Disclaimer: There are tons of mysteries, cozies or otherwise, written by authors of color; however, there is a noticeable dearth in ones which feature cats as part of the cast. As such this list unfortunately will not be as diverse as we would otherwise prefer them to be. Santa Clawed by Rita Mae Brown

The manhwa was published by Fujian Children's Publishing House which was first featured in the Chinese science fiction anthology Science Fiction World which ran from February 1982 to 1991. We see all sorts: theft by finding and premeditated planned stealing, which usually involves a break and enter or trespass as well. In some cases, pets are stolen by someone known to the owner – maintenance workers or contractors who take an opportunity to pinch a pet. And then we are also seeing trusted people doing it – pet-sitters who you’d think you could trust.A peculiar episode involves a female preying mantis who spots One Ear eating the maize in her cornfield whose name is given in the subtitles as “Miss Locust”. A trail leads the cops to a fight between wasps armed with daggers and preying mantises armed with swords. As the cops get involved, one or more of the bugs are set on fire. Fiery Cover-Up: Prior to The Great Catsby, Harold Rigsby hired an arsonist to burn down his office and destroy the records proving he was a tax cheat.

Instead, her four-legged sleuth with a talent for sniffing out lost cats is a tuxedo cat named Henry, adopted from an animal shelter. He has helped her locate 10 missing cats so far.

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Parental Warning: Although this drawn animation has a (completely legitimate) recommended UK U certificate, it contains a lot of gun and knife violence and, in the subtitles, one swear word.

One strategy that works: Look near your home. “Dogs roam; cats hide,” she says. “People tend to look all over town for their cat, but they really need to comb areas near their home.”Old Cop, Young Cop: The two policemen investigating the burglaries are a fat, gray-haired man and a rookie.