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Cat groomer Cassie McGlone tails a killer gone wild over feral felines. . . Cassie's good friend Dawn is part of an organization that's trying to protect a colony of stray cats on the property of a condo community in Chadwick, New Jersey. The residents have got their backs up over the cat invasion, and Dawn has come to Cassie's grooming and boarding shop, Cassie's Comfy Cats, to ask her help in talking sense to them. Not everyone's against the cats. Eccentric Sabrina Ward feeds them and has even created makeshift shelters for them in the nearby woods, infuriating her neighbors. Following a heated community meeting - in which Cassie and Dawn come up with a proposal - Sabrina's body is found in the woods. The police are calling her death an accident, but Cassie smells a rat. Narrowing down the list of suspects may be tougher than herding cats, but Cassie is determined to collar the killer before another cat lover has a fatal accident . . . Praise for The Persian Always Meows Twice "Fans of felines will appreciate Cassie's demonstrated attachment to the master species, which Watkins successfully integrates throughout her debut, a deft blend of mystery and cat love." - Kirkus Reviews "A promising start to a new cozy series. And the information the author provides about cats is fascinating." - Suspense Magazine
About the Author
Eileen Watkins specializes in mystery and suspense fiction. In 2017 she launched the Cat Groomer Mysteries, starting with THE PERSIAN ALWAYS MEOWS TWICE, with Kensington Publishing. THE BENGAL IDENTITY and FERAL ATTRACTION followed in 2018, and GONE, KITTY, GONE in 2019. THE PERSIAN ALWAYS MEOWS TWICE won the David G. Sasher Award for Best Mystery of 2017 at the Deadly Ink Mystery Conference, and all four novels have received Certificates of Excellence from the Cat Writers' Association, Inc. In 2020, Eileen also put out REBOOT RANCH, a novel about a horse-rescue farm, with Who Chains You Publishing. She previously published eight novels through Amber Quill Press, most of them paranormal suspense, as "E. F. Watkins." Her Quinn Matthews Haunting Mysteries have recently become available again through Crossroad Press.Eileen is a member of Mystery Writers of America, Sisters in Crime, and the Cat Writers Association. She serves as publicist for Sisters in Crime Central Jersey and also for New Jersey's annual Deadly Ink Mystery Conference. Eileen comes from a journalistic background, having written on art, architecture, interior design and home improvement for daily newspapers and major magazines. Besides these topics, her interests include the paranormal and spirituality as well as animal training and rescue. She is seldom without at least one cat in the house and pays regular visits to the nearest riding stable. Visit her web site at www.efwatkins.com.
