Purrfect Patsy: 26 (Mysteries of Max)

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.