Product Description

Meet Marmalade and Biscuit. This saucy cat and her human find a body in the library, and the fun begins. No one in Martinsville, a small town in northeastern Georgia, admits to knowing why Harlan Schneider was in the library. Clues seem to point to some local, but nobody ask Marmalade.

Grab a cup of tea, sit back, and enjoy this snappy debut novel with its chatty cat and charming characters.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #896803 in Books
• Published on: 2004-10-30
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 212 pages

Customer Reviews

From a reader
I enjoyed every minute of Orange as Marmalade! I discovered a small town I would love to live in. An out of the way community in the north Georgia mountains. Martinsville is a bit old fashioned in its outlook. Home to characters ranging from lovable eccecntric to some downright stinkers. The plot is filled with tiwsts and turns that kept me up late unable to put this one down. The occasional comments from the orange tabby cat named Marmalade go unheeded by her bright and funny human companion, Biscuit McKee as life, love and mysteries unfold. Don't miss it!

Praise for the Biscuit McKee Series

Fran Stewart has created a thoroughly endearing character in Biscuit McKee--fallible enough to be undeniably human and feisty enough to be thoroughly lovable. Biscuit wants nothing more than to live quietly in the small Georgia town of Martinsville with her husband and her Marmalade cat, but fate and family don't always cooperate. Biscuit faces each challenge life throws at her--and there are plenty of those--with determination and a little help from her cat.

Fran Stewart's Biscuit McKee stories are beautifully written, incorporating a blend of down-home wisdom and humor guaranteed to both charm and entertain.

--Lynda Fitzgerald, Author
If Truth Be Told

Delightful and entertaining
Marmalade is a smart and talented white and orange cat who adds intriguing clues to this cozy mystery for the reader. Her human was named Bisque by her potter mother, but her grammar school buddies quickly changed the name to Biscuit and the name stuck. So small town librarian Biscuit McKee finds the body in the library with a knife stuck in it somewhat later than does her smart cat Marmalade. The story is develooped through three time lines, which takes a little attention to chapter titles to keep straight but is more than worth the effort. Delightfully told and cleverly plotted, the story is enriched with gardening tips, three dimensional characters that you want to know more about, and the cozy and delightful setting of a small Georgia town. Characters are further embellished by Marmalade who has her own name for everyone. Biscuit, for example, is Widelap, to Marmalade. So some fortellling goes on with Marmalade's name for characters. In addition, both Marmalade and Biscuit share their "gratitude lists", the five things for which they are most grateful each day. This clever little addition to the story is a joyful reminder to any reader that "Happiness Is A Choice." A wonderful first book in this imaginative series that leaves the reader breathlessly waiting for the sequel.