Malice Aforecourt - Todd Rennae

He was an irritating man, but just because she'd argued with him didn't mean she wanted him dead.

Hettie Parke enjoys her position as president of the Parke Croquet Club, but she can't believe her eyes when she finds her croquet mallet wrecked beyond repair. She isn't just annoyed. She's furious. Someone will pay for this. But her fury quickly turns to dismay when her damaged mallet is linked to the murder of the Bowls Club president whose body is found on her croquet court.

Hettie decides she'd better uncover some other likely suspects quick smart, because apart from saving herself from a prison sentence, dragging the Parke name into a murder investigation is doing nothing for her fractured relationship with her mother.

It's then she discovers an unlikely ally in that cat Ceefer. But can he be trusted, or is he just angling to have a certain blue-eyed Persian join their household?