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Detective Daintypaws #3
Detective Daintypaws: Nicking Ben Cloppers: Crime-Solving Cat Adventures
Her last miaow
A horde of monsters, demons, and spirits rampages across Barnes!
Nightly apparitions of supernatural chaos are tearing apart the mean streets of SW13, upending bins and impacting property prices! Only one detective can stop them - right after her mid-morning nap.
Detective Daintypaws suspects the involvement of her old enemy, DCI Popplewell. To thwart him, she must push herself to the limits of feline endurance and beyond, even as far as... Hammersmith.
The crime-solving cat faces a growing undead army, and must call on all her allies and resources. When streamwise ducks, plain-speaking herons, librarian cats, Inedible hamsters and laconic vampires are no longer enough, she must consider desperate measures.
But fate has placed another familiar face in Buscemi's path. Someone from her past. Someone she never thought she would see again. Someone with unfinished business... spoggling business.
The adventures of Detective Daintypaws reach their astonishing conclusion, and Southwest London will never be the same again.
A horde of monsters, demons, and spirits rampages across Barnes!
Nightly apparitions of supernatural chaos are tearing apart the mean streets of SW13, upending bins and impacting property prices! Only one detective can stop them - right after her mid-morning nap.
Detective Daintypaws suspects the involvement of her old enemy, DCI Popplewell. To thwart him, she must push herself to the limits of feline endurance and beyond, even as far as... Hammersmith.
The crime-solving cat faces a growing undead army, and must call on all her allies and resources. When streamwise ducks, plain-speaking herons, librarian cats, Inedible hamsters and laconic vampires are no longer enough, she must consider desperate measures.
But fate has placed another familiar face in Buscemi's path. Someone from her past. Someone she never thought she would see again. Someone with unfinished business... spoggling business.
The adventures of Detective Daintypaws reach their astonishing conclusion, and Southwest London will never be the same again.
199 pages, Kindle Edition
Published January 31, 2026
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Andrew K. Lawston
54 books63 followersAndrew K. Lawston has at various times been a writer, actor, director, teacher, journalist, academic, salesman, publisher, editor, designer (that was a weird day), cinema manager, film extra and till monkey. His first job was working in an independent bookshop aged 16, and he at least had the foresight to know that it would all be downhill from there.
Andrew writes quirky comedy fiction over a variety of genres. His writing is infused with the kind of worldview that comes from watching a lot of French cinema and Doctor Who (not necessarily in that order), and reading a lot of Pratchett, Dickens and Shakespeare. It's often dark, sometimes disturbing, always unpredictable, and occasionally very funny. Ever wondered what would happen if a small boy got into an abusive relationship with the demonic clown hiding under his bed? So did he, unfortunately.
With a degree in French, Andrew also translates classic French books, most notably Casanova's account of his escape from Venice prison in 1755, and the Chantecoq series of pulp detective novels.
Andrew has now largely retired from acting, but in 2018 he was a finalist in the Arts Richmond New Plays Festival with his short play "Matrexit".
He lives in London with a lovely wife and a crime-solving cat.
Andrew writes quirky comedy fiction over a variety of genres. His writing is infused with the kind of worldview that comes from watching a lot of French cinema and Doctor Who (not necessarily in that order), and reading a lot of Pratchett, Dickens and Shakespeare. It's often dark, sometimes disturbing, always unpredictable, and occasionally very funny. Ever wondered what would happen if a small boy got into an abusive relationship with the demonic clown hiding under his bed? So did he, unfortunately.
With a degree in French, Andrew also translates classic French books, most notably Casanova's account of his escape from Venice prison in 1755, and the Chantecoq series of pulp detective novels.
Andrew has now largely retired from acting, but in 2018 he was a finalist in the Arts Richmond New Plays Festival with his short play "Matrexit".
He lives in London with a lovely wife and a crime-solving cat.
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