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Dear Reader …

Thank you so much for reading my book. I hope you enjoyed reading it as much as I
did writing it.  If you liked,
The Cats that Told a Fortune
, I would be so thankful if you’d help others enjoy this book, too, by recommending it to your friends, family and book clubs, and/or by writing a positive review on Amazon and/or Goodreads.

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Karen Anne Golden

The Cats that Surfed the Web

Book One in
The Cats that
… Cozy Mystery series

If you haven’t read the first book,
The Cats that Surfed the Web
, you can download the Kindle version on Amazon at:
http://amzn.com/B00H2862YG
  
Paperback available.

Forty four million dollars.
  A Victorian mansion.  And a young career woman with cats.  The prospect sounded like a dream come true; what could possibly go wrong?

How could a friendly town’s welcome turn into a case of poisoning, murder, and deceit?  When Katherine “Katz” Kendall, a computer professional in New York City, discovers she’s the sole heir of a huge inheritance, she can’t believe her good fortune.  She’s okay with the clauses of the will:  Move to the small town of Erie, Indiana, check.  Live in her great aunt’s pink Victorian mansion and take care of an Abyssinian cat, double-check.

With her three Siamese cats and best friend, Colleen, riding shotgun, Katz leaves Manhattan to find a former housekeeper dead in the basement.  Ghostly intrusions convince Colleen, a card-carrying “ghost hunter,” that the mansion is haunted.  Several townspeople are furious because Katherine’s benefactor promised them the fortune, then changed her will at the last minute.  But who would be greedy enough to get rid of the rightful heir to take the money and run?  Four adventurous felines help Katz solve the crimes by serendipitously “searching” the Internet for clues.

The Cats that Chased the Storm

Book Two in
The Cats that
… Cozy Mystery series

The second book,
The Cats that Chased the Storm
, is also available on Kindle and in paperback.  Amazon:
http://amzn.com/B00IPOPJOU

It’s early May in Erie, Indiana, and the weather has turned most foul.  We find Katherine “Katz” Kendall, heiress to the Colfax fortune, living in a pink mansion, caring for her three Siamese and Abby the Abyssinian.  Severe thunderstorms frighten the cats, but Scout is better than any weather app.  A different storm is brewing, however, with a discovery that connects great-uncle William Colfax to the notorious gangster John Dillinger.  Why is the Erie Historical Society so eager to get William’s personal papers?  Is the new man in Katherine’s life a fortune hunter?  Will Abra mysteriously reappear, and is Abby a magnet for danger?

A fast-paced whodunit, the second book in
The Cats that …
series involves four extraordinary felines that help Katz unravel the mysteries in her life. 

Acknowledgements

My appreciation goes out to my sister, Linda Golden, who has been a tremendous help throughout this process. 

Thanks to Vicki Braun, my editor, who meticulously edited this
book.  Vicki also edited the first two books of
The Cats that
… Cozy Mystery series.  Also, special thanks to Christy Carlyle, my book cover designer.  Christy is a genius at taking a photograph and incorporating it into a fun cover.

Thank you Pauline
Nicolaï, my beta reader from the Netherlands.  If it weren’t for the Internet, I would never have met you.  Thank you, Melissa McGee, for coordinating the other beta team readers:  Catherine Scott, Tammy Richardson, Mona Kekstadt, Mary Hesselgesser-Wright and Debbie Perry.  Melissa also read the book and made valid suggestions regarding paranormal investigations.

I want to express my appreciation to my family and friends.  Thanks to my brother, Bob Golden, who showed me how to use a
Glock. 

Thanks to my friend Sandy and her late husband, Carl
DeVault, who took me to my very first Covered Bridge Festival.  Also to my late father, who introduced my husband and me to our first Hoosier fish fry.

I am grateful to my rescued cats, without whose antics I wouldn’t have a story.  Special mention of Redmond, who can open many kinds of locks, and Rusty, who graces my Facebook pages w
ith lots of pix of Rusty being Rusty.