by Cate Conte (Author)
Trouble is brewing on Daybreak Island. . .
Summer is in full swing on Daybreak Island, and JJ's House of Purrs--and the new mobile cat café--has Maddie James running nonstop with on-site cat parties.
So when Olivia McAllister, her mother's childhood best friend, returns to the island for the first time in decades--after a family tragedy drove her away--and asks Maddie to plan a birthday party for her granddaughter, Maddie happily agrees. It's been forty years since Olivia's aunt, Delia McAllister, vanished without a trace. Her disappearance was never solved, and the abandoned family house has loomed over the island ever since.
But when Maddie and her mom arrive at Delia's old house, it's empty--except for a white-and-gray cat that leads Maddie to a hidden room. There, she finds Olivia dead.
Soon Maddie learns the mysterious cat may be tied to a ghostly island legend. And as she digs deeper, she realizes she's unraveling two disappearances, forty years apart--while someone is desperate to keep the truth buried.
Author Biography
CATE CONTE writes the Cat Cafe Mysteries and the Full Moon Mysteries. As Liz Mugavero, she writes the Pawsitively Organic Mysteries, the first of which was an Agatha Award nominee for Best First Novel. She lives in the Boston area with her rescue pals.
Number of Pages: 304
Dimensions: 0.8 x 6.6 x 4.1 IN
Publication Date: July 28, 2026
