Watch what you wish for… Some inheritances are literally death.
My life has been turned upside down by my inheritance, but my only complaint is the cat that came along with the new house.
I swear he’s judging me as I settle in and try to make new friends in my new small-town Louisiana neighborhood.
And just when I start to settle into my new job and get back to reading my classic novels, I’m pulled chapters deep into a mystery.
The Beauty Queen in the town has been offed. Someone has killed the darling.
Wouldn’t you know it? An innocent man has been framed.
I shouldn’t get involved, but somehow, my cat seems to have a way with finding clues in some of my favorite stories. Not that any of that makes sense.
Why would it?
The cat is the sleuth, I’m the amateur, and we have alligators in the backyard.
Throw in a dead body, a book club that’s filled with suspicious characters, and you have my new life.
And I thought being a librarian in Louisiana was going to be dull.

I  set this aside at 35% because I’m bored.

Great cover,  clever title. promising premise, and an intriguing opening chapter told from the cat’s point of view. I even enjoyed the book club discussions of the themes of ‘The Great Gatsby‘. The mystery was pedestrian but good enough for a Cozy. 

So why aren’t I enthusing about how much fun this book was?

For me, the book was spoiled by Jade, the librarian who, unfortunately, is the  main character. I wish the rest of the book had been written from the cat’s point of view, as he seems much brighter than Jade. I waded through to the 35% mark, waiting for the cat to take another turn, but it hasn’t happened yet, and I’m bored of listening to Jade prattle on. For an educated woman in her twenties, she’s so naive that I couldn’t suspend my disbelief enough to convince myself to think of her as real.

So, I’m done with this book and this series.