Poison in Paddington

Cassie Coburn, a former medical student from San Francisco, moved to London after a car accident ended her plans for a career in medicine. Expecting an easy stretch of sightseeing and backpacking, she is instead pulled into a case of four people poisoned in the heart of the city. She teams up with Violet Despuis, a French private investigator with a sharp eye for details others miss. Cassie's new life also includes an elderly landlady with a mysterious past, a mischievous orange cat that enjoys walks on a lead, and a handsome pathologist whom Cassie suspects is far beyond her reach. The killer is still at large. Light, playful and modern, this is the first book in a cozy mystery series with a Sherlock Holmes-style sleuth and a fish-out-of-water heroine.