Cat Cafe Mystery Series: Claws for Alarm : A Cat Café Mystery (Series #5) (Paperback)

As Maddie James and her family and friends get ready for their first full tourist season with JJs House of Purrs open, they are expecting more tourists to stop in because of the publicity that the cat café has been getting. In fact, Jillian Allen is one such tourists who insists on coming almost as soon as she gets to Daybreak Island. When Jillian offers to run a fundraiser, Maddie is thrilled. But a couple of days later, Maddie finds Jillian strangled with the cat leashes that were going to be a party favor at the fundraiser. Who would kill a visitor to the island? Or did Jillian have more local connections than Maddie knew about? Jillian is a force, and the scenes she is in are very memorable. Once she dies, the mystery is good, although it seems like we get quite a few revelations at the end of the book. Everything makes sense, but it did make the ending feel rushed. As much as Jillian stands out, the rest of the cast are wonderful. Some of the suspects I hope pop back up again in the future, and the regulars are charming. I did find a handful of errors where a character finished their coffee twice in the same scene, or something like that. It was annoying but not too bad. I was more bothered by Maddies actions in one scene late in the book. She should not have done what she did. Ive always loved Daybreak Island, and that didnt change in this book. Its a wonderful setting Id love to visit in real life between murders, of course. If you are looking to get away cheaply, this is the book to pick up.