Lydia Adamson

The Manhattan-based adventures of a usually out-of-work actress and cat-sitter, Alice Nestleton.

A Cat in the Manger (1990)
A Cat of a Different Color (1991)
A Cat in Wolf's Clothing (1991)
A Cat in the Wings (1992)
A Cat By Any Other Name (1992)
A Cat with a Fiddle (1993)
A Cat in a Glass House (1993)
A Cat with No Regrets (1994)
A Cat on the Cutting Edge (1994)
A Cat on a Winning Streak (1995)
A Cat in Fine Style (1995)
A Cat under the Mistletoe (1996)
A Cat in a Chorus Line (1996)
A Cat on a Beach Blanket (1997)
A Cat on Jingle Bell Rock (1997)
A Cat on Stage Left (1998)
A Cat of One's Own (1999)
A Cat with the Blues (2000)
A Cat with No Clue (2001)
A Cat on a Bus (2002)
A Cat Named Brat (2002)

Miranda James

Charlie Harris, the town librarian, finds himself solving crimes with the help of his cat.

Murder Past Due (BPC, 2010)
Classified as Murder (2011)

Garrison Allen

Empty Creek is a small desert town north of Phoenix. Although it has its share of eccentrics, crime is rare, but when it does occur bookstore owner, Penelope Warren, and her companion, Mycroft, go into action.

Desert Cat (1994)
Royal Cat (1995)
Stable Cat (1996)
Baseball Cat (1997)
Dinosaur Cat (1998)
Movie Cat (1999)

Marian Babson

Prolific mystery writer Babson combines her literary talents with her love for cats in creating such pawsitively memorable felines like Errol, an oversized Maine Coon (Whiskers and Smoke, 1984)...

...Pandora--who attaches herself to a harried PR man Doug Perkins who always finds himself up to his neck in murder (Cover Up Story, 1971; Murder at the Cat Show, 1972; Tourists Are for Trapping, 1989; In the Teeth of Adversity, 1990)...

...and a feisty trio named Had-I, But-Known, and Roscoe (Canapes for the Kitten, 1996).

By the same author:

Nine Lives to Murder St. Martin's, 1992.
Potential murder victim Winstanley Fortescue, a famed Shakespearean actor, is pushed from a ladder and falls upon theater cat Monty. The event causes them to switch bodies, and as he tracks his attacker, there's lots of things the new "cat" on the block must learn, not least of which is how use the litter box.

The Diamond Cat. St. Martin's, 1994.
Bettina Bilby is minding four of her neighbors' cats when during a raging storm, one of them finds a dead carrier pigeon that turns out to have been carrying a fortune in gems. Needless to say, Bettina suddenly finds a steady stream of strangers at her door.

The Company of Cats. Dunne, 1999.
When computer billionaire Arthur Arbuthnot mistakes her for an interior decorator, gossip maven Annabel Hinchby-Smythe takes advantage of the mistake to delve into his private life hoping to dig up some juicy scandal. When Arbuthnot is subsequently murdered, Annabel sets out to uncover the killer with the help of the man's beloved cat (and heir), Sally.

To Catch a Cat. Dunne, 2000.
On a dare, eleven-year-old Robin kidnaps Mrs. Nordling's prize-winning cat and stumbles upon the scene of a murder. Mr. Nordling knows that if he can find the unmistakable cat he will also find the witness to his brutal crime.

The Cat Next Door. Minotaur, 2002.
Margot, a free-lance photographer, tries to figure out if her cousin, Chloe is guilty of the murder of her twin sister.

The Cat Who Wasn't a Dog. Dunne, 2003.
W hen the death of Dame Cecile Savoy’s Pekinese sends the star into a near-breakdown, her friends Trixie and Evangeline go with her to the taxidermists to have the beast preserved forever. There they discover a dead body and Cho-Cho-San, a Japanese Bobtail Cat someone's left behind to be stuffed even though she isn't quite dead.

Only the Cat Knows. Minotaur, 2007.
Vance, a female impersonator assumes the identity of his dead sister to find out who murdered her, with the assistance of Vanessa's devoted cat, Gloriana.

Lilian Jackson Braun

Chicago crime reporter, Jim Qwilldern, inherits a fortune from a friend of his mother and chucks the rat-race for the peace and quiet of Picax with his adopted cats (there is some question as to who adopted who) Koko and Yum Yum. But murder seems to follow him around.

The Cat Who Could Read Backwards(1966)
The Cat Who Ate Danish Modern (1967)
The Cat Who Turned On and Off (1968)
The Cat Who Saw Red (1986)
The Cat Who Played Brahms (1987)
The Cat Who Played Post Office (1987)
The Cat Who Knew Shakespeare (1988)
The Cat Who Sniffed Glue (1988)
The Cat Who Went Underground (1989)
The Cat Who Talked to Ghosts (1990)
The Cat Who Lived High (1990)
The Cat Who Knew a Cardinal (1991)
The Cat Who Moved a Mountain (1992)
The Cat Who Wasn't There (1992)
The Cat Who Went Into the Closet (1993)
The Cat Who Came to Breakfast (1994)
The Cat Who Blew the Whistle (1995)
The Cat Who Sang Cheese (1996)
The Cat Who Tailed a Thief (1997)
The Cat Who Sand for the Birds (1998)
The Cat Who Robbed a Bank (2000)
The Cat Who Smelled a Rat (2001)
The Cat Who Went Up the Creek (2002)
The Cat Who Brought Down the House (2003)
The Cat Who Talked Turkey (2004)
The Cat Who Went Bananas (2004)
The Cat Who Dropped a Bombshell (2006)
The Cat Who Had 60 Whiskers (2007)

Rita Mae Brown (with Sneaky Pie Brown)

Mary Minor "Harry" Haristeen is the Post-Mistress of cozy Crozet, Virginia. When murder and mayhem come to call, a cat named Mrs. Murphy (who bears a strange resemblance to the co-author of this series) and her canine buddy Tee Tucker are on the tail...I mean trail.

Wish You Were Here (1990)
Rest in Pieces (1992)
Murder at Monticello (1994)
Pay Dirt (1995)
Murder She Meowed (1996)
Murder on the Prowl (1998)
Cat on the Scent (1999)
Pawing Through the Past (2000)
Claws and Effect (2001)
Catch as Cat Can (2002)
Tail of the Tip-Off (2003)
Whisker of Evil (2004)
Cat's Eyewitness (2005)
Sour Puss (2006)
Puss 'n Cahoots (2007)
The Purrfect Murder (2008)
Santa Clawed (2008)
Cat of the Century (2010)
Hiss of Death (2011)

Susan Conant

Conant, the author of the Dog Lover's mystery series, turns her attention to the feline detecting world. Felicity Pride, who writes (interestingly enough) cat mysteries turns to sleuthing herself when she finds a live cat and a corpse on her doorstep.

Scratch the Surface (BPC, 2005)

Carole Nelson Douglas

Midnight Louie is many things--gourmand, ladies' man, world-class dog-baiter and a one cool tomcat who just happens to think he is Philip Marlowe.

Catnap (1992)
Pussyfoot (1993)
Cat on a Blue Monday (1994)
Cat in a Crimson Haze (1995)
Cat with an Emerald Eye (1996)
Cat in a Flamingo Fedora (1997)
Cat on a Hyacinth Hunt (1998)
Cat in a Diamond Dazzle (1996)
Cat in a Golden Garland (1998)
Cat in an Indigo Mood (1999)
Cat in a Jeweled Jumpsuit (1999)
Cat in a Kiwi Con (2000)
Cat in a Leopard Spot (2001)
Cat in a Midnight Choir (2002)
Cat in a Neon Nightmare (2003)
Cat in an Orange Twist (2004)
Cat in a Hot Pink Pursuit (2005)
Cat in a Quicksilver Caper (2006)
Cat in a Red Hot Rage (2007)
Cat in a Sapphire Slipper (2008)
Cat in a Topaz Tango (2009)
Cat in an Ultramarine Scheme (2010)
Cat in a Vegas Gold Vendetta (2011)

Midnight Louis Las Vegas Adventures:

The Cat and the King of Clubs (1999)
The Cat and the Queen of Hearts (1999)
The Cat and the Jill of Diamonds (2000)
The Cat and the Jack of Spades (2000)

Kinky Friedman

In her 15th outing, it's a case of missing kid and missing kitty when p.i. (and animal lover) Kinky Friedman attempts to find a young, autistic New York boy and a three-legged Texas cat named Lucky, both of whom have disappeared.

Meanwhile, Back at the Ranch (St. Martin's, 2002)

Evan Marshall

Widowed literary agent Jane Stuart lives in Shady Hills, NJ, where she raises her son, Nick, reads book proposals, and demonstrates a knack for solving mysteries. She also has a tortoiseshell cat named Winky, who has a nose for trouble.

Missing Marlene (1999)
Hanging Hannah (2000)
Stabbing Stephanie (2001)
Icing Ivy (2002)
Toasting Tina (2003)
Crushing Crystal (2004)

Cassidy McCabe is a divorced, 30-something psychotherapist (and amateur sleuth) who is struggling to make ends meet thanks to the debts of her ex-husband. As if that wasn't stressful enough, she has to deal with her meddling mother, a budding relationship with the brother of one of her patients--who has died under mysterious circumstances--, and a calico cat named Starshine who decides to adopt her --in spite of her avowed dislike of cats.

Secret's Shadow (1996)
Satan's Silence (1997)
Vendetta's Victim (1998)
Wanton's Web (1999)
Cat's Claw (2000)
Death's Domain (2001)
Wedding's Widow (2005)

Shirley Rousseau Murphy

Joe Grey is a tomcat who discovers, to his dismay, that he can speak with humans

Cat Under Fire (1997)
Cat Raise the Dead (1997)
Cat in the Dark (1999)
Cat to the Dogs (2000)
Cat Spitting Mad (2001)
Cat Laughing Last (2002)
Cat Seeing Double (2003)
Cat Fear No Evil (2004)
Cat Breaking Free (2005)
Cat Cross Their Graves (2005)
Cat Deck the Halls (2007)
Cat Pay the Devil (2007)
Cat Playing Cupid (2009)
Cat Striking Back (2009)
Cat Coming Home (2010)

Akif Pirincci

This psychological thriller follows Francis, an ordinary house cat, as he tries to solve a series of murders.

Felidae (1993)

Clea Simon

Freelance writer Thedra Krakow and her feline friend, Musetta, take a scratch out of crime in and around Boston.

Mew is for Murder (2005)
Cattery Row (2006)
Cries & Whiskers (2007)
Probable Claws (2009)

Harvard graduate student Dulcie and her ghost cat Mr. Grey investigate and solve crimes together.

Shades of Grey (Severn, 2009)
Grey Matters (2009)
Grey Zone (2010)

Sofie Kelly

Small-town librarian Kathleen Paulson gets help solving crimes from two stray cats with magical powers.

Curiosity Thrilled the Cat (Obsidian, 2011)
Sleight of Paw (2011)

Short Stories

Cat Crimes III (1992)
Cat Crimes for the Holidays (1997)
Creature Cozies (2005)
Kittens, Cats & Crime (2003)
Mysterious Cat Stories (1993)

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