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<\/p>\nToday at Celtic Connexions, I’m reviewing Death by the Dozen by D.B. Borton. This is the second of her novels I’ve had the pleasure of featuring here.<\/p>\n
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A curious case of a disappearing pig. A murdered historian. A sassy senior sleuth. If Cat Caliban\u2019s not your favorite crime-solving grandma, you just haven\u2019t met her yet!<\/strong><\/p>\n Meet Cat Caliban \u2014 sixty-something widow, proud cat lady, and budding private eye. She\u2019s traded in her old life as a housewife for something far more exciting: solving crimes.<\/p>\n But nothing in her sleuthing career has prepared her for this.<\/p>\n When a local historian begs Cat to find the villain who stole her beloved pig \u2014 Gertie, a cupcake-loving micro-mini with a mischievous streak \u2014 Cat figures it\u2019s a simple petnapping. Sorry, pig<\/em>napping. Until the trail leads to a dead human<\/em> body.<\/strong><\/p>\n With the city gearing up for its bicentennial celebrations, Cat finds herself tangled up in a complex mystery involving missing historical papers, a children\u2019s book about a detective with trotters . . . and a cunning killer who\u2019s determined to keep the past buried.<\/p>\n Cat must crack the case, bring home the bacon, and catch a murderer, before she becomes the next victim of Cincinnati\u2019s deadliest \u2013 and oinkiest \u2013 celebration.<\/p>\n Set in Cincinnati, Ohio, the case Cat has taken on isn’t what one would call usual. It starts out with a pig-napping and ends with a murder.<\/p>\n Cat is in the throes of seasonal allergies, and when she’s at a function early in the book, the author’s descriptions of the poor woman’s stuffed sinuses cracked me up. I can sympathize because I, too, suffer from seasonal allergies.<\/p>\n Now, it’s up to Cat and Moses to search for the culprit(s). This book had me turning the virtual pages from the get-go.<\/p>\n If another book comes my way, you bet I’ll get myself on that tour.<\/p>\n Goodreads:<\/strong> https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/show\/247823113-death-by-the-dozen-a-brand-new-witty-and-addictive-cozy-murder-mystery<\/a><\/p>\n Purchase Link:<\/strong> https:\/\/mybook.to\/deathbythedozen-zbt<\/a><\/p>\n D. B. Borton is the author of two mystery series\u2014the Cat Caliban series and the Gilda Liberty series \u2014as well as the standalone mystery novels Smoke and Bayou City Burning and the humorous science fiction novel Second Coming.<\/p>\n In graduate school, Borton converted a lifetime of passionate reading and late-night movie-watching into a doctorate in English. She is Professor Emeritus of English at Ohio Wesleyan University.<\/p>\n Borton currently lives with Zoe the cat in Cincinnati, Ohio, where she gardens, practices aikido, a martial art, and, of course, reads.<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/melanierobertson-king.com\/wp02\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Death-by-the-Dozen-Book-Cover.jpg\")
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Cat Caliban is a hoot! When I read Eleven Hours to Murder, I wasn’t sure what to make of Cat. Now that I know her better, I love her, her friends, and her detective partner, Moses.<\/p>\nBook Links<\/h2>\n
About the Author<\/h2>\n
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