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Beatrice Young Cozy Cat Mysteries #1-5
Beatrice Young Cozy Cat Mysteries
Welcome to the small town of Ashbrook, New Hampshire where sixty-two-year-old Cozy Cat Café owner Beatrice Young solves crimes with the help of her three felines: Hamish, Lucky and Petunia.
Featuring a beloved cast of characters including the grumpy Sheriff Roy, Beatrice's ex-husband and best friend Matthew and Zoe the zany pastry chef, this cozy cat mystery series is a paw-sitively delightful read for mystery fans and cat fanciers alike.
This boxed set includes all five books in the Beatrice Young Cozy Cat Mysteries series:
THE COUNTERFEITER-CATCHING CAT
THE EXTORTION CAT-ASTROPHE
THE TAIL OF THE SECRET IDENTITY
THE PURRFECT HALLOWEEN PRANK
THE SANTA CLAWS BANDIT
...PLUS A BRAND NEW SHORT STORY FEATURING BEATRICE & THE CATS
...PLUS ALL NEW BONUS MATERIAL
100,000+ words in total. Hours of entertainment.
BOOK DESCRIPTIONS
THE COUNTERFEITER-CATCHING CAT:
The leaves have turned and autumn has finally come to the small town of Ashbrook, New Hampshire. Beatrice Young, the sixty-two-year-old owner of the Cozy Cat Café, is busy slinging coffee for tourists. Yet when her ever-perceptive Maine Coon cat, Hamish, sniffs out a fake twenty-dollar bill, the hunt is on to find its maker.
THE EXTORTION CAT-ASTROPHE:
The Ashbrook Fall Fair is around the corner and Beatrice Young, the sixty-two-year-old owner of the Cozy Cat Café, is gunning to finally win the prestigious baking competition.
Yet when her friend Nathan rushes in with a wild tale of extortion ten years in the making, it's up to Beatrice and her cats Hamish and Lucky to hunt down the culprit.
THE TAIL OF THE SECRET IDENTITY:
Bernie Sullivan is Ashbrook, New Hampshire's beloved mayor. That is, until he winds up dead.
Such a paw-sitively dreadful event calls for the assistance of Beatrice Young, the sixty-two-year-old owner of the Cozy Cat Café, and her crime-solving cats Hamish and Lucky.
As the truth about the mayor's past comes to light, they discover that Bernie was not at all who he pretended to be. To complicate matters further, there's a new cat on the scene—the pretty Petunia, who has Hamish and Lucky duking it out for her attention. Not to mention that Beatrice's ex-husband and best friend Matthew has a date.
What's Beatrice to do?
THE PURRFECT HALLOWEEN PRANK:
It’s almost Halloween in Ashbrook, New Hampshire and 62-year-old Beatrice Young is just as busy decorating the Cozy Cat Café as she is deciding on the purrfect costumes for her three crime-solving cats: Hamish, Petunia, and Lucky.
But when a bomb narrowly misses blowing Beatrice’s car to smithereens, it’s time to turn her attention to tracking down the perpetrator.
Featuring a beloved cast of characters including the grumpy Sheriff Roy, Beatrice's ex-husband and best friend Matthew and Zoe the zany pastry chef, this cozy cat mystery series is a paw-sitively delightful read for mystery fans and cat fanciers alike.
This boxed set includes all five books in the Beatrice Young Cozy Cat Mysteries series:
THE COUNTERFEITER-CATCHING CAT
THE EXTORTION CAT-ASTROPHE
THE TAIL OF THE SECRET IDENTITY
THE PURRFECT HALLOWEEN PRANK
THE SANTA CLAWS BANDIT
...PLUS A BRAND NEW SHORT STORY FEATURING BEATRICE & THE CATS
...PLUS ALL NEW BONUS MATERIAL
100,000+ words in total. Hours of entertainment.
BOOK DESCRIPTIONS
THE COUNTERFEITER-CATCHING CAT:
The leaves have turned and autumn has finally come to the small town of Ashbrook, New Hampshire. Beatrice Young, the sixty-two-year-old owner of the Cozy Cat Café, is busy slinging coffee for tourists. Yet when her ever-perceptive Maine Coon cat, Hamish, sniffs out a fake twenty-dollar bill, the hunt is on to find its maker.
THE EXTORTION CAT-ASTROPHE:
The Ashbrook Fall Fair is around the corner and Beatrice Young, the sixty-two-year-old owner of the Cozy Cat Café, is gunning to finally win the prestigious baking competition.
Yet when her friend Nathan rushes in with a wild tale of extortion ten years in the making, it's up to Beatrice and her cats Hamish and Lucky to hunt down the culprit.
THE TAIL OF THE SECRET IDENTITY:
Bernie Sullivan is Ashbrook, New Hampshire's beloved mayor. That is, until he winds up dead.
Such a paw-sitively dreadful event calls for the assistance of Beatrice Young, the sixty-two-year-old owner of the Cozy Cat Café, and her crime-solving cats Hamish and Lucky.
As the truth about the mayor's past comes to light, they discover that Bernie was not at all who he pretended to be. To complicate matters further, there's a new cat on the scene—the pretty Petunia, who has Hamish and Lucky duking it out for her attention. Not to mention that Beatrice's ex-husband and best friend Matthew has a date.
What's Beatrice to do?
THE PURRFECT HALLOWEEN PRANK:
It’s almost Halloween in Ashbrook, New Hampshire and 62-year-old Beatrice Young is just as busy decorating the Cozy Cat Café as she is deciding on the purrfect costumes for her three crime-solving cats: Hamish, Petunia, and Lucky.
But when a bomb narrowly misses blowing Beatrice’s car to smithereens, it’s time to turn her attention to tracking down the perpetrator.
- GenresMystery
438 pages, Kindle Edition
First published December 25, 2015
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About the author
Alannah Rogers
19 books56 followersA retired librarian living in New Hampshire. Lives with three cats, Charlie, Wilkie, and Jane.
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Displaying 1 - 13 of 13 reviews
August 3, 2019
This is a set of the first 5 books.
The stories are based in Ashbrook, New Hampshire and it starts with Beatrice having 2 cats, Hamish and Lucky and her ex-husband, Matthew who is also her best friend. She runs the Cozy Cat Café. Other main characters are the sheriff, Roy and her pastry chef, Zoe. Later, Bea gets a cute little ct and Zoe names her Petunia.
There are five different stories. The first one is about a small counterfeiting ring where $20s are being passed around, the second one is about a friend who is being extorted for money, the third is about the town mayor actually being a crook, the fourth is Halloween pranks, and the fifth is about a Santa Claus being a Robin Hood.
These are fun reads, they are cute especially when the cats get involved--they usually get some clues to help solve the crimes. The sheriff is at times grumpy but lets Bea help him solve the crimes.
This is the perfect read for mystery and cat fans alike.
The stories are based in Ashbrook, New Hampshire and it starts with Beatrice having 2 cats, Hamish and Lucky and her ex-husband, Matthew who is also her best friend. She runs the Cozy Cat Café. Other main characters are the sheriff, Roy and her pastry chef, Zoe. Later, Bea gets a cute little ct and Zoe names her Petunia.
There are five different stories. The first one is about a small counterfeiting ring where $20s are being passed around, the second one is about a friend who is being extorted for money, the third is about the town mayor actually being a crook, the fourth is Halloween pranks, and the fifth is about a Santa Claus being a Robin Hood.
These are fun reads, they are cute especially when the cats get involved--they usually get some clues to help solve the crimes. The sheriff is at times grumpy but lets Bea help him solve the crimes.
This is the perfect read for mystery and cat fans alike.
November 7, 2016
This set of mysteries is a cat lover's dream series. I will start with the first story. I love that it was set in the fall the perfect time for a fun series to start. We get introduced to Hamish and Lucky who can sniff out a fake bill and then helps to solve the crime. I love those cats. Oh and the characters are good people too. It if funny how Beatrice takes the cats everywhere with her. There are some twists that will keep you reading to see what happens next. Now on to book two. This time Beatrice is hoping to win a baking competition when a crime of extortion comes to light. What's a person to do? Well solve the crime with those fun loving crime fighting cats that's what. Again Beatrice takes her cats on the hunt through the town to figure out who is stealing the money. What happens in book three? This time we have a mayor who has been hiding secrets from everyone. With the help of a new cat Petunia the cats we have come to love are at it again to help their human Beatrice to get everything straightened out. It was funny to watch Hamish and Lucky trying to get Petunia's attention. Now on to book four. I loved the Halloween theme which was perfect since we just had this holiday. I liked going along with Beatrice trying to figure out what costumes she wanted the three loveable cats to wear. This time the crime was a little closer to home as someone is trying to take out Beatrice. I think her and the cats are getting too good at solving crimes and someone does not like it. Luckily she has some great help to figure out what is happening and solves the crime. Last we have a Christmas themed mystery with all the characters and townspeople we have come to love in this series. Why would Santa steal a bag of gifts well Beatrice and her fun loving cats will find out. I loved how each story went right into the next so it was more like reading one big book rather than five short stories. The author had a good writing style that helped the books to move right along. You get started on book one and think you will read a few pages and the next thing you know you are halfway through the book. I also liked how she described the antics of the cats as a owner of a herd of cats myself I can tell you they do each have their own personalities and this author does a good job of showing Hamish, Lucky and Petunia's. If you like mysteries and you like cats then this is the set of books for you.
October 16, 2018
DNF. I tried, but 5 chapters (of book 1) was as far as I could go.
First, there was too much exposition for me--exposition of the "she was doing this and the cats were doing that and the sun was...." type. More importantly, the very first book reads as though it's the middle of the series; the sleuth is already recognized as such abut town; even her cats have the reputation of crime-solvers...from page one. Everyone in town, even the sheriff, expects her to solve mysteries and has no problem with her taking part in investigations. The sheriff kowtows to her simply because she is 10 years older and used to babysit him. Really? The sheriff has one deputy working for him but has to ask his boss if there is someone available to take on a particular task. Huh? Beatrice owns a cafe that serves pastry and lunch, etc., and she has one assistant, who spends most of her time in the kitchen baking, even though Beatrice went to pastry school. Beatrice is much better up front. In spite of all that, she can somehow leave work whenever and her assistant can handle it all. Could we get just a tiny bit of reality in here anywhere? I just couldn't take it and struggled to get through 5 chapters. No more for me. I'm crossing this author off my list.
First, there was too much exposition for me--exposition of the "she was doing this and the cats were doing that and the sun was...." type. More importantly, the very first book reads as though it's the middle of the series; the sleuth is already recognized as such abut town; even her cats have the reputation of crime-solvers...from page one. Everyone in town, even the sheriff, expects her to solve mysteries and has no problem with her taking part in investigations. The sheriff kowtows to her simply because she is 10 years older and used to babysit him. Really? The sheriff has one deputy working for him but has to ask his boss if there is someone available to take on a particular task. Huh? Beatrice owns a cafe that serves pastry and lunch, etc., and she has one assistant, who spends most of her time in the kitchen baking, even though Beatrice went to pastry school. Beatrice is much better up front. In spite of all that, she can somehow leave work whenever and her assistant can handle it all. Could we get just a tiny bit of reality in here anywhere? I just couldn't take it and struggled to get through 5 chapters. No more for me. I'm crossing this author off my list.
May 4, 2018
Great Box Set: Books 1-5 Beatrice Young
Personally, I love binge reading a new(to me) series. This series is a sweet, barely romantic, set of mysteries where murder is not always the main attraction. Very clean read with a variety of puzzles to solve, ranging from a thieving Santa to counterfeiters to blackmail to mayhem with a side of Murder.
I enjoyed getting to know the characters, there are some beautiful descriptions of the town and surrounding areas.
Great for a light read 😁👍🏻
Personally, I love binge reading a new(to me) series. This series is a sweet, barely romantic, set of mysteries where murder is not always the main attraction. Very clean read with a variety of puzzles to solve, ranging from a thieving Santa to counterfeiters to blackmail to mayhem with a side of Murder.
I enjoyed getting to know the characters, there are some beautiful descriptions of the town and surrounding areas.
Great for a light read 😁👍🏻
March 22, 2021
Entertaining Mysteries Starring a Trio of Cats
These were cute cozies. I enjoyed each one. I didn't even try to figure out who did it because I was loving the cats antics. I have two of the critters myself and the descriptions of their actions were pretty much on point.
The only aggravation was that the author really needs a good proof reader. There were so many mistakes I have to think about whether or not I want to continue the series.
These were cute cozies. I enjoyed each one. I didn't even try to figure out who did it because I was loving the cats antics. I have two of the critters myself and the descriptions of their actions were pretty much on point.
The only aggravation was that the author really needs a good proof reader. There were so many mistakes I have to think about whether or not I want to continue the series.
July 28, 2018
Joyously Catty
I cannot get enough of this series with its hilarity, friendship, baking, mysteries, and just-the-right-touch of romance. Well written; I especially like the different catonalities each feline has. BRAVO! And thank you
I cannot get enough of this series with its hilarity, friendship, baking, mysteries, and just-the-right-touch of romance. Well written; I especially like the different catonalities each feline has. BRAVO! And thank you
June 24, 2017
Cute and clever
These we fun to read and very enjoyable with the older heroine. Great for a quick and easy read. Hilarious.
These we fun to read and very enjoyable with the older heroine. Great for a quick and easy read. Hilarious.
October 14, 2018
Wonderful!
Five great cozy cat mysteries,all including their human, Beatrice. Owner of The Cozy Cat Cafe, Bea finds herself and her cats helping the sheriff solve crimes! Loved it!
Five great cozy cat mysteries,all including their human, Beatrice. Owner of The Cozy Cat Cafe, Bea finds herself and her cats helping the sheriff solve crimes! Loved it!
November 4, 2022
Fun series.
Enjoyed the action and the inclusion of the cats in the adventures. A fun read for mystery and animal lovers alike.
Enjoyed the action and the inclusion of the cats in the adventures. A fun read for mystery and animal lovers alike.
April 18, 2025
Cozy Cat mysteries
Great stories quick to read but kept me wanting to read more and more. Do where do my next reads come front.
Great stories quick to read but kept me wanting to read more and more. Do where do my next reads come front.
July 10, 2016
If you enjoy cozy mysteries this is an author who needs to be added to your must read. I am addicted and she helps to fill a void if you enjoyed the cat who books. Get your hands on this author and enjoy
January 25, 2019
Love author Alannah's book Beatrice Young Cozy Cat Mysteries! An easy read!
August 14, 2016
Love Cats too
When I saw the title about cat's and what they were doing, I had to get it. They are all good book s.
When I saw the title about cat's and what they were doing, I had to get it. They are all good book s.
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