Monica Shaughnessy: 8 books

Every writer has his muse...even Edgar Allan Poe. It's true that the great Master of Macabre owned (or was owned by) a tortoiseshell cat named Cattarina. But little is known about his feline companion or the circumstances surrounding their introduction. Until now. From her cottage in the Bronx,...

Ruby Nash’s life has gone to the dogs. Since her husband passed, her once-thriving canine search and rescue business has hit the end of its leash. But when her mother, Donna, asks for help investigating her fiancé, Cecil’s, disappearance, Ruby leaves no bone unturned, roaming outside the boundaries...

The untold story behind Edgar Allan Poe's "The Tell-Tale Heart."Edgar Allan Poe’s cat, Cattarina, mistakes a glass eye for a plaything and unwittingly pulls them into a crime even the constable can’t solve - a madman is on the loose, prowling the cobblestone streets of Philadelphia in search...

The untold story behind Edgar Allan Poe’s “The Black Cat.” Fresh from her Glass Eye Killer adventure, Cattarina is once again thrust into mystery when she makes a ghastly discovery – a dead black cat hanging from a tree. Human authorities are uninterested in feline affairs, so Cattarina...

The untold story behind Edgar Allan Poe's "The Raven." In this final installment of the Cattarina Mysteries, Poe House is thrust into turmoil when Constable Harkness's cousin enlists Sissy and Cattarina's help in finding his missing fiancée. The only clue resides in the nest of a raven, and...

Space City 6 is a collection of short stories from the weird to the wonderful, all with a Houston flair. We begin with the birth of Houston in a mosquito—and alligator-people—infested swamp where a mermaid is intent on stopping human encroachment. Fast forward to the 1940’s where we join a soldier...

Love them or hate them, we've all had first dates. From the first blush of romance to the slamming of a door, nothing can capture—or repel—our hearts so fully. Do we swoon with desire? Hope for tenderness? Or does the first meeting shatter any chance of two souls connecting? In First Last...

When objects go missing from porches, Lydia Strichter suspects Dale Kreplick, the neighborhood hoarder. He's a strange man with an even stranger habit of digging through people's garbage. But when she sets out to prove "the Trash Collector" is at fault, she finds more than the culprit. She...