A Blue Ribbon Murder - A Review & Giveaway

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A BLUE RIBBON MURDER by T.C. LoTempio
The Sixth Urban Tails Mystery 

 

With some aggressive campaigning Fox Hollow, Connecticut is hosting this year's Kitty Club Cat Show. With her mother as one of the event sponsors Shell McMillan, owner of the Urban Tails Pet Shop and former star of Spy Anyone, is not only serving as a vendor, she's entered Kahlua into the competition. That $25,000 grand prize certainly could help and there's also the added mystery of a second prize. While her Urban Tails booth is doing brisk business, she and her partner Gary can't help but notice plenty of cat fights. From volatile competitors and protesters to the exacting event organizer and her Lothario stepson there's plenty of catty behavior. But when Shell and Gary go to meet with Isobel, they find her murdered and the special prize gone. Did she interrupt the thief or was her murder the goal? Is there a thief and a killer or just one villain? While selling pet supplies and showing two of their cats Shell and Gary will once again put on their deerstalker hats and try to solve the crimes.

 

I really enjoy the Urban Tails Mystery series and loved the fun setting of a cat show in this sixth outing. While I missed seeing much of Josh I really love seeing Shell and Gary work their investigative magic. I also like how they work together, both in Urban Tails and as housemates. They really are a great team and always have each other's backs.The mystery was solid with smart sleuthing and a good variety of suspects and motives, although there was one time I yelled at Shell for running off to check out a suspect alone.

 

I love all of the cats and was glad to see Kahlua have her moment in the spotlight. Of course, Purriday is perfect and I love how he and Princess Fuzzypants love each other.

 

A BLUE RIBBON MURDER turns the controlled chaos of a cat show into a purrfect murder mystery.

 

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A Blue Ribbon Murder (Urban Tails Pet Shop Mysteries) by T. C. LoTempio

About A Blue Ribbon Murder

A Blue Ribbon Murder (Urban Tails Pet Shop Mysteries)
Cozy Mystery 6th in Series
Setting - Connecticut
Publisher: ‎ Beyond the Page
Publication Date: ‎ March 31, 2026
Print Length: ‎ 260 pages

When the organizer of a major cat competition is murdered and the grand prize is stolen, Shell McMillan will have to claw through the clues to catch a killer . . .

The Kitty Club Cat Show has come to Fox Hollow, and everyone from casual cat lovers to competitive breeders has shown up for the contest. Pet shop owner Shell McMillan has two cats entered, and like everyone else she has her eye on the grand prize, a vibrant red leash with a solid gold cat-head figurine attached. As the judging begins, cat owners clash and the fur flies, until a power outage throws the whole arena into darkness. But when the lights come back up, the event’s organizer is found dead and the grand prize is missing.

Shell knows the obvious suspect is the victim’s stepson, who’s up to his neck in gambling debts and would kill to get his hands on his inheritance. But there are plenty of disgruntled competitors to consider too, including some who had an old score to settle with the victim. Every clue is catnip for Shell, especially as she puzzles out whether the thief and the murderer are the same person. Either way, with two crimes to solve and a killer on the loose, she’ll have to tread carefully so that her dreams of Best in Show don’t end with Rest in Peace . . .

About T. C. LoTempio

While Toni Lotempio does not commit – or solve – murders in real life, she has no trouble doing it on paper. Her lifelong love of mysteries began early on when she was introduced to her first Nancy Drew mystery at age 10 – The Secret in the Old Attic. She and her cat pen the Nick and Nora mystery series originally from Berkley Prime Crime and now with Beyond the Page Publishing. They also write the Pet Shop Series and the Tiffany Austin Food Blogger series and brand new Cozy Bookshop Mysteries!

You can cat-ch up with them at ROCCO’s blog, www.catsbooksmorecats.blogspot.com or her website, www.tclotempio.net

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