Mystery bookstore owner Penelope Warren and her intrepid feline co-sleuth, Mycroft are on the case, after the discovery of a baby Seismosaurus Rex fossil in Empty Creek, Arizona, leads to the murder of a young scientist.

Inheriting the title of Queen of the annual Elizabethan Festival in Empty Creek, Arizona, after her predecessor is murdered, bookstore owner and amateur sleuth Penelope Warren and her feline sidekick, "Big Mike," set out to unmask a killer. Reprint.

Chestnut steeds and silver spurs. High riding and good times. That's what folks in Empty Creek, Arizona, expect from the Great Arabian Horse Show. What they get instead are low blows and bad news. First, a magnificent prize stallion disappears. Then his trainer is found outside the empty stall, shot through the heart. Enter bookshop owner and amateur sleth Penelope Warren. Aided by her cat and confidente, "Big Mike," Penelope unearths a string of puzzling leads: Who was the stranger seen arguing with Jake Loomis moments before he was killed? What were handcuffs doing in Jake's bedroom? And who belongs to the bloody earrings outside his trailer? In pursuit of answers, game detective and sly puss race down a rocky trail of shifting identities and secret scandals, through an obstacle course of cunning schemes and private peccadilloes...and into a deadly photo finish against a vengeful killer who might just call all the shots.

Bookstore owner-turned-amateur sleuth Penelope Warren and her feline sidekick, "Big Mike" Mycroft, investigate when the owner of the Arizona Coyotes, a semi-professional baseball team, is killed by a blow from a baseball bat during the annual Empty Creek, Arizona, Elizabethan Festival.

When a scientist is murdered following the discovery of a baby Seismosaurus Rex fossil, Penelope Warren, along with her cat companion, Mycroft "Big Mike," must sniff out a killer amongst the wide variety of shady foreigners and local townsfolk. Reprint.

When C. D. Masterly—the director of a big budget western that could put the town of Empty Creek, Arizona, on the map—is murdered, it is up to ex-Marine, bookstore owner, and sometimes sleuth Penelope Warren and her cat "Big Mike" to discover who wanted Masterly written out of the script.