Marla Bradeen: 38 books

Cherry Hills resident Kat Harper finds herself embroiled in another murder investigation when a local artist is run down by a car. Between a nearby gallery owner, a brooding rival painter, and the victim's jealous sister, Kat's not sure who had more motive. Will Kat and her justice-seeking felines be able to figure out "whodunit" this time?

Kat Harper's Christmas reunion with her long-lost mother turns out to be nothing like she envisioned. Maybelle Harper has no qualms about flirting with Kat's police detective boyfriend, and she seems more interested in seeing old friends than her daughter. Worse yet, she hates cats. But Kat might...

Kat Harper fears the worst when her neighbor Janice Moseley goes missing. All evidence points to foul play, and Kat takes it upon herself to investigate. It doesn't take long before she discovers a few secrets Janice might have preferred to keep hidden. Now Kat has to determine if those secrets led...

Murder is on the menu. Kat Harper attends a dinner party to remember when one of the guests turns up dead mere days later. His death is deemed a homicide by poisoning, and it quickly becomes clear someone in attendance that night had murder on the mind. With Kat's police detective boyfriend...

Small towns often hide the biggest secrets. What should have been a night for celebration takes a criminal turn when a Cherry Hills town council vote doesn't go the way Kat Harper expected. It doesn't take long before the amateur detective and her sidekick Imogene uncover a sinister blackmail...

Kat Harper's good deed turns deadly when an impromptu floral delivery leads to the discovery of a dead body. This time the victim is an elderly retirement home resident, and it seems someone wanted her gone enough to commit murder. The possible motives range from personal beefs to expected inheritances,...

Fourth of July weekend turns deadly in Cherry Hills, Washington when Kat Harper and her police detective boyfriend hear a gunshot in the midst of the neighborhood fireworks. A killer with a grudge has taken advantage of the small-town festivities to shoot a local divorce lawyer in cold blood. But...

Kat Harper doesn't expect to witness a terrible car wreck when she agrees to help her friend Imogene shop for a new vehicle. But was the fatal crash a tragic accident or something more sinister? The amateur sleuth will have to investigate if she wants to know the answer. And with a little insight...

There's a killer loose in Cherry Hills, and it's up to Kat Harper to bring the guilty party to justice. Furry Friends Foster Families is in the business of saving lives, not solving murders. Yet that's exactly what treasurer Kat Harper finds herself doing in the middle of the animal rescue...

Sometimes murder is the only way to clean up the neighborhood. Kat Harper's leisurely Sunday afternoon at her police detective boyfriend Andrew's house comes to an abrupt halt when a stray cat leads them to a dead body next door. Tragic as it is, nobody is surprised to learn the neighborhood...