Sprites and Scoundrels

An enchanted bookshop. A town full of secrets. One cat who would much rather be sleeping.

Until the new owner of Lavender Lake’s magical bookshop arrives, Astrix has been left in charge. His duties are simple: watch over the shop, protect its secrets, and spend as much time as possible stretched out in a warm sunbeam.

For a while, all is quiet.

Then an intruder attempts to break into the shop and tear down the magical defenses protecting it.

Forced to abandon his favorite sleeping spot, Astrix sets out to discover who is targeting his bookshop and why. The intruder left few clues, but in a town like Lavender Lake, someone is always watching.

Unfortunately, most of the witnesses are the town’s familiars.

Now Astrix must interrogate Lavender Lake’s cats, birds, and other magical creatures to uncover what they have seen. The only problem, as he already knows, is that getting a cat to do something it does not want to do is almost impossible.

As Astrix ventures deeper into the relatively tame underbelly of the magical town, he uncovers hidden secrets, unexpected mysteries, and a plot so sinister that it leaves even him speechless.

Briefly.

Someone wants the bookshop's defenses gone, and if Astrix cannot discover why, the shop may not be the only thing in danger.

Good thing he still has a few of those nine lives left.

He might just need them.