Purrs & Personality Types
A cozy mystery series by Hadley Hartwell, launching September 2025.
About The Book
ONE IS THE DEADLIEST NUMBER
A cat cafe in a small desert town +
A class on the Nine Personality Types +
Locals brimming with secrets =
Cozy mystery purr-fection
Book one in a brand-new series!
67-year-old Constance Kincaid and her mischievous rescue cat, Mr. Cinnamon, are the newest residents of Cherry Hill, California, a quaint, relaxing tourism destination hit by hard times. The only business staying afloat is CHATeau Savannah, the cat café whose featured resident is, you guessed it, a wild-looking but super-sweet Savannah (a Serval mixed with a domestic).
Eager to carve out a place in the community, Constance teaches a class on her favorite topic: the Nine Personality Types. To engage her bickering students—and keep the class from being canceled—Constance likens them to amateur sleuths, unlocking the secrets of human nature to solve mysteries.
It was only supposed to be a fun thought experiment.
But when the once-beloved Cherry Hill tourism trolley explodes, killing its driver, Constance and her students must put their knowledge to the test and catch a fur-midable foe... Because not only was Constance the last person to ride the trolley before the accident, she may have been the real target!
This laugh-out-loud, ensemble mystery with heart is ideal for fans of Miss Marple, The Thursday Murder Club, and Only Murders in the Building.
Purrs & Personality Types: Come for the cats. Stay for the crime.
While you're waiting for ONE IS THE DEADLIEST NUMBER to be released, please enjoy this FREE prequel novella about the fateful day Constance met Mr. Cinnamon!
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A not-so-grieving widow. A rescue cat full of secrets. Where did Mr. Cinnamon come from, and can you solve the mystery before Constance does?
