Feline Fiction on Fridays #87 at Amber's Library featuring **A Hiss-Tory of Magic** by Harper Lin

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With Amber ~ The Best Library Kitty in the entire Mewton~Clawson Parish

Supurr salutations pawesome furriends

*waves paw*

Hello gorgeous library guests and welcome to my private library.

Sadly the P.A. is still snotty and unwell, so today's post is a bare-bones affair.

But so mew don't feel too cheated, here's a gorgeous picture of yours truly! MOL

And now I think it's time to share this weeks book before the P.A. sneezes all offur me again, EEEEEWWWWWWWW!!!!

This week I'm sharing

A Hiss-Tory of Magic

 Wonder Cats Mystery Book 1

by 

Harper Lin

Here's a little snippet of the book blurb:

Cath Greenstone, her cousin Bea, and her hippie aunt Astrid live in Wonder Falls, a small town near the mystical Niagara Falls. They run the Brew-Ha-Ha café, and naturally, they’re witches hiding in plain sight along with their three magical cats, Treacle, Peanut Butter, and Marshmallow. 

When Brew-Ha-Ha's baker is burnt to a crisp, along with their beloved café, Aunt Astrid lets out a big family secret: a powerful spell book, a Greenstone heirloom from the Salem days, has been stolen from its secret hiding spot in the café. If it’s fallen into the wrong hands, black magic could destroy not only Wonder Falls but the world. 

>^.^<

3 cats, 3 witches, an entire cast of dubious characters and red herrings galore, this book has it all.

A great start to a new paranormal, kitty cozy mystery series.

The kitties have a decent role, which mew know is always a huge plus fur me, because if there are no cats, it's no fun! MOL  They are a diverse bunch too which is nice.

The plot hurtles along and has some nice twists and turns. Though the town cop, is as always a bit of a schmuck to start with - rather cliched - hence the 4 stars this week, but apart from that I really enjoyed it and will definitely be trying the next one in the series. and there's 9 more to go at, so mew know that will purrlease me immensely! MOL

Would I recommend it to mew, yes I would!

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Audio: 4 hr 16 mins
Paperback: 229 pages

• Publisher: Harper Lin Books

The Amber Biblio Rating System Fur Offurall Enjoyment:

Ratings of:

Hiss-Tory of Magic

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I do hope mew enjoy this series if mew decide to give it a try... 

...and if mew've read it already, what did mew think?

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Sadly it's time fur me to say BFN or bye-fur-now as mew know the drill, so many books, so little time and I'll be back next week with another specially paw-picked book just fur mew. And don't furget that all my previous reviews can be found on my Book Review page, plus if mew'd like an exclusive Library Card fur speshal access to my library, just email me at:

deardrbasil @ gmail . com

Happy reading or listening until next time

Soft purrs

Amber xox

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Wordy on Wednesday with Biblio-Kitty Amber #19 featuring A Scone To Die For

Welcome To

With Amber ~ The Self-Appointed Biblio-Kitty

Wunderpurr greetings fellow book lovers

Welcome to another Wurdy Wednesday in the Library.

Before I furget, mew may remember on Sunday that we started The Wurld-Wide Tour of

The Time-Travelling Bobble Hat

which is being kicked off by the fabulous Florida Furkids on their pawesome blog at:

www.friendsfurevercatblog.blogspot.com

So said hat is now speeding its way across the Atlantic as I type and should arrive on warmer shores early next week, if mew'd like to join in the tour purrlease do as the more blogs the woolly headgear visits the more money we raise fur our favourite kitty rescue and we will be monitoring its progress on our new page, here. 

www.15andmeowing.com and www.dashkitten.com are hopefully joining in and www.erinthecatprincess.blogspot.co.uk has furry kindly offured a donation if we supurr-impose a pink version of the bobble hat on one of her gorgeous foto's - no purroblem we said, as yours truly has a pink one!! MOL

So paws crossed that we can raise a few £'s and help some kitties in need.

And aftur all my cuteness modelling one of the bobble hats and mew have too much of a cuteness overload happening, I think it's time to share this weeks selection.

This week on book reviews with Amber, I'm sharing

[Image @Amazon UK]

A Scone To Die For

Oxford Tearoom Mysteries ~ Book 1

by

HY Hanna

I have another furst to share with mew again this week, this is my furry furst cozy mystery written by a U.K. author!  

Here's the book blurb courtesy of Amazon UK:

FIRST IN A NEW SERIES!

When an American tourist is murdered with a scone in Gemma Rose’s quaint Oxfordshire tearoom, she suddenly finds herself apron-deep in a mystery involving long-buried secrets from Oxford’s past.

Armed with her insider knowledge of the University and with the help of four nosy old ladies from the village (not to mention a cheeky little tabby cat named Muesli), Gemma sets out to solve the mystery—all while dealing with her matchmaking mother and the return of her old college love, Devlin O’Connor, now a dashing CID detective.

But with the body count rising and her business going bust, can Gemma find the killer before things turn to custard?

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My thoughts on the novel are in a nutshell:-  I really did enjoy it, though used to an American narrator as most of the audio books I choose to listen to are written by American authors; I have to say this was most enjoyable, the narrator oozed a Miss Marple type of vibe and being a huge Agatha Christie fan this entertained me muchly!

As I'm back on the cozy mystery genre, obviously there's a cute cat.  The cat is called Muesli and while most cats in books [except Bob & our furry own Basil] are usually fictitious Muesli isn't, she is the inspiration fur the author and mew can meet Muesli here.

Ok it's time to talk about the novel.  Gemma Rose, recently returned to England after abruptly quitting her high flying corporate job in Sydney, Australia decides to buy a tea shop in a quaint English village just outside of Oxford.  Only three weeks after the opening a rather brash American chap is murdered by a scone - yes hard to believe, and Muesli goes missing but mew know I won't spoilerize anything fur mew.

And that's when it all starts to get rather good.  Additionally there are four old biddies with bouffant hairdo's, who are also frequent visitors to the tea shop and they become amateur investigators assisting in solving the crime plus they add a good touch of comedy.  I had no clue who the murderer was until the big reveal aftur much twisting and turning of the plot.  

In my humble opinion I think this would be an excellent addition to your library and a must read fur any cozy mystery fan and what makes it even better, there are another four books in the series, so mew know what I'm reading next! MOL 

Paperback copy: 334 pages

Audio Edition: 6 hours 53 mins long

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The Amber Biblio Rating System Fur Offurall Enjoyment:

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A Scone To Die For

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I do hope mew enjoy this novel and if mew've read it already, tell me did mew like it?

Sadly it's time fur me to say BFN or bye-fur-now as mew know the drill, so many books, so little time!

Happy reading or listening

Bestest biblio purrs

Amber xox

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