Purrfect Murder (The Mysteries of Max Book 1) by Nic Saint - #coverlove

Hello and welcome to this week's cover love feature. It's the place where I, quite literally, judge a book by its cover, prior to reading the blurb. Let's be honest, there are occasions when we pick up a book because it has a great cover.

This gorgeous cover is of Purrfect Murder by Nic Saint. I have a penchant for books with animals on the cover and this cute ginger kitty grabbed my attention.

There are a whopping fifty-eight books in this cosy crime series, beginning with this one which was published in 2017. This number of books in five years is quite an achievement, and I find myself wondering when the author has time to sleep?

Have you ever bought or borrowed a library book based solely on it's cover? Did it live up to your expectations?

There’s something special about Max. He may look like your regular ginger flabby tabby, but unlike most tabbies, he can actually communicate with his human, reporter for the Hampton Cove Gazette Odelia Poole. Max takes a keen interest in the goings-on in their small town, by snooping around with his best friends Dooley, a not-too-bright ragamuffin, and Harriet, a gorgeous white Persian. Their regular visits to the police station, the barbershop and the doctor’s office provide them with those precious and exclusive scoops that have made Odelia the number one reporter in town.But when suddenly the body of a bestselling writer is discovered buried in the last Long Island outhouse, and a new policeman arrives in town to solve the murder, it looks like things are about to change in Hampton Cove. Detective Chase Kingsley doesn’t take kindly to nosy reporters like Odelia snooping around his crime scene or interviewing his suspects. And to make matters worse, he’s got a cat of his own in Brutus, a buff, black bully, who, just like his owner, likes to lay down the law. Soon Brutus isn’t just restricting access to the police station, but he’s putting the moves on Harriet, breaking up the band.Now it’s all Odelia, Max and Dooley can do to try and solve the murder, in spite of Detective Kingsley’s and Brutus’s protestations, and show the overbearing cop and his bullyragging feline how things are done in Hampton Cove. Will Odelia find the killer before Detective Kingsley does? And will Max prevent Brutus from moving in on his territory and taking over the town? Find out in Purrfect Murder, the first book in the new Mysteries of Max series.