Thursday, March 26, 2026

Book Review: Claws Clues and a Deadly Detour

Title: Claws Clues and a Deadly Detour

Author: Pandora Gale

Date: 2026

Quote: "[B]est stay in your room tonight. Inn gets...restless."

When her car broke down, Crowe thought she heard a psychic voice calling her to go to the inn in town and help someone. When she lay down in her room in the inn, she dreamed about a big fluffy Maine Coon cat being locked up because people were calling him "the Phantom Cat" and associating him with human trouble. So she uncages the cat and immediately there's a murder for them to solve. 

The cat is in the lead. He has psychic powers. In his past he was worshipped by humans who called him Lucifer. He doesn't like most humans or wish them well. He likes scaring the guilty into confessing. I think this book was written with more comedic than satanic intentions, but it's the kind of book that used to trigger "satanic panic." 

If you read Lucifer as an animal who' s been abused by Satanists rather than an old school witch burner's notion of a familiar demon in animal form, you might want to read the rest of a series about Lucifer and Crowe. I wouldn't spend money. The cute, whimsical, funny part of this series is going to be a phobia trigger for someone you know. There are better cozy mysteries.

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