Before the murders… before the mysteries… there was Winston.
Wren Ballard thought pet sitting for Manhattan’s elite would be simple.
Walk the dogs.
Feed the cats.
Save enough money to open her dream cat café someday.
But when one of her wealthy Upper East Side clients dies after a violent late-night argument, Wren is the only one who suspects the death wasn’t an accident. Especially when the client’s golden retriever, Winston, starts retrieving strange objects from around the penthouse.
A pill bottle.
A torn envelope.
A clue someone tried to hide.
The police dismiss Wren’s suspicions. Her employer doesn’t defend her. Within days she loses her job, her apartment, and the life she thought she had. Now Wren is living out of an old van with nothing but a loyal dog who keeps finding clues—and a growing suspicion that someone powerful is hiding the truth. Because animals notice things people miss. And Winston may have just retrieved the evidence of murder.
The Pet Sitter’s First Mystery is an exclusive prequel introducing Wren Ballard and the case that changed her life. Perfect for fans of cozy mysteries, clever animal companions, and amateur sleuths.
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In Manhattan’s most exclusive building, someone just committed the purr-fect crime…
Pet sitter Wren Ballard spends her days caring for the animals of New York’s wealthy elite while saving every spare dollar to open her dream cat café.
When one of her clients—formidable theater producer Vivienne Cross—dies suddenly, the Bellworth building quietly accepts the verdict: natural causes. Everyone except Vivienne’s Persian cat.
Misha has started hoarding strange objects under the radiator in the guest room… including a wine cellar keycard and a torn document tied to a heated building vote. The more clues the cat collects, the more Wren realizes Vivienne may have discovered something dangerous just days before she died.
Now Wren must navigate a building full of powerful residents, hidden alliances, and suspicious neighbors—while trying to keep her pet-sitting job and her cat café savings intact. Because someone inside the Bellworth is desperate to keep the truth buried. And they won’t be thrilled that a pet sitter is digging it up.
A charming new cozy mystery featuring a clever sleuth, a suspicious Persian, and secrets hidden in the heart of Manhattan.
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Welcome to Manhattan—where the pets know everyone’s secrets.
Wren Ballard lives in seventy-two square feet and works in the homes of New York’s wealthiest residents.
As a professional pet sitter, she spends her days caring for pampered cats and dogs in Manhattan’s most exclusive buildings while saving every dollar toward her dream of opening a cat café.
But animals notice things people miss.
When one of Wren’s clients dies under suspicious circumstances, the only clue comes from a hoarding Persian cat with a talent for stealing the wrong objects at the right time. Suddenly Wren finds herself uncovering secrets hidden behind penthouse doors, boardroom deals, and glittering Fifth Avenue façades.
Now, between dog walks and litter boxes, Wren keeps stumbling into murders the police can’t quite solve.
Good thing the pets are always watching.
The Manhattan Pet-Sitter Mysteries are charming, clever cozy mysteries filled with eccentric New Yorkers, clever animal companions, and a sleuth who’s determined to build a better life—even if solving murders keeps getting in the way.
Book 6, coming in October!
In Manhattan's most exclusive hotel, someone just committed the paws-ible crime...
Pet sitter Wren Collins has finally found her footing. She has a room at The Bellworth co-op, a growing client list, and a café fund that's almost within reach. When she's hired to care for a pampered Pomeranian belonging to a visiting tech billionaire at the luxurious Carlisle Grand hotel, the generous pay could put her dream over the finish line.
Then the billionaire turns up dead in his penthouse suite.
The police suspect corporate espionage. The hotel wants it hushed up. And the tiny, anxious Pomeranian keeps dragging suspicious objects out from under the furniture — room keycards, shredded documents, and a flash drive that everyone seems desperate to find.
As Wren navigates a labyrinth of corporate rivals, hotel staff with secrets, and guests who aren't what they seem, she realizes the Carlisle Grand's polished exterior hides something far more dangerous than bad reviews. Someone in this hotel killed once to protect a secret worth billions. And they'll kill again to keep it buried.
Now Wren must untangle the truth before someone checks her out — permanently.
Paws for Alarm is the third book in The Manhattan Pet-Sitter Mysteries, a charming cozy mystery series featuring a resourceful sleuth, clever animal companions, and secrets hidden behind Manhattan's most glamorous doors.
A luxury salon. A dead socialite. And one very opinionated cat with a talent for collecting evidence.
Pet sitter Wren Collins has handled difficult clients before, but Duchess may be her most judgmental assignment yet. The plush gray salon cat rules Felicity’s, an elegant Upper West Side beauty salon where the marble gleams, the champagne flows, and everyone seems to be hiding something under the perfect blowout.
Wren’s job is simple: keep Duchess calm during the salon’s glittering scholarship gala and out of trouble. Then wealthy donor Margot Ashford collapses in front of two hundred guests.
Everyone assumes it was a tragic allergic reaction. Margot had a severe allergy. The salon was full of products, oils, food, and champagne. Accidents happen. Except Margot’s EpiPen is missing from her bag. And Duchess has been busy.
By the time the party ends, the cat’s strange little “museum” includes a torn receipt, a business card, a therapy appointment card, and a suspicious white cap that may be more than trash. Wren knows better than to ignore what an animal notices. Especially when the official story starts fraying faster than a silk scarf in Duchess’s claws.
With her notebook, her pet-sitter instincts, and one remarkably nosy cat, Wren follows the clues through salon rivalries, old loyalties, quiet resentments, and Upper West Side secrets polished to a deadly shine.
Because someone at Felicity’s planned the perfect murder. And Duchess may have already collected the proof.
Hiss and Make Up is a witty, page-turning cozy mystery perfect for fans of clever amateur sleuths, cats with attitude, Manhattan secrets, and murder served with champagne.
A theater cat with sticky paws. A dead actor on opening week. And one pet sitter who knows a staged accident when she sees one.
Wren Collins only took the job because the money was good. Two weeks caring for Figaro, a loud, opinionated Siamese at the historic Colburn Theater, should be simple enough: feed the cat, keep her out of the props, and survive tech week.
Then the star of the show falls from the catwalk.
Everyone wants to call it a terrible accident. But Figaro has a habit of stealing things people can’t afford to lose, and her latest stash points Wren toward a truth the theater would rather keep hidden.
Now Wren has to untangle jealous actors, backstage grudges, old secrets, and one very theatrical murder before the final curtain falls on the wrong person.
The Purrfect Alibi is Book 5 in The Manhattan Pet-Sitter Mysteries, a cozy mystery series full of clever clues, charming pets, Manhattan atmosphere, and a heroine who notices everything. Each book is a complete mystery.