Announcing for 2026:
Feline Online Mysteries Series
By Elyse Cregar
Illustrated by Tamara Clark
For ages 8 -12
Feline Online and the Cats of Ancient Egypt
When ten-year-old Emily sees a lioness roaming through her neighbor’s garden, she doesn’t realize she is about to begin an after-school career as a detective. Wadjet and Foo Foo, the two Siamese house cats who live in Amanda’s Victorian house, are acting strangely. One night Emily sees a glowing blue light coming from Amanda’s computer monitor in her dining room. The next morning, a woman dressed like Cleopatra appears with her young son, Mihos. They have rescued an escaped Wadjet. Before long Amanda invites Emily to help her understand why an orange cat keeps appearing on her computer monitor. Will Emily follow the clues when she receives an odd message on her own computer? A message arrives from centuries ago, when the cat on her computer reveals herself as Bastet, Cat Goddess of Upper and Lower Egypt. Bastet needs Wadjet’s help to restore cats to their former glory and status with humans!
Feline Online and the Rule of Cats
As much as Emily loves Wadjet and Foo Foo, she wants to have her own pet cat. One Saturday morning, Emily’s father takes her to the local animal shelter. An amber cat, rescued from a nearby roof, chooses Emily as her new mistress. Mysteries abound as the cat seems to understand everything that Emily is doing and often tries to interfere. She meets with Mihos, a boy her age who wears dusty papyrus sandals and knows everything about cats. Emily’s neighbor Amanda is busy sewing Egyptian costumes for attendees to the fundraiser for a local cat shelter. But an appearance by thundering storms and an unwelcome visitor nearly destroys their evening!
Feline Online and the Maze of the Minotaurs
Emily and Mihos discover tiny minotaur beetles creating tunnels for their dung balls full of eggs. Seeing an occasional gem buried within the tunnels, Mihos wants Emily to help him dig deeper into the tunnel when more small treasures appear. Wadjet, in her secret online meetings with Bastet, has plans she must carry out. The Cat Goddess has one goal: to restore her ancient powers before Sekhmet, the lioness-headed Goddess can stop her. Bastet must find something only she knows is buried under the greenhouse. And she needs the help of Wadjet, Emily and Mihos. But do the humans and cats hear the rumbling of Sekhmet’s approaching red storms that will destroy everyone’s plans?