The 12 Cats of Christmas (The Kitten Files) by Perry Kirkpatrick

Author:Perry Kirkpatrick [Kirkpatrick, Perry]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2017-12-13T05:00:00+00:00

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After work the next day, Amber and I walked the block to the coffee shop where we’d arranged to meet the detective. She introduced me to him. “Gloria, this is Keith. Keith—Gloria.”

“Um, yes! Hi, nice to meet you,” he said, pushing his large glasses up his nose and blinking. “You’re the lady with the cat problem?”

I nodded, feeling a little dubious about his sleuthing skills. He seemed awfully scatterbrained, but Amber had said he was responsible for solving some pretty bizarre mysteries. And that he understood cats, being a cat-owner himself.

“She’s turning into a cat lady,” Amber smirked.

I opened my mouth to protest, but Keith was already speaking. “That sounds like a problem for the newspaper advice column rather than a detective…”

“A completely unwilling cat lady,” I corrected, glaring at Amber. Well, mostly unwilling, I silently amended, thinking of Cupcake.

Keith blinked. “Okay, well that’s certainly a different story. How exactly did that happen?”

“Well, first my dog died. And then Amber suggested I should get a cat. Every evening since then, there’s been a new cardboard box with a freshly adopted cat on my porch.”

“And I’m not the one doing it. We suspect, given the timing and consistency there might be a Twelve Days of Christmas angle to it. It’s as if someone took my suggestion and ran with it.”

“That’s an interesting theory,” Keith said, furrowing his brow and appearing to think hard. He took out his phone and sent a text. After a moment, his phone chimed. He read the reply and then looked up. “You say all the cats have been adopted? From the animal shelter?”

“Yes.”

“Then my recommendation would be to check with them on whether anyone has adopted multiple cats recently.”

Amber and I exchanged glances. That was a really good idea. Apparently Keith was a little more detective-y than he gave off.

“Of course,” he added, “they may not be willing to share that kind of information, but it’s worth a shot. If it doesn’t work, let me know. I might be able to help another way…” he trailed off and fell silent.

“Well,” said Amber, hopping up from her chair and extending her hand. “Thanks a bunch! That’s super good advice and we really appreciate it!”

It wasn’t until several moments later, that I remembered it was Friday night.

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