Princess Fuzzypants here: It has been too long since I last visited with Nick and Nora Charles, not the film version but the literary one. Nick, a handsome debonair gentle-cat always well groomed in his tuxedo and Nora, his partner in crime detection found a new literary home and their fans, including me, are delighted. It was worth the wait.

They have come back with a good mystery. The writing partner of a friend of her mother’s has announced she is breaking up the partnership. Desiree, her mother’s friend, enlists Nora’s help, ostensibly, to find out what she has planned. It turns out Desiree is going to turn into the prime suspect when Nora discovers her partner’s murdered corpse. Now Nora and Nick have a good reason to investigate and they find all sorts of equally good suspects. The woman had written a salacious expose of the secrets of many of the people closest to her. While all of those whose stories would be revealed would have been embarrassed, even ruined, one of them felt strongly enough to kill her.

Nora, with Nick’s amazing talent for providing clues speaks to each of the possible killers, much to the chagrin of Daniel and Sammy’s, the two FBI guys who are working the case and who both fancy Nora. She realizes that until she finds the manuscript, it will be impossible to reveal the perp. Without Nick, she would still be looking. He leads her to the evidence and he rescues her from danger. All without getting his fur ruffled. He gives William Powell, the Nick Charles of the movies, a run for his money.

I love the interaction between the two main characters. He is one smart kitty and she is an intelligent human who relies on his many talents. It makes for a highly enjoyable read. I am so pleased they are back and look forward to many more adventures.

Five purrs and two paws firmly up.

Nora and her kitty Nick seem to stumble on dead bodies like nobody’s business. When an old friend of her Mother’s reaches out and asks for help, Nora and Nick stumble upon the body of the woman’s writing partner. When the author becomes the prime suspect, Nora and Nick are on the case and looking for the murderer.

When they Nick and Nora stumble on yet another dead body, Nick does his best to keep Nora from meeting the same fate. With a feline partner, Nora has to hope they haven’t used up all nine of Nick’s lives before they find the killer.

This is the first book I have read in this series and there were no gaps, it reads fine as a standalone. Though I have to say, I am in love with Nick! Can’t wait to read more in this series!

I'm so happy because I missed Nick&Nora as this is one of my favourite series.
I had a lot of fun reading this story and I couldn't put it down as I was turning pages as fast as I could.
It was great to catch up with the characters: they are well thought and likeable as usual.
The mystery is fast paced, full of twists and turns, and the solution came as a surprise. There's plenty of secrets, a very unlikeable victim, had a very clever cat that will help to solve the mystery.
As I'm not a fun of love triangles I appreciated how it didn't impacted the plot and hope it will be solved soon.
I hope to read a lot of new Nick&Nora novels, this one is highly recommended.
Many thanks to the publisher and Netgalley for this ARC, all opinions are mine