FrancoRWestley
Nero is not just the cat who prowls the windowsills of Most, the Italian‑Polish restaurant in Kraków. He is its unofficial inspector, shadow, and self‑appointed guardian of everything that smells like food and trouble at the same time.
When a batch of stuffed cabbage left in a back alley carries a scent that is almost delicious-and just wrong enough to make his fur rise-Nero is the first to notice that something in his district has turned poisonous. While Matteo Bellini and Ania Zielińska chase another impossible case across kitchens and council chambers, Nero follows a trail made of sauce, perfume and bitter metal on his own four paws.
This standalone short story takes place during The Gołąbki Gambit in Cold Case Files: The Bellini‑Zielińska Mysteries and shows that sometimes the first detective on the scene is the one everyone mistakes for a nap‑loving restaurant mascot.
If you want to see how the humans get into this mess in the first place, you can read the full‑length novel Murder à la Polonaise, then the five connecting cases in Cold Case Files, followed by the London‑set sequel. All are available on Amazon and via the author's site and socials, where recipes, extras, and reading order are listed together.
Amazon link:
https://amzn.eu/d/8dAc7Ny
Author website:
https://francorwestley.wixsite.com/author