Animal Instinct Mysteries

Gabriella Herkert

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Text Box: About the Author

Text Box: When I was a law student, I heard a story about a woman who left her fortune to her cat.  On the surface, she seemed nuts.  Then, I met her family and the world made sense again.  I didn’t know I would write about it then but I did put it in my journal.  A few years later, when I decided to try to write a novel, I paged back through my journal to jump start my imagination and there it was – the perfect opening to a seemingly insane world.  I took the story and added my personal experience.  The only character in Catnapped! based on a real “person” is Flash.

I tried to write a straight mystery – all ambiance and lurking dangers.  It didn’t take.  In the end, life is pretty funny and one person’s crazy is another person’s moment of lucidity.  Catnapped! is my idea of balance.  Part humor, part reality, all unexpected.  If I were a politician, I’d call it spin.  For me, a writer since I was eight, all the stories are like that.  Not just mine, everyone’s.  And I can’t wait for the next one.

Gabi


Text Box: Awards

Debut Dagger Finalist
Private Eye Writers of America Best First Novel Finalist
Daphne du Maurier RWA Kiss of Death Finalist
Maui Writers’ Conference Finalist
Writer’s Digest Honorable Mention

‘CATNAPPED is the cat’s meow.  A purr-fectly enjoyable, fun and delightful mystery.” 

 

  — Connie Harris,

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