Catnapped (Animal Instinct Mysteries, No. 1) (Paperback)

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Product Description

Nine lives go fast...

Legal investigator Sara Townley's not feeling too good about her recent Vegas wedding to a Navy SEAL she barely knows, and her assignment to the case of a missing cat-despite the fur ball's multimillion dollar inheritance-only confirms that her life is in the litter box.

When the Navy man comes home from active service to make good on his vows, and a rendezvous with an informant puts Sara face to face with a dead body, her personal and professional lives suddenly get serious-and she'll need a sharp survival instinct to make it out alive.

Product Details

• Paperback: 336 pages
• Publisher: Signet (September 4, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0451221974
• ISBN-13: 978-0451221971
• Product Dimensions: 6.2 x 4.1 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #445,606 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

• This is item 1 in The Animal Instinct Mystery Series.

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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Catnapped-A great mystery read, October 25, 2007

By	L. Adkins "Mystery Fan" (Mountlake Terrace, WA USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Catnapped is a fun and fast-paced mystery. I loved the interesting characters and the humor was great--keep me laughing all the way through. Complicated plot, fun characters, and humor--my kind of book!

9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great laughs, fun read, September 17, 2007

By	R. Glenn (California) - See all my reviews

I almost didn't pick up this book at the store because it looked somewhat quirky. However, it was a very fun read. There were several parts that made me laugh aloud, causing stares in my direction! The best part was when Sara ends up at the hospital and, being afraid to call her husband, has the hospital call her friend who says he's her husband and that Sara is mad at him because he wanted 6 kids! Then, when the erroneous REAL husband shows up, she covers by saying that she is a pathelogical liar! I thoroughly enjoyed this book!

6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars charming cozy, September 11, 2007

By	Harriet Klausner - See all my reviews (#1 REVIEWER)    (REAL NAME)

Sara Townley, the investigator for a high profile Seattle law firm, is assigned the job of finding Flash, a cat worth two million dollars. After spending hours on the phone calling pounds and humane societies, she visits the home of multimillionaire Stuart Masterton of Masterton Enterprises, who has not been seen for a while either. Sara talks to Jeff Randall, who is living on the estate as Flash's caretaker. He called the lawyers and explained to Sara he searched the neighborhood, put up flyers and questioned the neighbors. She assures him they will find Flash and he will keep his cushy job.

When she gets home, the Navy Seal Connor she married after knowing him for only a week is there. He had to report to duty after they tried the knot and she hasn't seen him for four months and almost forgot she was married. When Jeff calls telling her a man called with information about Flash she runs out of the house to meet him. What she finds in the alley is a dead body and ends up with a concussion when she knocks her head against a policeman's chin. Connor picks her up and tells her they will work as a team, which turns out to be a good idea as they deal with a missing man, embezzlement, law suits and a killer who has no qualms about getting rid of anyone who gets in his way,

CATNAPPED is a delightful charming mystery that will appeal to readers who don't like blood and gore in their whodunits but demand a good story. It is hard to accept that Gabriella Herbert makes her debut with this cozy because it is so complex and multi-layered, and filled with fully developed characters who readers will love or hate. With no twists clues that lead in a straight path to more clues, the fun in this tale are the relationship between the sleuths and the myriad of suspects tat changes as more evidence surfaces.

Harriet Klausner