to actual persons (living or dead), actual businesses, or actual events is purely coincidental.

      This ebook is licensed for your personal enjoyment only. If this ebook copy was not purchased by or for you, please purchase your own copy before reading. Thank you for respecting this author’s work.

      Thanksgiving is a time for crime in Cherry Hills, Washington.

      Kat Harper expects her biggest Thanksgiving challenge to be coming up with an edible vegan pumpkin pie, but that all changes when a woman is mugged outside her apartment building. Unfortunately, Sylvia Garcia isn’t the only victim of this cruel act. Sylvia had only just finished food shopping on behalf of a local homeless shelter before she was attacked, and the thief made off with all her spoils. Now it’s questionable whether the less fortunate residents of Cherry Hills will have much to be thankful for this holiday season.

      Lucky for them, Kat’s on the case. With a heaping scoop of amateur sleuthing, a pinch of determination, and a dollop of assistance from her two justice-seeking felines, Kat won’t stop investigating until she’s identified the guilty party. And, just maybe, she can help to put a family back together in the process.

      All of the Cozy Cat Caper Mystery books can be enjoyed as standalones but will be better appreciated as part of the series. The books are light, fun cozy mysteries featuring an animal-loving female amateur sleuth, lovable and not-so-lovable quirky characters, and a page-turning mystery that needs solving. None of the books include cliffhangers, bad language, or graphic scenes.

      Table of Contents

      CHAPTER ONE

      CHAPTER TWO

      CHAPTER THREE

      CHAPTER FOUR

      CHAPTER FIVE

      CHAPTER SIX

      CHAPTER SEVEN

      CHAPTER EIGHT

      CHAPTER NINE

      CHAPTER TEN

      CHAPTER ELEVEN

      NOTE FROM THE AUTHOR

      FROZEN IN CHERRY HILLS

      ABOUT THE AUTHOR

      CHAPTER ONE

      Tell me again what that’s supposed to be, Andrew Milhone said, eyeing the mixing bowl on Katherine Harper’s kitchen counter with puckered lips.

      Tofu pumpkin pie. Kat lifted up a lumpy spoonful. An orange chunk fell back into the bowl with a splat. It doesn’t look very appetizing, does it?

      Nope, Andrew agreed. Did you follow the recipe?

      Of course.

      Matty, Kat’s yellow-and-brown tortoiseshell, jumped onto the far side of the counter. The feline took a tiny step toward them, sniffing cautiously as she approached.

      Matty doesn’t seem impressed either, Andrew said.

      It’s vegan. Matty wouldn’t be impressed with any type of pie except the chicken pot variety.

      Kat reached over to shoo Matty away when the cat crept within two feet of the bowl. But Matty apparently didn’t plan to get any closer. Upon spotting what her human was up to, her whiskers twitched and she darted back the way she’d come. Kat heard the thud of an eight-pound feline hitting the floor.

      Andrew chuckled. I have a feeling tomorrow’s Thanksgiving guests will have the same reaction.

      Kat set the spoon down and planted her hands on her hips. You realize I invited you over to help. If you intend to spend the morning criticizing, you’re welcome to go on back to your house.

      Andrew held up his hands. Hey, I’m at your service. Just tell me what you need me to do.

      She picked up the bowl and thrust it at him. Mix this until it’s smooth and creamy.

      He brushed his sandy hair out of his eyes before taking the bowl from her. Given what I have to work with, that might take days.

      You have exactly twenty-nine and a half hours. Imogene says dinner starts promptly at two o’clock tomorrow.

      Andrew placed the bowl back on the counter. Without another word of protest, he grabbed the spoon and started stirring.

      A loud meow cut through the air. Kat looked down at where Tom, her brown-and-black cat, was peering up at them. He licked his lips, his tail swishing across the linoleum. Their mere presence in the kitchen had clearly given him hope that they might soon be opening a can of wet food.

      Dream on, Tom, Kat said, crouching down to rub his ears. You have dry food if you’re hungry.

      Yeah, careful what you ask for, Tommy boy, Andrew chimed in. Kat might give you some of this pumpkin stuff. Then you’ll be begging for your kibble back.

      You just keep mixing, Kat retorted, ducking her head to hide her smile.

      Tom rolled over onto his back, evidently deciding he was okay with settling for some belly rubs in lieu of more food. Kat obliged.

      Although Kat had never been particularly fond of Thanksgiving, this year she was looking forward to it. Having grown up in foster care without a real family of her own around, she had always felt like an outsider intruding on other people’s festivities. She had been an extra place setting put out at the last minute, someone added as an afterthought. But Imogene Little’s dinner would be attended by a mishmash of people from

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