On Saturday night I read a mystery called Cries and Whiskers by Clea Simon. It's the third in a series about Theda Krakow, a freelance journalist who covers the club scene in Boston, and her cat Musetta. (Musetta does not sleuth. So far, though, the two stories I've read from the series have involved cat rescues and music.)

The characters are likable, the cat is realistic, and although they are technically termed "cozy," there's nothing cutesy about them. I'd recommend them to fans of amateur sleuth mysteries who also like to feel like they're meeting interesting new people.