Prowling at the Premiere by Jinty James

Author:Jinty James
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: New release cozy cat cupcake mystery, Cozy mystery series with kitty cats, amateur sleuths, cozy crafts and hobbies mystery, cozy mystery police love interest small town, baking mystery with Norwegian Forest Cat, Small town murder mystery humorous with cats, cat mystery
Publisher: Jinty James
Published: 2023-04-12T00:00:00+00:00

“I’M IN THE Gazette, just like Thelma promised!” Martha barreled into the café the next day, waving the newspaper with one hand, and steering with the other. She looked cozy in pink sweatpants and a matching sweater.

“We saw your photo in there on Sunday!” Zoe grinned.

“Brrt!”

They’d just opened on the dot of nine-thirty and Martha was their first customer.

“How about a hot chocolate with plenty of marshmallows?” Lauren offered. “Or a Martha’s marshmallow latte?”

“Hmm. Now I can’t decide.” Martha’s gray curls sprung around her face. “Gimme a hot chocolate – no, a marshmallow latte – ooh, how about a pumpkin spice marshmallow mocha?”

“That does sound good.” Zoe’s eyes sparkled. “Maybe I should have one during my break.”

“Me too.” Lauren looked ruefully at the jar of mini-marshmallows. Too many sweet treats were not good for her curves.

“I got Jill’s newspaper too.” Martha flipped open the seat of her walker and rummaged around. “But I’m not in that one.” She pouted.

“Yeah, her story wasn’t as big as Thelma’s,” Zoe agreed. “I’m sorry you weren’t in both.”

“How are your scripts coming along?” Lauren asked.

Martha had been inspired by Zoe’s success and had written another sequel to the princess movies, and had even gotten the same agent as Zoe.

“Trish says she likes it but can’t sell it at the moment. She said everyone wants gritty westerns.” Martha shook her head in disbelief. “And I’m having a bit of trouble with my retired lady detective. I’m still stuck on the first episode. I’ve gotten her out of the deserted stretch of road where her car broke down, but now she needs to solve the case and put those two hotshot detectives who aren’t so hot in their place.”

“I’m sure you’ll come up with something,” Lauren said encouragingly.

“Brrt!”

“Thanks.” Martha smiled. “Trish says to keep working on it because it sounds interesting.”

“I’d love to read it when you’ve finished it,” Zoe said.

“You bet!” Martha’s eyes sparkled.

Lauren made the pumpkin spice marshmallow mocha and brought it out to the table.

“Lots of marshmallows – goody.” Martha spooned up pink and white froth, marbled with cocoa, spice, and coffee goodness.

“Have you got any news from the senior center?” Zoe asked. “You know, about Nathan’s murder?”

“No,” Martha replied in a disappointed tone. “Nobody saw or heard anything – just us. Which means, we should solve it!” She sat back in her chair, looking eager.

“Mitch is on the case,” Lauren informed them.

“What about that pesky Detective Castern?” Martha wanted to know.

“I haven’t heard anything about him being assigned the case,” she replied. She didn’t think it was up to her to mention he might be retiring – not when there wasn’t any solid proof.

“Good. Or maybe that’s not so good. Because we could definitely solve it ourselves if Castern was in charge of it. But Mitch, I’m not so sure.” Martha looked thoughtful.

“That’s because he’s a good detective,” she said loyally. It was true.

“Yeah, but sometimes we snoop and sleuth around and find the killer before he does,” Zoe pointed out.

“Brrt!”

“I’m sure Mitch will have this wrapped up quickly,” Lauren replied, hoping she was right.

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