A review by slferg
Furbidden Fatality by Deborah Blake

4.0

Kari Stuart stops in at a store to buy some cat litter and impulsively buys a lottery ticket. She wins. Now what is she going to do with her life? She continues to work at the diner and lives in her crummy apartment while trying to decide. Then she manages to capture a kitten that has been running around the apartment building and takes it to the local shelter who tell her they cannot take any more kittens - they are more than full. The woman at the shelter adds that it's too bad the woman running a rescue is having to shut down for lack of funds. So Kari decides to do something about it. She goes to the real estate agent and buys the rescue. Next she goes to the rescue with her kitten and walks in to a scene of distress. The animal warden is threatening to impound a dog he claims got out and bit someone and given them another ticket for the dog being loose. They are sure the dog has done nothing, but the woman who started the rescue is afraid "the crazy lady who bought it" will change her mind. Kari reveals herself as the crazy lady and begins to try to learn from the former owner and her staff of volunteers what is being done, what is needed and how the whole business works. Fortunately, Kari won a LOT of money in the lottery because the animal warden is pouring on the problems and then is found dead behind the rescue - by Kari and her kitten, Queenie (short for Queen Nefertiti). Fortunately, there is an old farm house next to the rescue that comes with it so she has a new place to live for herself and her personal rescues. As improvements begin, vandalism starts and she is threatened by a deputy. It just gets deeper because the sheriff is not pleased by her interference. She's just trying to prove she's not really a suspect, nor is the former owner. But it's getting difficult.