Sleight of Paw

This is the 2nd installment in Sofie Kelly's "Magical Cats" series; I fell in love with Hercules and Owen in her first book, Curiosity Thrilled the Cat. The two kittens followed Kathleen home one day and she has since discovered that one of them can walk through walls (or doors) and the other is capable of disappearing at will. Of course, she can't tell anyone this for fear of really being considered a crazy cat lady. A second murder has occurred in the small town of Mayfield, Minnesota, where Kathleen has been hired on a 2-year contract to renovate the town's library. She is often homesick for Boston, but has also made several good friends in Mayfield. And when one of those good friends is accused of murdering an elderly woman, Kathleen feels she needs to find the real culprit. Having been considered a "person of interest" in the previous murder, she has now come to be on better terms with the local detective, Marcus Gordon. In fact, her friends really think she should ask him to the community's holiday dinner. And although he also likes cats and helps feed the feral cat colony at Wisteria Hill, sometimes he also infuriates her. They are just too different. I would pick up any of this series for a fun cozy mystery read.