Title:	Cat Got Your Tongs
	Author:	Victoria Hamilton
	Published:	March 18, 2025, Beyond the Page
	No. of Pages:	279
	Cover Price:	$12.99 Paperback, $6.99 Kindle

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Cozy lovers who are following the popular Vintage Kitchen Mysteries will want to pick up the 12 installment, Cat Got Your Tongs, by bestselling author, Victoria Hamilton. Jaymie agrees to take care of a cat colony of stray cats while her friend George is out of town, and while feeding them at night, discovers a body. Of course, Jaymie gets involved, and when another body is discovered, she puts both herself and friends in danger. New neighbors, an old rocker and his wife have moved in next to the cat colony, and Jaymie suspects they know something, but can’t quite get them to talk. In the meantime, she and her best friend, Val, plan to purchase a vacant building to start a tea and antique gift shop to be called The Kitschy Kitchen.
All the main characters are back in this novel; Jaymie, the protagonist, is married to Jakob and loves her step-daughter, Jocie, who is a smart and delightful little person. Even though they have been well-developed in previous novels, Hamilton gives enough background and necessary information to read this as a standalone novel, although the characters and supporting characters will make most readers want to go back and read the entire series.

Hamilton does an excellent job of telling the story, and the novel is well-written and organized. Even though this is a cozy (no sex, no profanity, no blatant violence), the suspense builds throughout and even though the mystery is lighthearted, there are twists and turns that will keep readers on the edge.

Anyone who hasn’t read this series, and who likes recipes and references to food, will want to pick up this fun novel.

Special thanks to NetGalley for supplying a review copy of this book.