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The Black Cat Detectives

A Mystery

Kit Gray

$65

Hardback

Forthcoming
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English
Crooked Lane Books
30 June 2026
A charming cozy mystery with a delightful twist- The detectives are three kittens with magical powers, determined to solve a most purr-plexing case.

Precocious kittens Bippity, Boppity, and Boop are exceedingly loyal to their human, the twenty-eight-year-old up-and-coming magician Mila. She saved them from starving to death in a dingy Corvin's Crossing alleyway and has been nothing but loving ever since, even though her own life is in shambles.

So when Mila's sketchy boyfriend and business manager turns up dead at the end of her big magic show-she's the prime suspect. With evidence mounting, there's nothing stopping the sheriff from hauling away Mila to the human pound. Unless the kittens can solve the crime and clear her name.

The kittens will have to use their dubious control over the laws of physics and every whisker of know-how they've got to catch the real killer if they want to save their happy home with Mila. This is one meow-stery more tangled than any ball of yarn they've encountered yet.
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Imprint:   Crooked Lane Books
Country of Publication:   United States
Dimensions:   Height: 209mm,  Width: 139mm, 
Weight:   567g
ISBN:   9798892425520
Pages:   304
Publication Date:  
Audience:   General/trade ,  ELT Advanced
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Forthcoming

Kit Gray draws inspiration from their lived experiences of queerness, disability, neurodivergence, fat positivity, and petting three cats with two hands. Their life has been an adventure, from facilitating equine therapy for trauma survivors to counseling at-risk youth with the aid of an inordinately large subwoofer and beyond. They earned their BA from Mount Holyoke and their MS from Capella University. Kit is a full-time writer/mom and is honored to be represented by Marisa Corvisiero and Ciara Smith at Corvisiero Literary Agency. Kit is a third-place winner of the Not Quite Write Prize and a Best of the Net 2025 nominee. Their work has appeared or is forthcoming in The Advocate, Choices- An Anthology of Reproductive Horror, The Not Quite Write Anthology 2025, The B'K, Five Minutes, High Shelf, HerStry, Knee Brace, All Existing, and Quibble, among others. Find out what they're working on now at http-//elise-scott.com.

Reviews for The Black Cat Detectives: A Mystery

Praise for The Black Cat Detectives: “Ms. Gray’s delightful kitten-filled romp is a treat for cozy lovers!” —Laurie Cass, USA Today bestselling author of the Bookmobile Cat Mystery Series


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