A missing heiress. A burning house. A skeleton that won’t stay buried.

Cat Caliban never expected her golden years to be quite so eventful. She races into a burning house to rescue a litter of kittens, only to stumble across a charred human skull.

But who is the victim? And why were they hidden in the attic of an abandoned house?

As if singed hair and a gashed cheek weren’t enough, Cat finds herself tangled in a decades-old mystery involving a vanished heiress and a skeleton with a story to tell.

Cat must use up every one of her nine lives if she is to sniff out a killer before someone else meets a fiery end.

Perfect for fans of Steve Higgs, Dorothy Cannell, Lucy Connelly, Ellie Alexander and Richard Osman.

Please note this is a revised edition of Nine Lives.