Reading order
| # | Title | Published | Author | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Whole Cat and Caboodle | 2014 | Sofie Ryan | Buy |
| 2 | Buy a Whisker | 2015 | Sofie Ryan | Buy |
| 3 | A Whisker of Trouble | 2016 | Sofie Ryan | Buy |
| 4 | Two Tall Tails | 2016 | Sofie Ryan | N/A |
| 5 | No More Pussyfooting Around | 2016 | Sofie Ryan | Buy |
| 6 | Telling Tails | 2017 | Sofie Ryan | Buy |
| 7 | The Fast and the Furriest | 2018 | Sofie Ryan | Buy |
| 8 | No Escape Claws | 2019 | Sofie Ryan | Buy |
| 9 | Claw Enforcement | 2020 | Sofie Ryan | Buy |
| 10 | Undercover Kitty | 2021 | Sofie Ryan | Buy |
| 11 | Totally Pawstruck | 2022 | Sofie Ryan | Buy |
| 12 | Scaredy Cat | 2023 | Sofie Ryan | Buy |
| 13 | Fur Love or Money | 2024 | Sofie Ryan | Buy |
| 14 | Cat Got Your Killer | 2025 | Sofie Ryan | Buy |
The Whole Cat and Caboodle introduces Sarah Grayson and her black rescue cat Elvis in North Harbor, Maine, where Sarah runs a shop called Second Chance that finds buyers for other people’s unwanted belongings. When a body turns up in her world, Sarah’s instinct is to investigate, and fourteen books later that instinct has not faded. The series title works on multiple levels: the shop is about second chances, the cat came from difficult circumstances, and Sarah herself left something behind when she moved to Maine.
Elvis is one of the more convincing cat characters in cozy fiction. He has opinions about people, a preference for certain songs, and a habit of inserting himself into situations in ways that occasionally turn out to be useful. Sofie Ryan does not push the cat’s involvement into the implausible; he is a cat who happens to be perceptive, not a crime-solving partner with supernatural abilities. That restraint makes the books feel more grounded than many in the genre.
Across fourteen entries, from Buy a Whisker through Fur Love or Money and into Cat Got Your Killer in 2025, the series has maintained its quality by keeping focus on the human relationships at the center. North Harbor feels like a real place, the recurring characters grow in believable ways, and the mysteries are constructed with enough care to provide genuine puzzles rather than just backdrop for the charm.