Catnapped!

Written by Elaine Viets

Narrated by Sarah Pesek

Husband and wife PI team Helen Hawthorne and Phil Sagemont are hired by Trish Barrymore, who is divorcing her no-account accountant Mort. When Mort is found dead, Trish is the main suspect. She wants Helen and Phil to find out who killed Mort Barrymore – and more importantly, kidnapped Justine, the couple’s pedigreed Chartreux show cat. Helen goes undercover as an assistant to a woman who shows prizewinning Persians. Under the primping, posing, and purring, cat shows are a high-pressure world, and now the stakes are life and death.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Everand Productions
• Release date: May 28, 2024
• ISBN: 9781094465999

Elaine Viets

Elaine Viets has written 33 mysteries in four series: the bestselling Dead-End Job series with South Florida PI Helen Hawthorne, the cozy Josie Marcus Mystery Shopper mysteries, and the dark Francesca Vierling mysteries. With the Angela Richman Death Investigator series, Elaine returns to her hardboiled roots and uses her experience as a stroke survivor and her studies at the Medicolegal Death Investigators Training Course. Elaine was a director at large for the Mystery Writers of America. She's a frequent contributor to Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine and anthologies edited by Charlaine Harris and Lawrence Block. Elaine won the Anthony, Agatha and Lefty Awards.

Reviews for Catnapped!

[Robin Herbert · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

Another great read! 2 mysteries in one book, a fascinating dive into the world of high end cat shows & cat care, & as always, the wonderful characters & the Fort Lauderdale Beach area. Had fun listening to the book.

[catherine_dilts · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

When I read the Dead End Job mystery series, I feel like I've taken a mini-vacation to south Florida. This was especially enjoyable during a recent stretch of bitter cold winter days. In Catnapped! Helen and Phil suddenly have two crimes to solve. The clock starts ticking on the chance to solve a murder. And there are lots of cats.

[wearylibrarian · Rating: 3 out of 5 stars]

I LOVE cats so I am not sure why I didn't love this book. Well, yes I do-too much detail, not enough action. I was very disappointed in this book.

[bgknighton · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

It all starts with a catnapping and a nasty divorce. At the end Helen and Phil have solved 3 murders and the catnapping. Solid entry, Helen still makes rookie mistakes but is getting better.

[lisaksbookreviews · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

Unlucky number 13? Not with this thirteenth book in the Dead-End Jobs Mysteries!While I’ve read a few books in author Elaine Viet’s Mystery Shopper series, CATNAPPED is the first I have read in her Dead-End Jobs series. I could tell from the very beginning that this was going to be a fun book, and it was! I love the character Helen and Phil, a husband and wife PI team, and Nancie, they lawyer for the firm they work for. Helene and Phil have a great relationship. I love the way they interact with each other. And Nancie, well, she’s a real piece of work. ;-) I started laughing during the first chapter and kept laughing until the end. Ms. Viets has a wonderful sense of humor. But the humor in her writing didn’t diminish the wonderful mystery aspect of this story at all. It was tight and well plotted with plenty of twists in the story to keep me guessing. A real page turned that kept my brain working on the answer even when I was reading! Because of CATNAPPED, I now have a new to me series that I will be adding to my TBR.

[hklibrarian · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

Very cute and a page turner of a mystery. Will definitely read this author again.