A quaint riverside town holds many secrets …
and the only ones who’ve seen it all are the critters.
Critters and Crimes
Magical Cozy Mystery Book Club #11
by Elizabeth Pantley
Genre: Paranormal Cozy Mystery
A quaint riverside town holds many secrets … and the only ones who’ve seen it all are the critters.
This book club dives (literally!) into the pages of a cozy mystery. The quirky group must solve the mystery to get out of the book. It’s so much fun – you’ll wish you had a book club like this!
In this journey, they choose a book set in a lovely riverside town. They land in a charming neighborhood and find they are part of a local book club. They are having a great time – and then a dead body shows up. (Of course it does!)
The clues to what happened come to them in a unique way – via the critters in the house.
As usual, the club finds plenty of time to enjoy the unique setting of their journey, as they solve the mystery – one critter at a time.
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This book is part of a magical cozy mystery series of 11 books and growing.
Each book can be read as a standalone, but are much more fun in order.
Available in eBook, paperback, Kindle Unlimited, and audiobook.
Chapter 1
“Hey!” Frank shouted the word as he landed with a thump on the deck right in front of me.
“Ack!” I jumped and grabbed the pillow beside me for protection. I nearly fell off the porch swing. “Don’t do that!”
Frank snickered. His tail flicked back and forth and his ears twitched.
“You startled me!”
“Really? It was so hard to tell.” He snorted with laughter.
I peeked from behind the pillow and shook a finger at him. “Bad cat!”
That just made him laugh harder. He rolled over on his back and waved his paws in the air.
He looked so silly that I relaxed and began to laugh, too.
“Good morning to you,” I said, as I smoothed out the pillow that had been my so-called protection.
Frank finally caught his breath and sat up. “What’cha doing out here all alone, Paige-o-roonie?”
“I was having a quiet, reflective morning. Did you catch the definitive word there? I ‘was’ having a quiet morning.”
“Are you implying that I interrupted you?”
“Not implying. Stating a fact.”
“For good reason.” He chuckled. “I see you have some coffee there.” He pointed his nose at my cup. “Want to go get this kitty a bowlful?” He crossed his front feet, tipped his head to the side and widened his eyes. Then to up his cuteness quotient, he batted his lashes. “Please?”
“Oh, for Pete’s sake,” I laughed, getting up from the swing. “I’ll be right back.”
I went into the kitchen to exchange my coffee for a cup of tea. Frank had jump started my heart, so I didn’t need any more caffeine. I fixed Frank a bowl of his favorite morning beverage: half-coffee, half-creamer. Any normal cat would be sick from the brew, but our magical library cat was not anything resembling normal.
The house was quiet as I grabbed our drinks and returned to the porch. I set Frank’s bowl on the table and sat on the swing. I took a big sip from my cup.
Frank took a leap over to the table and inhaled the aroma wafting from his bowl. He slurped greedily then gave a moan of delight. He tipped his head at me. “What were these reflective thoughts that I interrupted?”
I tapped a finger to my lips in thought, and glanced at my book, which lay quietly on the table beside me. For once, I didn’t have my nose in a cozy mystery. Instead, I had been rocking back and forth on the porch swing, enjoying the sounds of the birds and the quiet whisper of the wind through the trees as I had let my mind wander, until Frank had disrupted me.
“I’d been cycling through many topics, one after the other.”
“Maybe you were clearing your mind’s way for the upcoming new book adventure?”
“That’s probably true. Once we get inside a book, I won’t have time to ponder anything but the mystery we need to solve.”
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Elizabeth Pantley is a bestselling author of fiction and non-fiction books. She writes two well-loved cozy mystery series: The Magical Mystery Book Club, and the Destiny Falls Mystery and Magic series. She has also written the international bestselling No-Cry Solution parenting book series that is available in over twenty languages.
Elizabeth lives in the majestic Pacific Northwest and spends winters in the sunny desert of Arizona. While neither location is home to any paranormal beings (that she knows of) the vastly different yet equally lovely locations are the inspiration for the settings in many of her books.
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Looks very exciting Do you write in a daily journal?
Love cozy mysteries, thanks for the chance
The cover of this one has me interested.
I love the cover! Cat lover here! I cannot wait to read this!
I love cozy mysteries.
great cover, sounds like a wonderful mystery
This sounds like a great cozy mystery book. Cute cover
I am so excited to check this book out.
i love cats and other animals and i love a good cozy mystery. you ever really wonder what animals are saying to each other?
I love the cover
What an interesting paranormal cozy mystery! Great cover and excerpt. I'd love to read more.
I enjoy reading Elizabeth's cozy mysteries.
This looks good to me. Thanks for sharing! :-)
It looks like a good read.
This sounds like a wonderful book. I love the cover and the excerpt.
The animals killing it!
Do you have any advice for new writers?
its got my attention to see what happens
what happens next?
Sounds great.
Paranormal Cozy Mystery - I love this genre and the cozy cover!
Thank you for the excerpt.
This sounds like fun. I like cozy mysteries, and the idea of the critters bringing in the clues is great. After all, if servants in novels (and probably real life) know everything, wouldn't the animals know even more?
The animals on the cover are very cute!
I really do love the book cover.
love mysterys
I love cozy mysteries and this one has the added paranormal element which adds to the appeal.
Elizabeth, do you have pets
I just love the cover - so adorable.
Purrrrfect title
looks like a fun one.