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Catherine Dilts

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Catherine Dilts is the author of the Rose Creek and the Rock Shop mystery series, and several installments in various Annie’s Fiction series, for a total of twelve traditionally published novels. Her short stories have appeared in Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine and the Pikes Peak Writers anthology. After a career in environmental compliance for a global corporation, Catherine now gets to write fiction full time. Most of her published works have a cozy mystery flavor. She is stepping into Indy publishing this year with her co-author daughter Merida Bass and the YA science fiction Tapestry Tales series.
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Traveling With Pets - Part One

Picture Today, my ten-part Substack series on Traveling With Pets begins. Follow two retirees on their first trip in a new-to-us used RV with a seven-month-old English Springer Spaniel and a tiny two-month-old tuxedo kitten. Fun? Or a disaster waiting to happen?

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Grandma's Valentine Abduction by Catherine Dilts
"Follow your dreams and never give up. And always put your faith in God, Love and Family. This is a very entertaining, don't put it down fun story.

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If you like mysteries in a Southwest setting, you'll enjoy this novel. Aideen Connor is the lead archaeologist at a remote site in Arizona. When her crew discovers evidence of ancient cannibalism, the controversy stirs up danger. Aideen and her dog a ...more
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"Whimsical cozy tale❣️

This story just tickles the heart with its intriguing, yet somehow also quite eccentric, characters who have developed over the course of the series. Family, love, acceptance, and happiness are all necessary for humans. Parts of " Read more of this review »
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"Grandma's Valentine Abduction is Book 2 in The Ninja Grandparent Placement Mysteries by Catherine City's & America Bass. I find this series to be so much fun. The Ninja finds a lonely 69 year old dance instructor and show girl, Lovey. She is whisked " Read more of this review »
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message 1: by Beth

Beth Hi Cathy,
Welcome to Goodreads! Check out my profile for the groups that I belong to. You may want to join some of the mystery-oriented ones. And, I hope you'll add To Hell in a Handbasket and Wicked Eddies to your books list. :)
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