Alice Nestleton by Lydia Adamson
Alice Nestleton is the protagonist in a series of cozy mystery novels by American author Lydia Adamson. The series follows Alice Nestleton, actress/cat lady/amateur sleuth. She is especially fond of her Maine Coon, Bushy and her alleycat Pancho. Perhaps her feline friends will use their cat instincts to help her solve some mysteries…

Lydia Adamson began the Alice Nestleton mysteries series in 1990 with the novel A Cat in the Manger. The series lasted 21 novels, concluding in 2002 with the novel A Cat on the Bus. Below is a list of Lydia Adamson’s Alice Nestleton books in order of when they were originally published (which is the same as their chronological order):

Publication Order of Alice Nestleton Mystery Books

A Cat in the Manger(1990)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
A Cat of a Different Color(1991)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
A Cat in Wolf's Clothing(1991)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
A Cat By Any Other Name(1992)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
A Cat in the Wings(1992)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
A Cat with a Fiddle(1993)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
A Cat in a Glass House(1993)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
A Cat on the Cutting Edge(1994)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
A Cat with No Regrets(1994)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
A Cat on a Winning Streak(1995)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
A Cat in Fine Style(1995)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
A Cat Under the Mistletoe(1996)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
A Cat in a Chorus Line(1996)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
A Cat on Jingle Bell Rock(1997)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
A Cat on a Beach Blanket(1997)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
A Cat on Stage Left(1998)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
A Cat of One's Own(1999)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
A Cat with the Blues(2000)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
A Cat with No Clue(2001)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
A Cat Named Brat(2002)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
A Cat on the Bus(2002)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
A Cat Tells Two Tales(2012)Description / Buy at Amazon.com

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Alice Nestleton Synopsis: In A Cat in the Manger by Lydia Adamson (book 1 of the series), struggling actress-turned-detective Alice Nestleton loves all cats, and especially loves her own cats, Bushy and Pancho. She’s looking forward to an enjoyable Christmas in Long Island and expects to be greeted by eight Himalayans. Instead, she ends up meeting with a corpse. She has found herself mixed up in a horseracing conspiracy involving seduction and missing money. In order to solve this mystery, she’ll need her feline friends’ instincts and nine lives – on her own she’s found herself only a whisker away from her own demise.

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