Book summary

An attorney commits suicide on private investigator Kat Colorado's watch, triggering her investigation into a ruthless blackmailing scheme.

Media reviews

"When a Sacramento lawyer commits suicide during the Christmas season, his firm hires private detective Kat Colorado to find out what prompted the deed and was there something behind the act that could harm the company. It does not take much work on the part of Kat to realize that the victim was being blackmailed and who, being an honorable individual, could not live with the transgression he believes he committed. During her investigation, a wealthy senior citizen informs Kat that she is also a victim of a blackmailer and hires the private investigator to discover the identity of the extortionist. Kat finds a link between her two cases since both individuals have given a large donation to the Hope For Children's Foundation. Kat obtains a record of all the large contributors to the charity and soon ferrets out that many of these contributors are victims of the same extortionist. As Kat closes in on the culprit, the killer becomes aware of the hunter on his trail. He tries to silence Kat by blackmailing one of her loved ones. When that fails, he resorts to something more lethal. Karen Kijewski is one of the mystery genre's most talented writers. She gifts her audience with a compelling and fast paced story line and characters who gain reader empathy. 'Kat Scratch Fever' is a mind blowing who-done-it that employs a clever sleight of the hand, false leads, and unusual paths that typically lead the reader to a dead end (or cul-de-sac) to lead readers down the wrong road. It will take a mystery IQ of genius to figure out who the villain is in this moving thriller actually is.