For the past several years, I’ve released my Crazy Cat Lady cozy mysteries on National Cat Day, and this year is no exception. Cold Case Cat, the 12th Crazy Cat Lady Cozy Mystery, launches today! If you preordered an eBook, you have it in your inbox now. If you were waiting for the paperback, it’s available here.

National Cat Day is an awareness day to raise public awareness of cat adoption. This day was created by Pet Lifestyle Expert and Animal Welfare Advocate, Colleen Paige, in 2005. Since its inception, it has helped save the lives of more than one million cats.

National Cat Day is a day to celebrate cats. Lavish your kitties with love. Help a cat shelter or group if you can. And read a book that will transport you to a world where the cats always win.

The Crazy Cat Lady series features Lynley Cannon, a cat shelter volunteer who finds more trouble than a cat in catnip. But Lynley’s adventures aren’t all thrills and spills. In her everyday life, she cares for cats in many ways. Her own clowder of nine includes special needs cats like senior Dirty Harry, obese Violet, and “wobbly” cat Elizabeth. Her home is outfitted with furnishings that help enrich an indoor cat’s life.

Lynley’s cat Tinkerbelle has been a registered therapy cat for several years, and this year, Lynley also got Elizabeth trained and certified. Together, they visit assisted living facilities and hospice patients, bringing a little furry joy to the catless. Lynley’s shelter work takes us into the world of cat care in a shelter surrounding. Her good friend Special Agent Denny Paris, a Humane Investigator, handles not just pet education but darker cases such as neglect and abuse. Lynley is open to anything cat. She has helped with the TNR (Trap/neuter/return) process, emergency shelter intakes from natural disasters, hoarding situations, and more.

Each time Lynley takes on one of those endeavors, I get to tell my readers a bit about the real processes behind them. At the beginning of each chapter, I include a cat tip or fact to educate and engage those who want to know more about cats. But be assured, Lynley rarely lectures. She prefers to lead by example, so if you learn something new about fostering, cat safety, general care and health, or a fun new cat toy, it’s only because Lynley Cannon is practicing them in her own daily life.

In Cold Case Cat, Lynley has taken a job at the Cat Park, a unique sanctuary for senior and hospice cats. “Old cats rule,” according to Lynley!

An injustice done, a murder unpunished.

It’s Pride Month in Portland Oregon, but instead of hanging rainbow flags and streamers, Lynley finds herself obsessed with a cold case murder. Starting work at the Cat Park, a sanctuary for senior and hospice cats, is challenging enough for Lynley, but then she learns the founder of the Park was murdered and the murder never solved. Lynley’s cat-like curiosity won’t let her leave the case alone.

But why is the Park’s new owner so fiercely opposed to Lynley’s sleuthing? What’s making the Director of Philanthropy grumpy all the time? Who is sneaking around listening at doors? The dead woman’s ancient cat Silver has a twinkle in her eye, but she isn’t telling.

As Lynley’s granddaughter and her beau make plans for their upcoming wedding, Lynley has other things on her mind. Something is going on at the Park. Is there more to her new job than playing with cats?

So why not celebrate National Cat Day by spending quality time with our beloved kitties, and if you are so inclined, by adding a new cat mystery to your TBR list.

Find Cold Case Cat in eBook and paperback versions here.