A spate of murders may or may not be a result of trouble in the universe, according to who, or what, you believe, but when croquet-playing relief teacher, Hettie Parke, finds herself mixed up in solving them, she certainly wasn’t expecting her sidekick to be a cat with unusual talents.
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Complete Series
Book #1 – Malice Aforecourt – He was an irritating man, but just because she’d argued with him didn’t mean she wanted him dead. Croquet Club president Hettie Parke is furious when her damaged mallet is found beside the body of the Bowls Club president on her croquet court. She needs to discover who set her up quick smart. But even with the help of that cat Ceefer she’s struggling for answers, and her mother isn’t about to forgive her for dragging the Parke name into the mire. Are Hettie’s hoop-running days over?
Book #2 – Betwixt and Bewitched – In the space between what you can see and what you believe. Uncle Roscoe’s death was an accident. Wasn’t it? So what is Aunt Alice hiding? Is she protecting someone? Or does she have a guilty conscience? With suspicions growing, that detective is closing in. And where is Ceefer? Hettie’s at wits’ end. She must put her own plans aside to uncover the truth. Because a trillion new croquet courts won’t compensate for visiting her aunt behind bars.
Book #2.5 – A Christmas in July Sundowner Sally – A lover quarrel. An angry wife. Christmas dinner under threat. The Christmas in July Sundowner is an event looked forward to by the Parke Bowls and Croquet Club. But this year Hettie finds herself with a plateful of problems instead of plum pudding. Can that cat Ceefer lend a paw or is he too busy creating mischief with his own guest? Hettie needs a Christmas miracle before croquet mallets and bowls collide and her planned new courts become a distant dream
Book #3 – Death by Candlelight – Murder, fraud and secrets. A cat-astrophic combination. When a body turns up at Callie’s charity auction in the Sunny Vale Community Centre Hettie is shocked when her mother asks her to investigate the murder. As she struggles with fears for her grandfather’s legacy and the future of her new croquet courts, is she looking in the wrong direction? With the killer hustling to cover their tracks, can she and Ceefer reveal all before they kill again?
Book #4 – Grave Double – Graves to the left, graves to the right, but there shouldn’t be a body in sight. There’s an unofficial burial in the old cemetery. Is the woman’s death connected to her family research, or was it personal? Ceefer refuses to get involved, and Hettie tries to stay at arm’s length, but she is devastated when someone close to her is attacked. Now she’s in the killer’s sights. Will she get to see the opening of her new croquet courts? Or will they be her memorial? Final in series.
