Pawsitively Organic Mysteries debuted in 2011 but published under Cate’s real name Liz Mugavero paved her path into writing human-animal related books. It was during her career as a journalist that Cate came to appreciate her great passion for mystery genre such that she even began writing her debut mystery novel at that time. Cate went ahead and acquired a master’s degree in Writing and Publishing, and contrary to the expectations of her loved ones, the author ventured into journalism. This was the best decision that she could make rather than showing it to her doubting family and friends. Cate completed her first novel while at the university but surprisingly enough she decided to use it as a thesis for her grad school. However, deep in her soul, Cate knew that she was destined to be an author. She graduated with a degree in English at a tender age, but her family and friends saw this as a sign that Cate would venture into teaching and probably into the English department.

Born and raised in Lawrence, Massachusetts. Like many of his peers, Cate journey to getting published wasn’t a downhill trail. The author remembers losing herself to short stories, but as a teenager, she was quickly drawn into writing poetry.Īs a teen, she tended to view her life through the eyes of popular Soap Opera and writing bad poetry allowed Cate to express some of the anxiety she felt about life and either way it was evident that she was destined to be a successful author.

She could not keep her nose off those good books, and eventually, she graduated from reading the novels to writing them. Was her death a tragic one-off event, or is there something more sinister going on? Maddie has to figure it out fast, before anyone else in the rescue community is jeopardized.As a child, Cate was a nerd, something she is not shy about admitting. Maddie, caught up in the prospect, offers up her sister Val to help plan the event.īut when Val shows up for a site visit at the venue, she finds Jillian strangled with a fancy cat leash-a piece of swag they were intending to use for the fundraiser-leaving Maddie with a lot of questions to answer. Jillian shows up at the cafe and asks Maddie if they can partner on a fundraiser to support the local rescue efforts-and she offers up her celebrity endorser and her celebrity cat to sweeten the deal. The Shoreline Animal Rescue League is quite interested in the cafe, and so Maddie accepts a request to meet with Jillian Allen, the executive director. In fact, JJ's House of Purrs is making such a splash that she's getting national attention. Maddie James has finally given in to her friend Katrina's pleas to open up her cat cafe to more than ten felines: they're now up to fifteen purring friends. In Claws for Alarm, the fifth book in Cate Conte's delightful and cat-filled series, it's the heart of the busy season, and JJ's House of Purrs is booming-until a killer is let off the leash.

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