It is my pleasure to host the cover reveal for the latest book in the “Cait Morgan” mystery series, coming July 2026 and now up for preorder.
Publication Date: July 13, 2026
Series: A Cait Morgan Mystery, Book 16
Genre: Traditional Mystery, Female Sleuth
Format: Print, Digital
Author Website: cathyace.com
Book Synopsis
“Who would want to hurt him? He was one of the good guys. Did a lot of work with charities. Supported his friends and colleagues. Loved his wife and kids.”
Jayson Flyntt melted millions of hearts whenever he gazed directly into the camera as the star of a long-running American soap opera; now he’s in Vancouver’s “Hollywood North” to make a science fiction movie he believes will revive his waning fortunes. When his body is discovered in puzzling circumstances at a filming location on Cait Morgan’s university campus, it’s believed he’s been the victim of a tragic accident. But Cait’s instincts tell her that not everything is quite as it seems – and not just because of the illusions being conjured around her by the production’s crew.
When Cait grabs the unique opportunity to peer behind the silver screen, she discovers that some people within the dead actor’s closest circle not only have their own – sometimes disconcerting – agendas but might even benefit by the star’s death. And when she and her retired-cop husband, Bud, focus more sharply on the dead man’s past, some unexpected local connections develop. Stumped by seemingly inexplicable clues, Cait whittles down too many suspects to…none. So she has to take some uncharacteristic steps, because she’s determined to reveal the full picture.
Making our usually confident Welsh Canadian criminal psychologist feel like a fish out of water on her home turf, this sixteenth Cait Morgan Mystery tests her with an investigation that challenges the techniques she’s leaned upon in the past, and ultimately leads her to question some of her most deeply held beliefs.
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About the author
Ace’s Cait Morgan Mysteries feature a globetrotting Welsh Canadian criminal psychologist who solves traditional whodunits alongside her retired-cop husband, Bud Anderson (Eve Myles will portray Cait in the TV production by Free@LastTV). Her WISE Enquiries Agency Mysteries feature four softly-poached female PIs solving cosy cases from a Welsh stately home. Shortlisted for Canada’s Bony Blithe Award three times, winning once, Cathy’s also won IPPY and IBA Awards, as well as the CrimeFictionLover Editor’s Choice Award for Best Indie Novel. She’s been shortlisted for Crime Writers of Canada Awards three times, migrated from Wales aged 40, and now lives in Canada.