Claws Out: A Cat Cafe Mystery

The ninth installment in a charming cozy mystery series set on an island off the New England coast and featuring the cat cafe owner Maddie and her cat JJ.

After a long, snowy winter on Daybreak Island, Maddie and her cat cafe crew are finally ready to embrace the spring, though life is anything but calm. With Val and Ethan's wedding taking center stage, Maddie finds herself juggling wedding plans alongside a new and unexpected venture--a generous donation has made her the co-owner of a traveling cat cafe truck. To kick off the new chapter, she seizes the chance to take the truck on its inaugural trip to a cat literary festival in Provincetown, accompanied by her family and some of the shelter crew.

The festival is organized by the renowned cat-romance author Jasmine Prescott, who also runs a beloved cat rescue foundation on Cape Cod. But when Jasmine's longtime friend and fellow author Vivi St. Clair arrives with a boatload full of drama--everything from a dangerous ex-husband to an unwanted Netflix crew--tensions run high. At first, it seems like just another dose of celebrity chaos--until Vivi is found murdered. As new evidence ties Maddie and her cat cafe into the investigation, Maddie must dig deeper into the tangled web of secrets, rivalries, and feline-friendly drama to uncover the truth. The question is: what's the connection between the cat cafe and Vivi's untimely death?

Author: Cate Conte
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
Published: 08/26/2025
Pages: 304
Binding Type: Mass Market Paperbound
Weight: 0.30lbs
Size: 6.70h x 4.20w x 0.90d
ISBN13: 9781250883995
ISBN10: 1250883997
BISAC Categories:
- Fiction | Mystery & Detective | Cozy | Animals
- Fiction | Mystery & Detective | Women Sleuths

About the Author
CAT CONTE writes the Cat Cafe Mysteries and the Full Moon Mysteries. As Liz Mugavero, she writes the Pawsitively Organic Mysteries, the first of which was an Agatha Award nominee for Best First Novel. She lives in the Boston area with her rescue pals.