A murdered developer. A town full of secrets. And a kleptomaniac cat who keeps bringing home the evidence.

Michelle Winters came to the seaside village of Port Albion for a fresh start, a new drafting job, and a quiet life with Lintel, her enormous and thoroughly opinionated Maine Coon. The quiet lasts exactly one week.

After the town’s final Haunted Harbor Walk, despised developer Brad Doughton is found dead at the bottom of his own construction pit. The police call it an accident, but Michelle knows the scene doesn’t add up. A shattered security light, disturbed soil, and a mysterious figure she saw arguing with Brad suggest someone carefully planned his fall. Unfortunately, nearly everyone in Port Albion had a reason to want him gone.

As Michelle follows crooked property lines into the town’s buried past, Lintel begins leaving stolen objects on her bed. A bottle opener. A broken boat cleat. A scrap linked to a decades-old secret. What looks like a cat’s collection of neighborhood treasures may be a trail of clues leading straight to a killer.

With her stern but unexpectedly swoony boss reluctantly helping her investigate, Michelle must uncover what happened at Dread Point before the murderer realizes her cat has been prowling too close to the truth. Because in Port Albion, old secrets have sharp claws, and someone is willing to kill to keep them buried.

The Cat, the Clue, and the Corpse is a warm and witty coastal cozy mystery featuring a sharp-eyed amateur sleuth, a clue-stealing Maine Coon, small-town secrets, Halloween atmosphere, and a sweet slow-burn romance. Perfect for readers who enjoy clever puzzles, quirky communities, and charming mysteries with no graphic violence.

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