Marla Bradeen

Animal rescue is a deadly business. Murder is the last thing on Kat Harper's mind when she shows up for the Furry Friends Foster Families benefit dinner. But that's exactly what she gets when one of...

Small-town politics can be murder. A local election for district court judge turns deadly when one of the candidates winds up shot in his own home. Now it's up to amateur sleuth Kat Harper to find...

Animal rescue with a side of murder. What starts off as a foster dog wellness check turns into a nightmare when a gunshot leads Kat Harper to a man's dead body. Eric Halstead's killer is gone by the...

There's a killer loose in Cherry Hills, and it's up to Kat Harper to bring the guilty party to justice. Furry Friends Foster Families is in the business of saving lives, not solving murders. Yet...

Job hunting can be murder. Kat Harper wants nothing more than to forget about her disastrous job interview, but that's pretty hard to do when your interviewer turns up dead. Now Kat's search for...

Three cats, two dogs, and one dead body. Kat Harper isn't the only one with a knack for stumbling upon crime scenes. This time she's led to the corpse du jour by her adventurous cat Matty and one...

Criminals don't take weekends off. Kat Harper doesn't expect to arrive at Jessie's Diner one Sunday morning only to discover somebody broke into the popular Cherry Hills, Washington restaurant. A...

Thanksgiving is a time for crime in Cherry Hills, Washington. Kat Harper expects her biggest Thanksgiving challenge to be coming up with an edible vegan pumpkin pie, but that all changes when a...

Thanksgiving isn't turning out the way she planned . . . Already dealing with a suspended driver's license, despised job, and looming thirtieth birthday, Vanessa Collins doesn't think much more can...

TNR is a proven strategy for controlling the feral cat population--almost as effective as murder for eliminating unwanted neighbors. Kat Harper's friend and fellow animal rescue advocate Imogene...

Love hurts. Kat Harper is in for a Valentine's Day surprise when her police detective boyfriend is spotted with another woman. Even more shocking, Kat soon discovers Andrew's mystery woman is her...

Is it possible to track down someone who doesn't want to be found? Kat Harper spent most of her childhood in foster care, being raised by strangers while the woman who gave her life quietly slipped...