Rebecca Barrett

Biography

Rebecca Barrett writes historical fiction, short stories of life in the South, and children’s stories. She fell in love with cozy mysteries after discovering Lillian Jackson Braun’s series. Callahan on the Case is her first in the Cat Callahan mystery series, with more to follow soon.
In addition, she is writing a detective series set in the deep South of the 1960s featuring Hugo August, a Vietnam veteran, in The Rat Catcher. She is working on the second book of the series, She Had To Die, while rocking out to the great music of the ’60s and delving into the good vibes, high times, and social unrest of that era.
An avid reader since the bookmobile began coming to their farm when she was a child, Rebecca now happily lives in the lovely village of Fairhope, Alabama, situated on Mobile Bay, where she finds inspiration all around her.

Where to find Rebecca Barrett online

Series

Cat Callahan Mysteries
Cat Callahan. The big gray cat with the battered right ear takes up with a drifter named Daxter, “Dax” for short—hobo by choice. The two seem to find trouble wherever they go, but Callahan knows how to be in the right place at the right time to gather clues and provide his own special brand of assistance. This series is co-authored with bestselling author, Susan Yawn Tanner
Callahan on the Case
Price: $0.99 USD.
Callahan's Savannah Caper
Price: $4.99 USD.
Callahan and the Spy
Price: $4.99 USD.

Books

Callahan and the Spy
Series: Cat Callahan Mysteries. Pre-release—available June 6, 2024. Price: $4.99 USD. Language: English. Published by Columbine Publishing Group, LLC. Categories: Fiction » Mystery & detective » Cozy, Fiction » Mystery & detective » Amateur sleuth
Callahan and Dax are in Key West, working for the owner of a local B&B. When one of the guests dies in her suite, Cat Callahan manages to sniff out the most important clues right away. As police question the inn’s proprietress and her friend, who runs a struggling fishing charter, the gray Scottish Fold cat consults several of the island’s Hemingway cats and goes on the trail of the real killer.
Callahan's Savannah Caper
Series: Cat Callahan Mysteries. Price: $4.99 USD. Words: 62,030. Language: English. Published: February 22, 2024 by Columbine Publishing Group, LLC. Categories: Fiction » Mystery & detective » Cozy, Fiction » Mystery & detective » Amateur sleuth
A missing insurance adjuster, a fortune in Russian art and artifacts, a Southern belle, and a devilishly handsome man who isn’t what he first appears to be. Cat Callahan senses a mystery and definitely has his work cut out for him this time.
Callahan on the Case
Series: Cat Callahan Mysteries. Price: $0.99 USD. Words: 61,520. Language: English. Published: January 4, 2024 by Columbine Publishing Group, LLC. Categories: Fiction » Mystery & detective » Cozy, Fiction » Mystery & detective » Amateur sleuth
Cat Callahan. The big gray cat with the battered right ear takes up with a drifter named Daxter, “Dax” for short—hobo by choice. And it’s within days after Dax arrives that the murders begin. But Callahan knows how to be in the right place at the right time to gather clues and provide his own special brand of assistance. The cops may be a little slow on the uptake, but Cat Callahan is on the case.
Callahan's Christmas Feast
Series: Cat Callahan Mysteries. Price: $1.99 USD. Words: 10,360. Language: English. Published: November 4, 2023 by Columbine Publishing Group, LLC. Categories: Fiction » Mystery & detective » Cozy, Fiction » Mystery & detective » Amateur sleuth
It’s Christmas Eve, and Callahan and Dax are invited to the annual holiday party at the home of Dax’s employer. But the festive occasion is marred by death. Is it murder, or did the poor man get a bad cherry from the Tizzington sisters’ infamous fruit compote? Cat Callahan, in his usual fashion, searches through clues and is way ahead of the humans in the room in figuring out the solution.