Macchiatos and Missing Persons: A Purring Cup Mystery

A cat café, a decade-old cold case, and a killer who just walked through the front door.

After trading her exhausting Manhattan corporate life for the sleepy, fog-drenched village of Oakhaven, New York, Tessa Sterling thought her biggest daily challenge would be keeping her tuxedo cat, Oliver, away from the blueberry scones. Owning The Purring Cup café was supposed to be a quiet retreat filled with pastries, purrs, and peace.

That peace shatters when a vintage cat-shaped sugar jar breaks, revealing a frantic, ten-year-old note hidden inside.

The note belongs to Eleanor Vance—the café’s original owner who vanished without a trace a decade ago. When Tessa takes the cryptic warning to the beloved local historian for answers, she finds him permanently silenced by a poisoned cup of chamomile tea.

Suddenly, Tessa is thrust into the center of a deadly cover-up where the town's most prominent citizens are the prime suspects. With a ruthless killer watching her every move and Oliver digging up literal clues in the floorboards, Tessa must unravel a web of embezzlement and small-town secrets before the killer makes sure The Purring Cup serves its final customer.