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# D.B. Borton

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## Posts

- [Blog](https://dbborton.com/blog/)
- [Cat Caliban Series](https://dbborton.com/cat-caliban-series/) - One Deadly Take In what ways does Cat challenge stereotypes about older women in general and older women detectives in particular? What other older women detectives can you compare her with? Do you find her a believable character? Is her relationship with her kids believable? How surprised were you to learn about Betty Bags’s history?
- [DEATH BY THE DOZEN](https://dbborton.com/death-by-the-dozen/) - I settled into my seat and looked around. The hall was filling up and the noisy crowd was growing noisier. The atmosphere was more reminiscent of a carnival than a public hearing at City Hall. As I scanned the gallery behind me, the first housemate I spotted was Kevin O’Neill, his red hair a beacon
- [SEVEN DEADLY SINS](https://dbborton.com/seven-deadly-sins/) - My daughter considers me a bad influence. If you want to know why, you can tour my kitchen. On the outside, my refrigerator displays the usual collection of family snapshots and kiddie crayon art, heavy on lopsided hearts over drunken letters that spell out, “I Luv You, Grammy!!” The magnets run to ads for security
- [TEN CLUES TO MURDER](https://dbborton.com/ten-clues-to-murder/) - My throat was dry, my palms slick with sweat. I was doomed. I fingered the small scrap of metal, took a breath, and began counting, silently. I was hoping to escape detection. Six hops and I was there: Pacific Avenue, two houses. The owner, Kevin O’Neill, was busy negotiating a house purchase and so was
- [NINE BURNED LIVES](https://dbborton.com/nine-lives/) - The stairs I was standing on fell away beneath my feet, and I dropped. I grabbed for anything that could break my fall. My hands clutched at a baluster and found purchase. I was yanked to a stop and hung suspended, coughing, smoke swirling around me, the fire roaring and crackling in my ears. Under
- [FIVE DEGREES OF MURDER](https://dbborton.com/five-alarm-fire-excerpt/) - Me and Kinky were parked behind a couple of five-ways down at Skyline Chili in Clifton. Five-ways were to Cincinnati what cheesesteaks were to Philadelphia: its distinctive culinary contribution to the world. Kinky was poking his fork down through the layers of cheese, onions, beans, chili, and spaghetti, scowling. “Don’t think of it as being
- [EIGHT MILES TO DEATH](https://dbborton.com/eight-miles-high/) - The floor plunged. I hung suspended in space for a heartbeat, then dropped. The floor leapt, slammed my soles and jolted my spine. The shock threw me sideways and my shoulder struck metal. I thrust out a hand to steady myself, but I couldn’t find anything to hang on to. The air was thickening with
- [ELEVEN HOURS TO MURDER](https://dbborton.com/eleven-hours-to-murder/) - Blood hammered my eardrums. Sweat tickled the back of my neck like a spider’s caress. The soles of my feet vibrated. The light in the room shifted subtly as feathery clots of snow drifted silently past the window. My breath caught as I reached out a hand and pressed the button. $2,863.27. Damn. I stared
- [FOUR FATAL ELEMENTS](https://dbborton.com/four-elements-of-murder-excerpt/) - July is a wicked month for gardeners. That miraculous encounter of fire, air, and organic elements that entertains us on the Fourth isn’t a bad metaphor for what’s going on down below, except that the more earthly spectacle isn’t half so entertaining. In fact, it’s downright heartrending, if not backbreaking. I should know. After sixty
- [TWO POINTS FOR MURDER](https://dbborton.com/two-shot-foul-excerpt/) - “AJ cat gone.” I wasn’t a mother for nothing. Mothers know more than the goddamn Shadow knows, seeing as how they’ve got eyes in the backs of their heads and built-in code descramblers more sophisticated than a Dick Tracy secret decoder ring. That was why I had turned to detective work to begin with. Who
- [THREE FOR THE KILL](https://dbborton.com/three-ring-circus-excerpt/) - The outside light was off. I fumbled for my keys, and found the keyhole with my fingertips. The key turned easily. The door was unlocked. I pushed the door open and crossed into the deeper blackness of the hallway. I felt a breath of air on the back of my neck as the door swung
- [ONE DEADLY TAKE](https://dbborton.com/one-for-the-money-excerpt/) - “You don’t look like no ‘tectives on TV, Granny,” Ben had announced at his first opportunity to comment on my new career. He’d stuck one pudgy digit up his nose and pointed another one at me accusingly. “None o’ them gots white hair.” “Stick around for a few seasons, kid. They will,” I’d answered. What
- [](https://dbborton.com/2501-2/) - Billie Bradley: Prototype for Nancy Drew Ten years before Nancy Drew drove her new blue convertible onto the mystery scene and into literary history, the Stratemeyer syndicate introduced a girl detective named Billie Bradley in Billie Bradley and Her Inheritance (Cupples & Leon, 1920). The author was named as “Janet D. Wheeler,” a pen name
- [Female Self-Reliance](https://dbborton.com/female-self-reliance/) - The Female Barber Detective The cover illustration shows an attractive young woman with lace at her collar and cuffs watching two men face off with pistols. She appears to be playing the stereotypical female role of passive observer. But she’s holding an open razor in one hand, and wait — is that a dark stain
- [Elvis's Blog #4](https://dbborton.com/elviss-blog-4/) - This is the personal blog of the extraterrestrial called Elvis from D. B. Borton’s book SECOND COMING.
- [If You Want Something Done Right . . .](https://dbborton.com/if-you-want-something-done-right/) - Nita, the Female Ferret What do you do if you report a robbery to the police and they don’t believe you? You resign yourself to becoming a detective and solving the crime yourself. That’s how 18-year-old Juanita Henriques becomes the “female ferret” in Police Captain Howard’s 1885 dime novel, Nita, the Female Ferret. When a
- [Mercedes Quero: Elusive Yet Ubiquitous](https://dbborton.com/mercedes-quero-elusive-yet-ubiquitous/) - A queer fish indeed is Mercedes Quero, who shows up when she’s least expected and most wanted. She appeared in four novels by Gladys Edson Locke, who wrote as G. E. Locke: That Affair at Portstead Manor (1914), The Red Cavalier, or, The Twin Turrets Mystery (1922), The Scarlet Macaw (1923), and The House on
- [Cad Metti: The Female Detective Strategist](https://dbborton.com/cad-metti-the-female-detective-strategist/) - Here’s a girl detective that has outlasted Nancy Drew, even if she’s never had Nancy’s star power. I counted nine editions on AbeBooks alone (not including the edition I own) and you can read about her exploits online for free. The original edition, as far as I can tell, is Cad Metti, The Female Detective
- [All 'Round Kate and Her Detective Pard](https://dbborton.com/all-round-kate-and-her-detective-pard/) - Murder! Mayhem! Sword fights! Italian banditti! A severed head! Anarchists! Opium dens! Unnatural fathers! Dastardly uncles! Bad dialogue! Anthony P. Morris’s All ‘Round Kate, published in 1890, had it all: everything that sold dime novels to a reading public eager for sensationalism. And at the center of it all was Detective Kate, a legendary figure
- [SIX FEET UNDER](https://dbborton.com/six-feet-under/) - “Hi, um, I guess you’re not home, huh?” The expulsion of breath scraped our ears like a tinfoil tambourine. “Well, I guess you know this is Rocky. Ain’t likely you’d forget my voice after all these years.” A pause followed. We could hear voices in the background and consistent bass in the pounding rhythms of
- [Smoke](https://dbborton.com/smoke/) - This page provides discussion questions for D. B. Borton’s novels, as well as information about contacting the author for a Skype discussion with a book club.
- [Nancy's Grandmother: Patsy Carroll](https://dbborton.com/nancys-grandmother-patsy-carroll/) - Description of the girls' adventure series featuring Patsy Carroll and her chums.
- [Laura Keen, the Queen of Detectives](https://dbborton.com/laura-keen-the-queen-of-detectives/) - Description of the dime novel featuring Laura Keen, the detective queen.
- [Was FOUR ELEMENTS OF MURDER based on a real case?](https://dbborton.com/was-four-elements-of-murder-based-on-a-real-case/) - Four Elements of Murder Update Most of the Cat Caliban books focus on an issue, and the focal issue in Four Elements of Murder, first published in 1995, is toxic waste incineration. This book is based on an actual case, with names changed and the setting shifted about eight miles south and across the Kentucky-Tennessee
- [Does Cincinnati's abandoned subway really exist?](https://dbborton.com/does-cincinnatis-abandoned-subway-really-exist/) - Discussion of the abandoned subway tunnels that are used as a site in ONE FOR THE MONEY.
- [Nellie, the Girl Detective](https://dbborton.com/nellie-the-girl-detective/) - I'm including here Detective Edenhope’s 1894 dime novel Nellie, the Girl Detective not because it is a thrilling read, but because it includes so many of the tropes and themes prevalent in early girl detective stories. Despite the sensationalism of its content, the prose is plodding and the dialogue advances the story by baby steps,
- [](https://dbborton.com/2050-2/) - Cat and the Lost Kitten from Two-Shot Foul Detectives-in-training can’t afford to turn down a case, no matter how small. “AJ cat gone.” I wasn’t a mother for nothing. Mothers know more than the goddamn Shadow knows, seeing as how they’ve got eyes in the backs of their heads and built-in code descramblers
- [Santa Fe Sal, the Slasher; or, A Son's Vengeance](https://dbborton.com/santa-fe-sal-the-slasher-or-a-sons-vengeance/) - Description of a dime novel featuring a Western woman detective.
- [Bayou City Burning](https://dbborton.com/bayou-city-burning-book-club/) - Book Club Questions Harry and Dizzy Lark are versions of the hard-boiled detective and the girl detective, respectively; they’re direct descendants of Philip Marlow and Nancy Drew. How do they compare to the predecessors with whom you’re familiar? How does the father-daughter relationship affect both detective types? (For more about girl detectives and their detective
- [Augusta Huiell Seaman, A Founding Mother](https://dbborton.com/augusta-huiell-seaman-a-founding-mother/) - A description of the girl detective novels of Augusta Huiell Seaman, a founding mother of the genre.
- [Belle Boyd, Ex-Pinkerton and Girl Detective](https://dbborton.com/belle-boyd-ex-pinkerton-and-girl-detective/) - Account of a dime novel featuring girl detective Belle Boyd.
- [Violet Strange, the Debutante Detective](https://dbborton.com/violet-strange-the-debutante-detective/) - Account of Anna Katharine Greene's girl detective Violet Strange, who appeared in the 1915 collection, THE GOLDEN SLIPPER AND OTHER PROBLEMS FOR VIOLET STRANGE.
- [Josie O'Gorman, Secret Agent](https://dbborton.com/josie-ogorman-secret-agent/) - Description of the first modern girl detective, undercover Secret Service agent Josie O'Gorman.
- [New York Nell](https://dbborton.com/new-york-nell/) - Summary of New York Nell.
- [How did the Manned Spacecraft Center end up in Houston?](https://dbborton.com/how-did-the-manned-spacecraft-center-end-up-in-houston/) - The event that launches the plot of Bayou City Burning is a scouting trip to Houston by two men affiliated with NASA and charged with assessing the city as the future site of NASA’s manned space flight command center. They arrive in advance of President Kennedy’s historic speech announcing the moon mission, and well in
- [Elvis's Blog #1](https://dbborton.com/1599-2/) - This is the personal blog of the extraterrestrial called Elvis from D. B. Borton’s book SECOND COMING.
- [Prologue](https://dbborton.com/prologue/) - Prologue of the forthcoming mystery Bayou City Burning by D. B. Borton.
- [Chapter 2](https://dbborton.com/bayou-city-burning-chapter-2/) - Chapter 2 of the forthcoming mystery Bayou City Burning by D. B. Borton.
- [Chapter 1](https://dbborton.com/bayou-city-burning-chapter-1/) - Chapter 1 of the forthcoming mystery Bayou City Burning by D. B. Borton.
- [SECOND COMING](https://dbborton.com/second-coming/) - This page provides discussion questions for D. B. Borton’s novels, as well as information about contacting the author for a Skype discussion with a book club.
- [Elvis's Blog #3](https://dbborton.com/elviss-blog-3/) - This is the personal blog of the extraterrestrial called Elvis from D. B. Borton’s book SECOND COMING.
- [Why does time pass more slowly in space than on Earth?](https://dbborton.com/why-does-time-pass-more-slowly-in-space-than-on-earth/) - This page by Tom Burns, astronerd, astronomy writer and director emeritus of the Perkins Observatory, answers this question raised by the D. B. Borton novel SECOND COMING.
- [Elvis's Blog #2](https://dbborton.com/elviss-blog-2/) - This is the personal blog of the extraterrestrial called Elvis from D. B. Borton’s book SECOND COMING.
- [Do other dimensions or alternate universes really exist?](https://dbborton.com/do-other-dimensions-or-alternate-universes-really-exist/) - This page by Tom Burns, astronerd, astronomy writer and director emeritus of the Perkins Observatory, answers this question raised by the D. B. Borton novel SECOND COMING.
- [Elvis's Blog #1](https://dbborton.com/elviss-blog-1/) - This is the personal blog of the extraterrestrial called Elvis from D. B. Borton’s book SECOND COMING.
- [How big is the universe? Here are some answers.](https://dbborton.com/how-big-is-the-universe-here-are-some-answers/) - This page provides links to some answers to this question raised by the D. B. Borton novel SECOND COMING.
- [Chapter 1](https://dbborton.com/chapter-1/) - Thirty-six years ago, agent M. J. Smith stole one of the world’s greatest art collections to protect it. Now she must steal it all over again, on crutches. Book excerpt.
- [Prologue II: San Miniato, Tuscany, Late spring, 2015](https://dbborton.com/prologue-ii-san-miniato-tuscany-late-spring-2015/) - Thirty-six years ago, agent M. J. Smith stole one of the world’s greatest art collections to protect it. Now she must steal it all over again, on crutches. Book excerpt.
- [Prologue I: Tehran, Spring 1979](https://dbborton.com/prologue-i-tehran-spring-1979/) - Thirty-six years ago, agent M. J. Smith stole one of the world’s greatest art collections to protect it. Now she must steal it all over again, on crutches. Book excerpt.

## Pages

- [Home](https://dbborton.com/) - This is the home page for mystery writer D. B. Borton.
- [Fun and Freebies](https://dbborton.com/fun-and-freebies/) - Word Search puzzles for Cat Caliban mysteries 1-10 One Deadly Take One Deadly Take Puzzle Answer Key Two Points For Murder Two Points For Murder Puzzle Answer Key Three For The Kill Three For The Kill Puzzle Answer Key Four Fatal Elements Four Fatal Elements Puzzle Answer Key Five Degrees of Murder Five Degrees of
- [Media Kit](https://dbborton.com/media-kit/) - Bio D. B. Borton is the author of two mystery series — the Cat Caliban series and the Gilda Liberty series — as well as the mysteries Smoke and Bayou City Burning and the comic sci-fi novel Second Coming. She is Professor Emeritus of English at Ohio Wesleyan University. Book Covers Bayou City Burning Cat
- [About The Author](https://dbborton.com/about/) - D. B. Borton has published eleven mystery novels in two series, the Cat Caliban series and the Gilda Liberty series, in addition to a Marge Smith mystery, SMOKE, and a humorous science fiction novel, SECOND COMING.
- [Contact](https://dbborton.com/contact/) - This page provides information on how to contact author D. B. Borton.
- [Book Clubs](https://dbborton.com/book-clubs/) - Welcome! I love to have book clubs read and discuss my books. To make that easier, I've compiled some questions to get the conversation started. Just click on the links below. If you'd like me to pay a virtual visit to your club, just email me at dbbortonweb@dbborton.com and use "Book Club Visit" as your subject line.
- [Bayou City Burning](https://dbborton.com/bayou-city-burning/) - Order online now from one of these retailers or from your local independent bookstore. ORDER ON AMAZON | Paperback ORDER ON AMAZON | Kindle ORDER ON BARNES AND NOBLE ORDER ON KOBO BUY FROM AN INDEPENDENT BOOKSELLER Comedy meets mystery and history in the summer of 1961, when Houston is still a cowboy backwater—overheated,
- [Sign Up For Updates](https://dbborton.com/sign-up-for-updates/) - This page permits site visitors to sign up for D. B. Borton's mailing list to receive updates.
- [Privacy Policy](https://dbborton.com/privacy-policy/) - This page provides the privacy policy that applies to the website and mailing list of author D. B. Borton.
- [Inquiring Minds](https://dbborton.com/inquiring-minds/) - This page focuses on the fact behind the fiction, answering some questions that the novels may raise and providing links to other useful sites.
- [Books](https://dbborton.com/books/) - This page contains links to merchants selling D. B. Borton's books.

## Products

- [Eleven Hours to Murder](https://dbborton.com/book/eleven-hours-to-murder/) - A cold case from the Swinging Sixties. A sassy senior sleuth. If Cat Caliban’s not your favorite crime-solving grandma, you just haven’t met her yet. Meet Cat Caliban: former housewife, widow, cat lady — and private eye in training. Who said fifty-something was too old to start again? But if Cat’s not old, the case
- [Death by the Dozen](https://dbborton.com/book/death-by-the-dozen/) - A curious case of a disappearing pig. A murdered historian. A sassy senior sleuth. If Cat Caliban’s not your favorite crime-solving grandma, you just haven’t met her yet! Meet Cat Caliban — sixty-something widow, proud cat lady, and budding private eye. She’s traded in her old life as a housewife for something far more exciting:
- [Ten Clues to Murder](https://dbborton.com/book/ten-clues-to-murder/) - A promising author. A jealous writers’ group. A shocking hit-and-run. Cat Caliban thought her biggest challenge this holiday season would be surviving her annual family Monopoly game. But when a member of her local writers’ group calls in a murder, the stakes suddenly skyrocket. Billie Ransom, a successful yet controversial writer, was out for a
- [The Cat Caliban Mysteries Books 1-8 (Cozy Mysteries Collection Book 1)](https://dbborton.com/book/the-cat-caliban-mysteries-books-1-8/) - One feisty fifty-something sleuth with a passion for detective novels. Three mischievous cats. Eight funny, fast-paced cozy mysteries set in Cincinnati. It all adds up to over 2,000 pages of pure crime-solving pleasure! Cat Caliban is Cincinnati’s newest, oldest — and funniest — detective-in-training. Recently widowed, the proud mom of three cats (not to mention
- [Six Feet Under](https://dbborton.com/book/six-feet-under/) - A worrying voicemail. A missing woman. A deadly race against time. Can Cat Caliban find Rocky before the clock runs out? Rocky Zacharias is a troubled soul with an equally troubled past. She’s finally out of jail, but not out of danger. Cat and her partner receive a cryptic voicemail: ‘I called you because I
- [Three For The Kill](https://dbborton.com/book/three-for-the-kill/) - Cat Caliban is not your average grandmother . . . she has a surprisingly sharp tongue, a good supply of gin and loves to solve mysteries. Cat returns home from a hard day’s sleuthing to find Steel, a homeless army veteran, waiting at her door. He desperately needs her help to prove his innocence. He’s
- [Five Degrees of Murder](https://dbborton.com/book/five-degrees-of-murder/) - Nothing but ash remains of the victim. Can Cat Caliban solve the case before more lives go up in smoke? Cat’s menopause has her feeling extra crabby lately. Her latest attempt at distraction from hot flushes — a pottery class — isn’t exactly going as planned. After a few days, Cat feels comfortable enough to
- [Seven Deadly Sins](https://dbborton.com/book/seventh-deadly-sin/) - A strangled teen. A church-going family. A deadly secret no confession can absolve. Cat may be a grandmother, but don’t let the crayon-covered fridge fool you — her kitchen doubles as a forensics lab and her mind is sharp as a tack. She’s made it her mission to solve the cases the police can’t. Her
- [Eight Miles to Death](https://dbborton.com/book/eight-miles-to-death/) - Your new cozy mystery obsession! Meet Cat. Retired housewife. Budding private investigator. Reluctant parachutist. When Cat Caliban stumbles across a suspicious plane crash at a Fourth of July barbecue, she figures it’s just another chapter in her accidental new career. But then a former WWII pilot turns up at her door with a story about
- [Nine Burned Lives](https://dbborton.com/book/nine-burned-lives/) - A missing heiress. A burning house. A skeleton that won’t stay buried. Cat Caliban never expected her golden years to be quite so eventful. She races into a burning house to rescue a litter of kittens, only to stumble across a charred human skull. But who is the victim? And why were they hidden in
- [One Deadly Take](https://dbborton.com/book/one-for-the-money/) - This is the first novel in the Cat Caliban mystery series by D. B. Borton.
- [Four Fatal Elements](https://dbborton.com/book/four-elements-of-murder/) - A crash in rural Tennessee hides more than a body. Cat Caliban must race against time to expose the truth. Cat is gardening in the summer sun when she gets an unexpected call from an old friend. Louella’s uncle, Red McIntrye, is dead. A tragic car crash on a rural Tennessee road. But something doesn’t
- [Two Points For Murder](https://dbborton.com/book/two-points-for-murder/) - This is the second novel in the Cat Caliban mystery series by D. B. Borton.
- [Smoke](https://dbborton.com/book/smoke/) - SMOKE is the new mystery novel by D. B. Borton, author of the Cat Caliban and Gilda Liberty series. Fans of the spunky, salty, sixty-something Cat will want to meet seventy-something Marge. How to buy.
- [Bayou City Burning](https://dbborton.com/book/bayou-city-burning/) - A hard-boiled detective needs a hard-boiled daughter to keep him hst—and alive. It’s 1961 in Houston, Texas. A native son who lost the White House but gained the Senate gavel is about to put the over-heated and under-air conditid backwater at the center of President Kennedy’s moon mission. But success may depend on P.I. Harry Lark and his twelve-year-old daughter Dizzy
- [Second Coming](https://dbborton.com/book/second-coming/) - SECOND COMING is the hilarious new novel by D. B. Borton, author of the Cat Caliban and Gilda Liberty mystery series. Alien visitors provide a context for examining consumerism, the cult of celebrity, and the self-destructiveness of humanity while celebrating the pleasures of basketball, dogs, and rock ‘n roll. How to buy.

## Testimonials

- [KJo, Amazon reader](https://dbborton.com/testimonials/kjo-amazon-reader/) - “Insightful, funny, and surprisingly tender.”
- [Françoise Bartram, author of French Leave](https://dbborton.com/testimonials/francoise-bartram-author-of-french-leave/) - “Baby boomers are sure to embrace M.J.’s belief that life rocks at seventy . . . . This book is a great read.”
- [Brooke Gunderson, Mrs. Life Between the Pages](https://dbborton.com/testimonials/brooke-gunderson-mrs-life-between-the-pages/) - "One of my new favorite books! This was such a joy to read!"
- [Jay Pruitt, Goodreads](https://dbborton.com/testimonials/jay-pruitt-goodreads/) - "So much fun and hard to put down."
- [Sandra Garland Hardy, ReadMyLips.com](https://dbborton.com/testimonials/sandra-garland-hardy-readmylips-com/) - "This is writing so lyrical it fairly sings."
- [Tom Donnelly, Amazon reader](https://dbborton.com/testimonials/tom-donnelly-amazon-reader/) - "Entertaining. A great escape! There are wonderful twists and turns in this mystery.”
- [Jennifer Tooker, Goodreads reader](https://dbborton.com/testimonials/jennifer-tooker-goodreads-reader/) - "If you are looking for something a little different and appreciate a spunky female protagonist, D.B. Borton’s Smoke may be the read for you.”
- [Thomas L. Burns, Director Emeritus, Perkins Observatory](https://dbborton.com/testimonials/thomas-l-burns-director-emeritus-perkins-observatory/) - "Hilarious social commentary in the tradition of Douglas Adams.”
- [Fanna Sharma, Fanna Wants the World to Read](https://dbborton.com/testimonials/1954/) - "Second Coming is the perfect alien arrival science-fiction with loads of humor. I loved this book.”

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## Categories

- [Uncategorized](https://dbborton.com/category/uncategorized/)
- [Elvis's Blog](https://dbborton.com/category/elvis-blog/) - This is Elvis’s Character Blog.
- [Smoke](https://dbborton.com/category/smoke/)
- [Inquiring Minds](https://dbborton.com/category/inquiring-minds/)
- [Book Clubs](https://dbborton.com/category/book-clubs/)
- [Bayou City Burning](https://dbborton.com/category/bayou-city-burning/)
- [Girl Detectives Blog](https://dbborton.com/category/girl-detectives-blog/)
- [Cat Caliban Series](https://dbborton.com/category/cat-caliban-series/)
- [One For The Money](https://dbborton.com/category/cat-caliban-series/one-for-the-money/) - “Suspicion is second nature to any woman who’s raised three kids.” After decades of marriage, motherhood, and grandmotherhood, Cat Caliban is looking for a new career. Detective work seems a logical choice. So, she sells her suburban house, buys an apartment building in a “transitional” neighborhood, and begins her training, only to discover a dead body in an upstairs apartment. What’s the connection between a murdered homeless woman and the Golden Age of Hollywood silent movies? Cat races to discover it before the killer can strike again. In this first book of the popular Cat Caliban series, Cat assembles her colorful cast of helpers and neighborhood hangers-on.
- [Two-Shot Foul](https://dbborton.com/category/cat-caliban-series/two-shot-foul/)
- [Three-Ring Circus](https://dbborton.com/category/cat-caliban-series/three-ring-circus/)
- [Four Elements of Murder](https://dbborton.com/category/cat-caliban-series/four-elements-of-murder/)
- [Five-Alarm Fire](https://dbborton.com/category/cat-caliban-series/five-alarm-fire/)
- [Six Feet Under](https://dbborton.com/category/cat-caliban-series/six-feet-under/)
- [Eight Miles High](https://dbborton.com/category/cat-caliban-series/eight-miles-high/)
- [Seventh-Deadly Sin](https://dbborton.com/category/cat-caliban-series/seventh-deadly-sin/)

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