Cate Conte Books in Order

Back on Daybreak Island after her grandmother's death, Maddie James plans a new beginning until a stray cat leads her to a corpse. Opening a cat cafe is hard enough without becoming the island's newest murder suspect.

The grand opening of Maddie's cat cafe should be a fresh start, until a volunteer clashes with a demanding adopter and the woman turns up dead. To protect her staff and her business, Maddie has to solve the crime fast.

Off-season plans on Daybreak Island collapse when a famous writer is found dead in the canal and a strange woman claims JJ the cat. Maddie soon learns the case is tangled up with old island secrets.

While volunteering with a feral cat colony before Christmas, Maddie James gets pulled into a neighborhood feud that turns murderous. When her friend Katrina is blamed for killing a wealthy resident, Maddie races to prove she is innocent.

Violet Mooney's life upends when a town official is murdered with her scarf after a public argument. Suddenly a suspect and newly informed witch, she must clear her name while stepping into a hidden magical family legacy.

JJ's House of Purrs is thriving when a rescue league fundraiser ends in murder. After her sister finds the victim strangled with a cat leash, Maddie James digs into the rescue world before another good cause turns deadly.

Violet Mooney is still learning the witch powers she never knew she had when a reporter is magically trapped and a crystal shop customer turns up dead. To clear herself, she must solve two linked crimes in both mortal and magical circles.

Summer on Daybreak Island turns grim when Maddie James checks on a possible animal hoarding case and finds a woman dead. With her friend Cass under suspicion and cats needing rescue, she has to untangle a tight-knit community's secrets.

Halloween takes over Daybreak Island when Maddie's sister books a celebrity medium for the season's festivities. After he is killed near the haunted inn and his cat disappears, Maddie gets drawn into old mysteries and fresh danger.

Violet Mooney is trying to grow into her powers when a spring fair turns deadly and an advocate of ethical crystal mining is found murdered. To solve it, she must untangle threats in both the magical realm and everyday world.

Christmas cheer fades fast when a possible sale of the local paper sparks tensions and a woman dies under a tangle of lights. With Becky under suspicion and designer cats causing drama, Maddie investigates another festive murder.

Spring brings a cat literary festival, a new mobile cat cafe, and family wedding chaos for Maddie James. Then a visiting author is murdered in Provincetown, and evidence points back toward Maddie and her traveling crew.

Maddie's mobile cat cafe is busy when her mother's old friend returns to Daybreak Island and leads them to a hidden room and a body. The case ties a ghostly legend to disappearances stretching back forty years.