A Blue Ribbon Murder (Urban Tails Pet Shop Mysteries) by T. C. LoTempio
About A Blue Ribbon Murder
A Blue Ribbon Murder (Urban Tails Pet Shop Mysteries)
Cozy Mystery
6th in Series
Setting - Connecticut
Publisher : Beyond the Page
Publication date : March 31, 2026
Print length : 260 pages
Paperback ISBN-13: 9781966322467
Digital ISBN-13 : 978-1966322443
ASIN : B0GPT7LN4H
When the organizer of a major cat competition is murdered and the grand prize is stolen, Shell McMillan will have to claw through the clues to catch a killer . . .
The Kitty Club Cat Show has come to Fox Hollow, and everyone from casual cat lovers to competitive breeders has shown up for the contest. Pet shop owner Shell McMillan has two cats entered, and like everyone else she has her eye on the grand prize, a vibrant red leash with a solid gold cat-head figurine attached. As the judging begins, cat owners clash and the fur flies, until a power outage throws the whole arena into darkness. But when the lights come back up, the event’s organizer is found dead and the grand prize is missing.
Shell knows the obvious suspect is the victim’s stepson, who’s up to his neck in gambling debts and would kill to get his hands on his inheritance. But there are plenty of disgruntled competitors to consider too, including some who had an old score to settle with the victim. Every clue is catnip for Shell, especially as she puzzles out whether the thief and the murderer are the same person. Either way, with two crimes to solve and a killer on the loose, she’ll have to tread carefully so that her dreams of Best in Show don’t end with Rest in Peace . . .
About T. C. LoTempio
While Toni Lotempio does not commit – or solve – murders in real life, she has no trouble doing it on paper. Her lifelong love of mysteries began early on when she was introduced to her first Nancy Drew mystery at age 10 – The Secret in the Old Attic. She and her cat pen the Nick and Nora mystery series originally from Berkley Prime Crime and now with Beyond the Page Publishing. They also write the Pet Shop Series and the Tiffany Austin Food Blogger series and brand new Cozy Bookshop Mysteries!
You can cat-ch up with them at ROCCO’s blog, www.catsbooksmorecats.blogspot.com or her website, www.tclotempio.netINTERVIEW
1.
When did you first
realize you wanted to be a writer?
When I was five years old.I”d make up new endings to my books and
comic books
2.
How long does it take
you to write a book?
I’m retired so now it takes me about three months to do a book.
When I worked it took longer.
3.
What is your work
schedule like when you're writing?
I generally work five days a week, from eight to one.
4.
What would you say is
your interesting writing quirk?
I have to have either the tv or the radio on.
5.
Where do you get your
information or ideas for your books?
Information comes from a lot of research on the Internet. Ideas, well, they can come from anywhere. A
friend’s address once inspired a book!
6.
When did you write your
first book and how old were you?
I was ten and I wrote a book of fairy tales, “Twelve Tall Tales”
which a friend of mine illustrated.
7.
What do you like to do
when you're not writing?
The problem is I’m hardly ever not writing LOL. But when I’m not I like to read
mysteries,thrillers, and binge on cable tv.
8.
What does your family
think of your writing?
The ones who remain are very supportive. I have a cousin who says that I have inspired
him to try his hand at writing.
9.
What was one of the most
surprising things you learned in creating your books?
I’m
always surprised every time I re-read one of my books. “I wrote that????”
10.
How many books have you
written? Which is your favorite?
At present well over twenty and even though they are all my
“children” I have to admit I’m partial to my Nick and Nora series.
11.
Do you have any
suggestions to help me become a better writer? If so, what are they?
Read
a lot, and write! Don’t be afraid of constructive criticism. It’s the only way
you learn.
12.
Do you hear from your
readers much? What kinds of things do they say?
They
usually want to know when the next book is coming out and then they say, “Can’t
you write faster?”
13.
What Would you like my
readers to know?
That
I’m grateful for my readers’ support.
None of these series would exist without you!
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