|  | Cynthia Baxter Cynthia Blair
 [1953-]
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    |  | Jessica Popper, a veterinarian in Long
      Island, New York, in the Reigning Cats & Dogs mysteries: |  | 
  
    |  | Dead
          Canaries Don’t Sing (2004) Putting
          on the Dog (2004) Lead
          a Horse to Murder (2005) Hare
          Today, Dead Tomorrow (2006) Right
          From the Gecko (2007) | Who’s Kitten Who? (2007) Monkey
          See, Monkey Die (2008) Murder
          Had a Little Lamb (2009) Crossing
          the Lion (2010) |  | 
  
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    |  | Mallory Marlowe, a recent widow with a
      new career as a travel writer: |  | 
  
    |  | Murder
          Packs a Suitcase (2008) | Too
          Rich and Too Dead (2009) |  | 
  
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    |  | Kate McKay, moving home from Manhattan to take care of her ailing grandmother, running an ice-cream shop, Lickety Splits, in the Hudson Valley town of Wolfert’s Roost, New York: |  | 
  
    |  | Murder with a Cherry on Top (2018) | Hot Fudge Murder (2019) |  | 
  
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    |  | Written as Cynthia Blair Susan and Christine, the Pratt Twins: (for
      young adults)
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    |  | Strawberry
          Summer (1986) The
          Candy Cane Caper (1987) The
          Pink Lemonade Charade (1988) The
          Double-Dip Disguise (1988) The
          Popcorn Project (1989) | The
          Apple Pie Adventure (1989) The
          Jelly Bean Scheme (1990) The
          Lollipop Plot (1990) The
          Coconut Connection (1991) |  | 
  
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    |  | Written as Cynthia
        Blair Non-series:
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    |  | Close
        to Home (1990) |  |  |