Bookmobile Cat Mystery Books in Order
Part ofLaurie Cass Books in OrderSee the Bookmobile Cat Mystery books by Laurie Cass in order, with short summaries, series background, and tips on where to start with Minnie and Eddie.
Last updated: July 3, 2026
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Publication Order
14 books
Lending a Paw
by Laurie Cass
2013
On the first day of Chilson's new bookmobile route, librarian Minnie Hamilton's rescue cat, Eddie, stows away and leads her to a dead local man. Minnie tries to leave it to police, but Eddie seems certain something is off.
Tailing a Tabby
by Laurie Cass
2014
When Minnie and Eddie stop to help a distressed woman and her ailing artist husband, the man later turns up beside a murdered woman. Minnie is convinced he is being framed and starts chasing the real killer.
Borrowed Crime
by Laurie Cass
2015
A lost grant already threatens Minnie's beloved bookmobile when one of her volunteers dies on the route in what looks like a hunting accident. As clues pile up, Minnie and Eddie realize someone planned the death, and may not be finished yet.
Pouncing on Murder
by Laurie Cass
2015
Maple syrup season turns bitter when Minnie's favorite syrup maker dies in a supposed accident. With the victim's friend insisting it was murder and fearing he is next, Minnie and Eddie start digging into sticky local secrets.
Cat with a Clue
by Laurie Cass
2016
Minnie arrives early at the library and finds a dead woman inside, a visitor in town for her great-aunt's funeral. Rumors, break-ins, and a damaged library reputation push Minnie and Eddie to hunt for the truth.
Wrong Side of the Paw
by Laurie Cass
2017
Eddie turns a routine bookmobile stop upside down when he leaps into a pickup truck carrying a dead body. The driver, a friendly local lawyer, looks guilty, but Minnie suspects the story is far messier than it first seems.
Booking the Crook
by Laurie Cass
2019
While Minnie worries about a new library board chair who may threaten the bookmobile, one of her favorite patrons is found dead in the snow. With Eddie's help, she starts sorting through small-town loyalties, secrets, and grudges.
Gone with the Whisker
by Laurie Cass
2020
During Chilson's busy Fourth of July festivities, Minnie's visiting niece finds a body at the fireworks show. The victim is one of Minnie's most loyal patrons, and she and Eddie know the town's holiday cheer is hiding something darker.
Checking Out Crime
by Laurie Cass
2021
Minnie spots a car racing away and soon comes upon a dead bicyclist who seems to be the victim of a hit-and-run. The case quickly grows more tangled, and Minnie and Eddie find more than one secret on the road.
The Crime That Binds
by Laurie Cass
2022
When police want loyal bookmobile patron Ryan Anderson for a bank robbery and a guard's death, Minnie refuses to believe he did it. Another murder raises the stakes, and she and Eddie set out to prove his innocence.
A Troubling Tail
by Laurie Cass
2023
The owner of Chilson's candy store, and one of Minnie's favorite patrons, is found murdered on a warm spring day. As rumors spread and the police stall, Minnie learns the kindly victim may have had a far more complicated past.
No Paw to Stand On
by Laurie Cass
2024
A sabotaged ice cream treat makes customers violently sick, and Minnie's best friend needs answers fast. Then an employee from another restaurant turns up dead, and Minnie and Eddie have to decide whether the poisoning and the murder are linked.
Book 'Em, Eddie
by Laurie Cass
2025
A new bookmobile stop leads Minnie toward a cluster of old Victorian houses, where Eddie bolts into the woods and finds a woman fatally wounded by an arrow. Police suspect an accident, but Minnie's doubts deepen after the victim's final words.
Murder on Thin Ice
by Laurie Cass
2026
In a harsh northern Michigan winter, Minnie grows worried when housebound patron Gerald Arnold does not answer his door. After his body is found beneath a frozen lake and police call it an accident, she begins digging into a much older cold case.
Series background & context
The Bookmobile Cat Mystery series begins with Lending a Paw and follows Minnie Hamilton, a librarian in Chilson, Michigan, who finally gets to run the county bookmobile. Eddie, the rescue cat who more or less adopts her, sneaks aboard on day one and immediately changes the tone of the series. He is not a talking cat or a magical sidekick. He is just extremely good at finding the wrong place at exactly the wrong time.
That bookmobile is the heart of the series. Instead of staying behind one desk, Minnie spends her days driving books out to readers spread across a lake town and the surrounding countryside. Every stop gives her another slice of local life, retirees, kids, shut-ins, artists, business owners, and the regular patrons who start to feel like family. Because the route cuts across so many corners of the county, the series has an easy way of bringing Minnie into all kinds of trouble without making it feel forced.
The route is half library service, half community pulse check.
Eddie is the spark plug. He bolts from the bookmobile, jumps where he should not, fixates on people Minnie might otherwise overlook, and has a talent for nudging her toward clues. The fun of these books comes from watching Minnie balance practical common sense with the growing realization that her cat is usually onto something. Their partnership stays cozy and light, but it also gives the series its own identity. Plenty of mysteries have animal companions. Not many make a bookmobile cat feel essential.
Across books like Tailing a Tabby, Cat with a Clue, Gone with the Whisker, and Book 'Em, Eddie, the mysteries grow out of ordinary community life. A patron misses a stop. A local business owner dies. A holiday crowd hides the wrong person in plain sight. Someone writes off a death as an accident, but Minnie cannot quite let it go. The stakes are real, yet the tone stays neighborly. There is humor, there are town politics, there are library headaches, and there is a steady affection for the people who keep a small place running, even when they are being difficult.
These are cat mysteries, but they are really about community.
If you like cozy mysteries that feel lived in, this series has a lot to offer. Minnie is competent without being slick, curious without turning reckless, and kind without being naive. The northern Michigan setting gives the books texture, from summer tourists and fireworks to deep winter snow and spring maple syrup season. Over time, the supporting cast fills out around her, and the cases start to feel like part of a larger life rather than isolated puzzles. You can read them for Eddie's antics, for the bookish angle, or for the comfort of returning to Chilson again and again.
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