Cat Cafe Mystery #9
St. Martin's Paperbacks
September 2025
On Sale: August 26, 2025
Featuring: Vivi St. Clair; Jasmine Prescott; Maddie
304 pages ISBN: 1250883997 EAN: 9781250883995 Kindle: B0DNXDVJFY Mass Market Paperback / e-Book Add to Wish List
The ninth installment in a charming cozy mystery series set on an island off the New England coast and featuring the cat cafe owner Maddie and her cat JJ.
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After a long, snowy winter on Daybreak Island, Maddie and her cat cafe crew are finally ready to embrace the spring, though life is anything but calm. With Val and Ethan's wedding taking center stage, Maddie finds herself juggling wedding plans alongside a new and unexpected ventureβa generous donation has made her the co-owner of a traveling cat cafe truck. To kick off the new chapter, she seizes the chance to take the truck on its inaugural trip to a cat literary festival in Provincetown, accompanied by her family and some of the shelter crew.
The festival is organized by the renowned cat-romance author Jasmine Prescott, who also runs a beloved cat rescue foundation on Cape Cod. But when Jasmine's longtime friend and fellow author Vivi St. Clair arrives with a boatload full of dramaβeverything from a dangerous ex-husband to an unwanted Netflix crewβtensions run high. At first, it seems like just another dose of celebrity chaosβuntil Vivi is found murdered. As new evidence ties Maddie and her cat cafe into the investigation, Maddie must dig deeper into the tangled web of secrets, rivalries, and feline-friendly drama to uncover the truth. The question is: whatβs the connection between the cat cafe and Viviβs untimely death?