Софи Келли - Paws Аnd Effect

Elvis had been sitting on the counter by the cash register and Fenety had reached over to stroke his fur. The cat didn’t so much as twitch a whisker, but his ears had flattened and he’d looked at the older man with his green eyes half-lidded, pupils narrowed. He was the picture of skepticism.

The day after he’d brought the pieces in, Fenety had called to ask if he could buy them back. The more I thought about it, the more suspicious the whole thing felt. The tea set hadn’t been on the list of stolen items from the most recent police update, but I still had a niggling feeling about it and Arthur Fenety.

“Time to do some work,” I said to Elvis. “Let’s go downstairs and see what’s happening in the store.”

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Sofie Kellyis a New York Times bestselling author and mixed-media artist who lives on the East Coast with her husband and daughter. She writes the New York Times bestselling Magical Cats Mysteries ( Faux Paw , A Midwinter’s Tail ) and, as Sofie Ryan, writes the New York Times bestselling Second Chance Cat Mysteries ( A Whisker of Trouble , Buy a Whisker ). Visit her online at sofiekelly.com.

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