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The Mysteries of Max Mysteries of Max Box Set 9

Nic Saint

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Contents

The Mysteries of Max Box Set 9

Purrfect Cover

Chapter 1

Chapter 2

Chapter 3

Chapter 4

Chapter 5

Chapter 6

Chapter 7

Chapter 8

Chapter 9

Chapter 10

Chapter 11

Chapter 12

Chapter 13

Chapter 14

Chapter 15

Chapter 16

Chapter 17

Chapter 18

Chapter 19

Chapter 20

Chapter 21

Chapter 22

Chapter 23

Chapter 24

Chapter 25

Chapter 26

Chapter 27

Chapter 28

Chapter 29

Chapter 30

Chapter 31

Chapter 32

Chapter 33

Chapter 34

Chapter 35

Chapter 36

Chapter 37

Chapter 38

Chapter 39

Chapter 40

Chapter 41

Chapter 42

Epilogue

Purrfect Patsy

Chapter 1

Chapter 2

Chapter 3

Chapter 4

Chapter 5

Chapter 6

Chapter 7

Chapter 8

Chapter 9

Chapter 10

Chapter 11

Chapter 12

Chapter 13

Chapter 14

Chapter 15

Chapter 16

Chapter 17

Chapter 18

Chapter 19

Chapter 20

Chapter 21

Chapter 22

Chapter 23

Chapter 24

Chapter 25

Chapter 26

Chapter 27

Chapter 28

Chapter 29

Chapter 30

Chapter 31

Chapter 32

Chapter 33

Chapter 34

Chapter 35

Chapter 36

Chapter 37

Chapter 38

Chapter 39

Chapter 40

Epilogue

Purrfect Son

Chapter 1

Chapter 2

Chapter 3

Chapter 4

Chapter 5

Chapter 6

Chapter 7

Chapter 8

Chapter 9

Chapter 10

Chapter 11

Chapter 12

Chapter 13

Chapter 14

Chapter 15

Chapter 16

Chapter 17

Chapter 18

Chapter 19

Chapter 20

Chapter 21

Chapter 22

Chapter 23

Chapter 24

Chapter 25

Chapter 26

Chapter 27

Chapter 28

Chapter 29

Chapter 30

Chapter 31

Chapter 32

Chapter 33

Chapter 34

Chapter 35

Chapter 36

Chapter 37

Chapter 38

Chapter 39

Chapter 40

Chapter 41

Chapter 42

Epilogue

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Purrfect Cover (The Mysteries of Max 25)

Look, Im not one to make a big fuss about nothing, but this last week has been too eventful to ignore. Not only was I kicked out of my own home, I was also attackedyes, attacked, I tell youon no less than two separate occasions. First there was the big vacuum cleaner scare, and then there was what I like to call the Roomba incident, as it involved one of those terrible robotic vacuums. Of course we fought back, on both occasions, I might add, and for a moment we thought wed snatched victory from the jaws of defeat. But that was before Odelia brought in the big guns, in the form of the Trainor sisters, Blanche and Bella. Cleaning ladies by profession, and cat haters by vocation. Their philosophy is that cats dont belong in the home, and so they locked our respective pet flapsand started the war.

And it wasnt as if I didnt have other things to worry about. There was Uncle Alec, being the center of some vile gossip campaign, and there was the spate of burglaries terrorizing our small and otherwise peaceful town. But its hard to focus on fighting crime when youre dealing with a pair of cat-hating cleaning ladies, wouldnt you agree? And did I mention that they locked our pet flaps? Of all the dastardly, horrible, monstrous But lets not dwell on the negatives. There are plenty of positives in this new chronicle of my adventures, too. So please do read on, for a furry good time!

Purrfect Patsy (The Mysteries of Max 26)

I wont conceal the fact that when I found that inflatable pool in my backyard I was surprised to a degree. Inflatable pools, as a rule, contain water, you see, and everyone knows that cats dont like water all that much. In fact we hate it. But Odelia had sworn shed teach us how to swim, and she was keeping that promise, come hell or high water.

As if that wasnt enough, Dooley and I were suddenly set upon by an irate pigeon, dive-bombing us each time he caught us in his crosshairs. And it wasnt as if we could afford the distraction, as Odelia had taken on a new case, this one relating to a woman who went missing twenty years ago, and whose exact lookalike had suddenly turned up murdered in a local farmers field. Was the dead woman the missing woman? But then why did she look exactly like she did when she disappeared twenty years ago, not having aged one bit? It was a mystery Odelia found hard to resist.

So there you have it: in between attacks from an angry bird, a mysterious cold case, strange messages found inside a goatherd figurine, a few instances of near-drowning, and an embarrassing mishap causing me to lose a large swath of fur around my midsection, it was all I could do to stay afloat, as it were, and assist my human. And just to put your mind at ease, I can assure you that no animals were harmed in the making of this book, except yours truly. Then again, I have no one to blame but myself, and in the end alls well that ended well, and I will live to narrate another book.

Purrfect Son (The Mysteries of Max 27)

I dont usually suffer from a fear of small spaces but after being locked inside a box in the attic along with my fellow cats, I must confess the experience wasnt exactly a barrel of laughs. Especially when the person doing the locking up also decided to set the box on fire. So did we escape this harrowing adventure with our lives? And if so, how? Id love to tell you, but then Id be breaking the first rule of fiction: never give away the ending! So youll just have to read on to find out more.

And in so doing youll also discover all about Texs secret son, Grans latest neighborhood watch gambit, the suspicious death of one of Charlene Butterwicks relatives, the new shopping mall a group of developers plan to build in Hampton Cove, the huge windfall Tex and Marge might receive soon, and the addition to the team of our very own bodyguard as well as a watchdognot to mention a watchcat! As you can see, things are never boring in this small town of ours!

Purrfect Cover

The Mysteries of Max - Book 25

Chapter 1

Max?

I lazily opened one eye. Mh?

I have a question for you, said Dooley. And I want you to think long and hard before you give me an answer.

I found myself intrigued. Okay, I said therefore. What is the question?

Who can run faster, a hare or a fox?

I frowned at the questioner. It was a tough one, granted, but even more than that, I failed to see the significance. I have absolutely no idea, I said. Why do you want to know?

Dooley frowned before him in an idle fashion. Its for this quiz show I want to go on.

What quiz show?

Well, not Jeopardy, if thats what youre thinking. Its a new show that Gran likes to watch. They ask you all these questions, and if you give the right answers you can win a car. Or even a house.

A house! I said, properly impressed. That must be some quiz show, if theyre giving away a whole house. What with property prices the way they are, winning a house is not a small deal. But I still wasnt fully satisfied with my friends answers. So why do you want to win a car? Or a house, for that matter?

Dooley shrugged. I just think it would be great if you and I could have our own place, you know. Far away from certain pets.

And there it was. And I understood all. Lately Harriet had been throwing her weight around to some extent. Used to be she more or less accepted that as a family of felines we were all equal under the sun. As of late, though, shed started assuming the role of leader of the packtelling us what to do, where to go, and, even more importantly, whom to associate with. I could see how this would create the kind of environment that would cause a sensitive cat like Dooley to bridle, and to look for a route of escape.