Nozy Cat 5: A Tuxedo Cat Bookshop Cozy Mystery

by Lyn Key

Hope Jones operates the Brontë Bookshop in the hamlet of Sweet Springs, Virginia. Her best friend and business partner Peggy Sue Roswell assists Hope along with Stacey, her smart, spirited fifteen-year-old daughter. Their tuxedo feline Nozy Cat, opinionated and outspoken, is the bookshop mascot. The piano teacher Bree Crensahw becomes a murder victim, and Sergeant Trogg asks Hope to join the police investigation. She and Peggy Sue along with Nozy Cat soon identify the three murder suspects and encounter several unexpected twists while solving the murder mystery. Nozy Cat 5 offers cat mystery fans a clean read and an exciting whodunit with loads of good-natured humor and a fun dose of the paranormal.

168 pages, Kindle Edition

Published September 27, 2024

About the author

Lyn Key lives in Virginia, owns a rescue tuxedo cat, and writes cozy mysteries. Nozy Cat 4, the fourth humorous, fast-paced title in the new Hope Jones Cozy Mystery Series, is available for sale at your favorite online retailers. Great news! Nozy Cat 5 has been published in 2024!

Hope Jones runs the Brontë Bookshop in the small town of Sweet Springs tucked away in the rolling, green hills of the Virginia piedmont. Her best friend Peggy Sue Roswell assists Hope along with her smart, spirited fifteen-year-old daughter Stacey. Their tuxedo cat Nozy Cat is the bookshop mascot. Hope decides to get to bottom of the hit-and-run fatality of her husband J.D. from four year ago, which Sergeant Trogg and the police have ruled as a murder. The possible murder suspects include J.D.’s boss Dirk Sisler and his older brother Vince Jones. Fortunately, Hope can rely on the clever, resourceful Nozy Cat when she gets busy applying her sleuthing skills to identify who killed J.D.

Lyn Key also writes as Ed Lynskey.