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Magical Cool Cats
Series · 16
books · 2011-2025

Books in series

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#1

Splendid Summer

2011

Splendid Summer captures San Diego during the Roaring Twenties with its glorious Hotel del Coronado, Coronado Tent City, Dance Pavillion, Speakeasies, and Bathing Beauty Contests. When Socialite Grace Wentworth's uncle mysteriously dies, Pinkerton Detective, Aviator, and Coronado Tent City resident Jack Brewster doesn't want a Doll's help with his investigation. But the difference between Grace Wentworth and a pit bull is a pit bull evenutally lets go! They solve the mystery with help from Jack's magical white cat, Tatania. Chapter One When Grace saw her parents dead bodies, she knew the rest of her life would be a performance. That was the first truth. Before the grief, the anguish, and the crushing pain of separation, came the knowledge, that her mere existence would never be simply enough for anyone again. She might feel happy again. But to live life, in the company of someone for whom her mere existence meant joy, wouldn’t happen. Everyone else would require a performance of beauty, intellect or wit. She’d tap dance for the rest of her days to merely survive. Without siblings, her parents’ will provided for guardianship to pass to her Uncle Charles and Aunt Alice. Aunt Alice hated Grace’s mother. Uncle Charles acquiesced to his hostile wife’s commands that he avoid those who loved him. Estrangement ran in Grace’s family. It ran marathons. Still, Uncle Charles had warmly welcomed Grace, and kept her in the finest boarding schools before sending her on to Finishing School in London. She’d adored London. On the ship home from England to New York, Grace dreaded parting with her best friends, Ruth and Emily. “She’s a few dances short of a full card.” Grace mocked Aunt Alice to Ruth and Emily. At Grand Central Terminal, people slowed to look at them, a brunette, a blonde, and a redhead. They could even make men pause on their way into the Stock Exchange. “I don’t think your Aunt Alice knows it’s the 1920s.” Emily said. “I don’t think she even knows it’s the 20th century.” Ruth replied. “Thanks for coming with me to the station.” Grace said. “ Bees Knees. I wouldn’t have missed it. Adored the attendant leaping to open the taxi and take your luggage. And you’re coming back to New York for my Debutante Ball.” Ruth said. “You two couldn’t lose me if you tried. You’re like my only family.” Grace replied. “That’s all wet. You know your Uncle Charles loves you.” Ruth reminded her. The train whistle blew and attendants rolled out the red carpet with its proud logo, “20th CENTURY LIMITED.” “I want to go too. I’ve heard Rudolph Valentino takes the 20th Century Limited.” Ruth said. “You’ll be at my own ball in California soon. And we’ll write, won’t we?” “Yes. We’ll make a pact. Round Robin letters” Ruth said. Emily nodded in agreement. Grace, feeling very regal, strolled along the red carpet and entered the train. She stopped at the train’s lending library and reached up for a copy of Letters of Thomas Jefferson, tripping slightly. Another hand covered her own. “Are you alright?” A deep masculine voice asked. She looked up and saw green eyes that mirrored her own. “Sure. Just practicing a little gymnastics.” Like a cat, she pretended she meant to do that. “Falling for me already?” He asked. He smiled and she noticed the dark mustache that matched his dark hair. He looked about six foot two. The hand that still held her felt strong. “I’m Grace.” She said shyly. “Really? I’m Jack Brewster.” She would have slapped him but his hand caught her wrist. And she wanted to take Letters of Thomas Jefferson with her. “Thank you.” She said. certain that everyone was staring at them, and suddenly grateful that he didn’t look like anyone who’d be at a Debutante Ball. He wore a black leather jacket over a white shirt.
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#2

Emeralds, Diamonds and Amethysts

2011

Emeralds, Diamonds, and Amethysts is a secret. A code known only to women who fight for the rights of all women. When a special collection of Emeralds, Diamonds, and Amethysts disappears, Magical White Cat Tatania will direct her human orperatives, romantic Roaring Twenties Detectives Grace Wentworth and Jack Brewster to its location without missing a nap.
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#3

Cher Ami

2012

Romantic Roaring Twenties detectives Grace and Jack romp through another adventure with their magical cats, Tatania and Zeus. Two seemingly unconnected people drop dead within a half hour of each other. Tatania and Zeus are on the scene immediately. Without missing a nap, Tatania and Zeus discover clues that reveal the power of a bird with the heart of a lion: Cher Ami.
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#4

A Christmas Feral

2011

Judge Scrooge won't even heat his home for Christmas in this Roaring Twenties' short story. Judge Scrooge says that when you pay the bill, you don't feel the cold. When Judge Scrooge rules incorrectly in a cat dispute, Magical White Cat Tatania and her companion Zeus teach him the meaning of keeping Christmas and cats.
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#6

Cupcake Kitty

2012

Description from Amazon: When a singer at an engagement party dies, romantic 1920s detectives, Grace and Jack, and their magical cats, Tatania and Zeus, jump on the trail of a killer that leads to TiJuana and a bootlegger's doll: Cupcake Kitty.
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#7

Meow or Never

2013

Description from Amazon: It's the 1920s. Nothing interesting happens before 2 a.m. When a wealthy stockbroker's wife disappears, Grace, Jack, and magical cats, Tatania & Zeus, rush to find her.
#7

magical cool cat mystery splendid summer

2025

A Magical cat mystery. It is in Volume 1 they only show vol 2
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#8

Catty Corner

2013

Definition from Amazon: At Grace & Jack's rooftop cocktail party, a wealthy guest gets a call from his butler. Burglary at his beachfront mansion. Without missing a nap, magical cats, Tatania and Zeus, leap to solve a mysterious art heist in the 1920s.
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#9

Cat Dance

2013

While Grace, Jack, and their magical cool cats, Tatania and Zeus, race to find the guilty saboteurs, a 1920s Dance Marathon could turn deadly. "It was the kind of speakeasy where any woman who said she was alone by choice had credibility. Grace knocked on the door. Not because she needed credibility. She'd recently married. "What's the password?" A tipsy voice asked. "Lucky Lindbergh," she said. She walked past men in groups that smelled like champagne and women with sparkling jewelry. And there she was, a magnificent white Persian mix, on a bar stool, paws up, lapping up a bowl of cream on the counter."
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#10

9 Lives to Live

2014

When a wealthy shoe dealer's wife disappears on a jaunt to posh La Jolla, a sheriff in a speakeasy recommends that Grace & Jack look at the case. "We meet the nicest people drinking," Grace remarks. The romantic 1920s couple are back with the magical cool cats who help solve mysteries without missing a nap. Cats have only nine lives to live. Tatania's clues lead to another life and the humans that came before Grace and Jack. Meow.
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#11

MEWOW

2014

"He has money. I like money. The whole universe came into balance when we met." a model says about a designer at a 1920s fashion show. When the designer dies several minutes later, the detective team of Grace, Jack, and their cool cats, Tatania and Zeus, are on a case that leads to Hollywood and secrets of the heart. "We don't really choose who we love, do we? We think we do. But we don't." The Magical Cool Cats Mystery Series can be read in any order. If you'd like to know the chronological order of the series, here it is for you: \\Splendid Summer \\Emeralds, Diamonds, and Amethysts \\Cher Ami \\Available exclusively in Grace, Jack & Magical Cats Boxed Set Vol i Meow Baby Cupcake Kitty Meow or Never Catty Corner Cat Dance 9 Lives to Live MEWOW
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#12

The Fur Will Fly

2015

Revised Edition. When one of 1920s detective Grace Wentworth's friends gets married, and one gets buried, the fur will fly, in a Magical Cool Cats Mysteries where the cats pounce on clues as intoxicating as catnip without missing a nap. The Magical Cool Cats Mystery Series can be read in any order. If you want to know the chronological order of the series, here it is for you: Splendid Summer\* Emeralds, Diamonds, and Amethysts\* Cher Ami\* \*Available exclusively in Cool Cats Mysteries Boxed Set Vol I Meow Baby Cupcake Kitty Meow or Never Catty Corner Cat Dance 9 Lives to Live MEWOW The Fur Will Fly Right Meow
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#13

RIGHT MEOW

2017

When a prominent guest jumps off a yacht during a party, 1920s detectives, Grace & Jack, are on the case with their cool cat detectives, Tatania and Zeus, finding clues as intoxicating as catnip. Excerpt from RIGHT MEOW "I feel better now." Grace stretched on satin sheets. "Sex does that," Jack said.
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#14

Cats Never Forget

Magical Cool Cats Mysteries Short Story

2018

When a wealthy customer drops off his gilded bar stool dead, at the most exclusive speakeasy, a brilliant cat sleuth, Magical Persian Tatania, pounces on the case for fun loving 1920s detectives in this humorous historical mystery.
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#19

MEOW FOR NOW

Magical Cool Cats Mysteries Volume 7

2021

When a woman yearns to be reunited with an aviator she met in WWI, fun-loving 1920s detectives and their cool cats pounce on the case. Praise for Magical Cool Cats “FUN! Step back into the days when you needed a password to get that drink, veterans had come home from the Great War, and the electric double decker trolley was the Bee's Knees of public transportation. Travel along with a well polished debutante, a rough hewn veteran pilot, and the deaf Persian cat, who is actually the brains of this detective agency, as the humans try to keep up! “ The Magical Cool Cat Mysteries Series can be read in any order. If you’d like to know the chronological order of the series, here it is for Volume One Splendid Summer Emeralds, Diamonds, and Amethysts Cher Ami A Christmas Feral Volume Two Meow Baby Cupcake Kitty Meow or Never Catty Corner Volume Three Cat Dance 9 Lives to Live MEWOW The Fur Will Fly Volume Four Right Meow Cats Never Forget Don’t Mess With Fluffy Volume Five The Fur Flies Again Cattily Ever After Volume Six Meow For Millions Volume Seven Meow For Now Volume Eight Kitty’s Getting Hissy Volume Nine
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Splendid Summer's Grace, Jack & Magical Cats Boxed Set

2012

SAVE WITH A BOXED SET! Enjoy FOUR stories in this boxed set with Splendid Summer's romantic detectives, Grace and Jack, and magical cats. Magical white cat Tatania helps her human operatives solve mysteries without missing a nap. In Splendid Summer, when Grace Wentworth loses her last living relative and all her money, hot Detective and WWI Aviator Jack Brewster gets the case. Grace is learning to lead her own life instead of just following it around. Startled by Grace's lack of deference to him, Jack recognizes his romantic equal. In Emeralds, Diamonds and Amethysts, Jack, Grace, and magical Tatania battle bootleggers to find a special collection of jewels. Emeralds, Diamonds, and Ametheysts is about a code known only to women who fight for the rights of all women. One reviewer called A Christmas Feral a story that would do Charles Dickens proud. Judge Scrooge won't even heat his home for Christmas in this Roaring Twenties' short story. Judge Scrooge says that when you pay the bill, you don't feel the cold. When Judge Scrooge rules incorrectly in a cat dispute, Tatania and her companion Zeus teach him the meaning of keeping Christmas and cats. In Cher Ami, two people drop dead within minutes of each other. They appear unrelated. Grace, Jack, Tatania and Zeus reveal the story of Cher Ami, a WWI carrier pigeon with the heart of a lion. With his heart still beating in a badly wounded body, Cher Ami soared above bullets and saved a lost battalion.

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