“I’ll go,” Mac said.
I shook my head and stuffed the keys back in my pocket. “It’s okay. I’ll go.”
The cat gave another insistent meow. “I’m coming,” I called. I made my way in the direction of the kitchen. There was a path
through the boxes, although it was a bit like being in a tunnel made of cardboard.
“I’ll get the shovel and a couple of garbage bags,” Mac said.
The path widened at the kitchen doorway. Elvis had somehow climbed up onto a stack of cartons about shoulder height. He was
looking down at the floor, but he turned his head and his focus to me as I reached the doorway.
“Mac, forget about the shovel,” I said, raising my voice so he’d be sure to hear me.
“What do you need?” he asked
I hesitated and after a moment he appeared behind me.
“What do you need?” he asked again.
I moved sideways so he could see that the body lying on the kitchen floor didn’t belong to a mouse or a raccoon.
“I think we need nine one one” I said.
The Whole Cat and Caboodle
Buy a Whisker
A Whisker of Trouble
No More Pussyfooting Around, a novella in Two Tall Tails (September 6th)
Telling Tails (January 2017)
Sofie Kelly is an author and mixedmedia/fiber artist who lives on the east coast. She writes the New York Times bestselling
Second Chance Cat Mystery series, featuring repurpose store owner Sarah Grayson, a trio of senior sleuths, the world’s oldest
computer hacker, and Elvis, a black cat with an uncanny ability to sniff out a lie.
As Sofie Kelly she’s the author of the New York Times bestselling Magical Cats mysteries which feature librarian Sarah Paulson
and her two very special cats, Owen and Hercules, who have a magical knack for solving crime.
www.sofiekelly.com
www.sofieryan.com