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Birdbathgate

I am Ruby.
I am a cat.
I am also, due to a catastrophic shortage of competent humans, the neighbourhood’s only pet detective.

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Birdbathgate
I am Ruby.I am a cat.I am also, due to a catastrophic shortage of competent humans, the neighbourhood’s only pet detective. This particular case began, as all great mysteries do, with outrage and d…
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January 18, 2026 at 8:55 AM
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The glitter goblin

Mrs. Prendergast, two houses down, shrieked like someone had tried to steal her porcelain teapot collection.

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The glitter goblin
Ruby, a sleek ginger cat with the confident strut of someone who once won a fight with a vacuum cleaner (and told everyone about it), stretched luxuriously on her sun-warmed garden wall. She had ju…
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January 12, 2026 at 10:03 AM
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Ruby rumbles into resolution season!

It was the 1st of January, 9:07 a.m., and Ruby the cat, renowned neighbourhood detective, chaos facilitator, part-time sofa ornament, was already having A Day.

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Ruby rumbles into resolution season!
It was the 1st of January, 9:07 a.m., and Ruby the cat, renowned neighbourhood detective, chaos facilitator, and part-time sofa ornament, was already having A Day. She awoke to find her human, Clai…
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January 6, 2026 at 10:53 AM
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The rebellious sidewalk chalk

Ruby was not just any cat.
She was the cat.
Ruby the Great. Ruby the Fluffy. Ruby the Sleek Shadow of Mild Chaos.

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The rebellious sidewalk chalk
Ruby was not just any cat.She was the cat.Ruby the Great. Ruby the Fluffy. Ruby the Sleek Shadow of Mild Chaos.And not that she liked to brag, except she absolutely did the neighbourhood’s premier …
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December 30, 2025 at 11:15 AM
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A Christmas tail of mischief

She hit the carpet with an indignant “MrrRAOW!” which, loosely translated, meant, “I absolutely meant to do that, peasants.”

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A Christmas tail of mischief
Ruby, the neighbourhood’s self-appointed pet detective, awoke on the first of December the way most cats greet the dawn: by falling off the windowsill because she had been dreaming about chasing a …
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December 25, 2025 at 9:03 AM
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The river of Vrrrroom

Ruby, a cat with the investigative instincts of Sherlock Holmes and the patience of an overtired toddler, was having a morning.

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The river of Vrrrroom
Ruby, a cat with the investigative instincts of Sherlock Holmes and the patience of an overtired toddler, was having a morning. And not in the spiritual sense, with herbal tea and journaling.No. Ru…
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December 20, 2025 at 9:21 AM
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Ruby rrrrr-ports for duty…

Ruby was not just any cat. She was THE cat, capital letters, underlined twice, possibly with glitter.

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Ruby rrrrr-ports for duty…
Ruby was not just any cat. She was THE cat, capital letters, underlined twice, possibly with glitter. The neighbourhood knew her as Ruby the Pet Detective, a title she bestowed upon herself shortly…
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December 15, 2025 at 8:33 AM
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Soggy squirrels

Ruby, full-time cat, part-time diva, and accidental neighbourhood detective, was deep in her afternoon nap when the call came in.

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Soggy squirrels
Ruby, full-time cat, part-time diva, and accidental neighbourhood detective, was deep in her afternoon nap when the call came in. And by “call,” we mean Mr. Pepper, the parrot next door, screaming …
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December 10, 2025 at 8:11 AM
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Criminally chaotic doorknobs

If there’s one thing you should know about me, it’s this: I, Ruby Whiskerford, am the undisputed Pet Detective of Maple Lane.

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Criminally chaotic doorknobs
If there’s one thing you should know about me, it’s this: I, Ruby Whiskerford, am the undisputed Pet Detective of Maple Lane.Not self-appointed. Actually appointed. By whom? Myself, of course. But …
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December 4, 2025 at 10:23 AM
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The case of the disco fireflies

Ruby, the neighbourhood’s only feline private detective, perched dramatically on top of the fence post, her tail flicking like a metronome set to “mysterious suspense.”

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The case of the disco fireflies
Ruby, the neighbourhood’s only feline private detective, perched dramatically on top of the fence post, her tail flicking like a metronome set to “mysterious suspense.” The moon was full, the air s…
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November 28, 2025 at 10:54 AM
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Ruby and the topiary of doom

I, Ruby, am a cat. But not just any cat. I am the neighbourhood’s premier, occasionally terrifying, frequently fabulous pet detective.

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Ruby and the topiary of doom
I, Ruby, am a cat. But not just any cat. I am the neighbourhood’s premier, occasionally terrifying, frequently fabulous pet detective. My cases are usually straightforward: missing sardines, suspic…
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November 6, 2025 at 8:21 AM
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Ruby and the scent-sational bird bath caper

Ruby, the sleek, velvet-pawed neighbourhood detective, had a nose for trouble.

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Ruby and the scent-sational bird bath caper
Ruby, the sleek, velvet-pawed neighbourhood detective, had a nose for trouble. And by “nose,” I mean literally, her nostrils were the size of small teaspoons and could detect tuna-flavoured crisps …
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November 3, 2025 at 10:13 AM
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The great fractal caper

The outdoor lights, those little things that normally projected tasteful patterns of flowers and butterflies onto lawns, had gone rogue.

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The great fractal caper
It was a dark and stormy night. By which I mean, of course, that my human, Mrs. Blenkinsop, had left the bathroom light on again and I was glaring at it like a true connoisseur of shadow and menace…
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October 30, 2025 at 10:02 AM
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Ruby and the case of the puddle selfies

Ruby, the neighbourhood’s most opinionated and thoroughly self-assured feline detective, was lounging on the garden fence with one paw dangling dramatically, surveying her domain like a small, striped queen.

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Ruby and the case of the puddle selfies
Ruby, the neighbourhood’s most opinionated and thoroughly self-assured feline detective, was lounging on the garden fence with one paw dangling dramatically, surveying her domain like a small, stri…
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October 27, 2025 at 8:43 AM
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Ruby and the case of the vanishing pots

Her life consisted of 2 things: observing humans make fools of themselves, asserting her undisputed reign as the neighbourhood’s top pet PI.

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Ruby and the case of the vanishing pots
It was a Tuesday. Or a Thursday. Honestly, Ruby didn’t keep track of weekdays. Her life consisted of two things: observing humans make fools of themselves, and asserting her undisputed reign as the…
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October 23, 2025 at 8:45 AM
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Ruby and the case of the firefly fiasco

It was a night so dark that even the streetlamp on Mrs. Piggott’s corner was humming in protest.

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Ruby and the case of the firefly fiasco
It was a night so dark that even the streetlamp on Mrs. Piggott’s corner was humming in protest. I, Ruby, the neighbourhood’s only, some would say finest, pet detective, was prowling my usual beat.…
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October 19, 2025 at 8:00 AM
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Paw Prints

Ruby was not, in any official sense, a detective. She had no badge, no trench coat, no magnifying glass.

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Paw Prints
Ruby was not, in any official sense, a detective. She had no badge, no trench coat, no magnifying glass. What she did have, however, was a tail with the balance of a tightrope walker, the patience …
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September 26, 2025 at 8:36 AM
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Whisker Chaos

Ruby was no ordinary cat. She wasn’t even an ordinary nosey cat. She was the neighbourhood’s unofficial pet detective.

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Whisker Chaos
Ruby was no ordinary cat. She wasn’t even an ordinary nosey cat. She was the neighbourhood’s unofficial pet detective, a self-proclaimed title she repeated to anyone who would listen, mostly pigeon…
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September 19, 2025 at 8:14 AM
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Whisker Crimes

Ruby, neighbourhood cat extraordinaire, awoke at precisely 7:04 a.m. to find that the world was once again falling apart.

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Whisker Crimes
Ruby, neighbourhood cat extraordinaire, awoke at precisely 7:04 a.m. to find that the world was once again falling apart. By “world,” she meant the narrow suburban street she ruled from the perch o…
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September 12, 2025 at 8:23 AM
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The night of the crickets’ conspiracy

It wasn’t normal chirping. This was… organised.
Like they’d been to night school for percussion.

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The night of the crickets’ conspiracy
I had just settled into my premium, cashmere-lined Amazon box for the evening when the trouble began. And by “trouble,” I mean an unholy racket in the garden, the kind of noise that makes your whis…
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September 6, 2025 at 10:11 AM
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Remote Hysteria

It all began when Mrs. Peabody from Number 7 waddled into the street wearing her pink fluffy dressing gown (and not much else, according to a horrified postman) shouting,

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Remote Hysteria
It all began when Mrs. Peabody from Number 7 waddled into the street wearing her pink fluffy dressing gown (and not much else, according to the horrified postman) shouting, “I’ve lost the TV remote…
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August 27, 2025 at 8:08 AM
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Tuna Panic

Ruby wasn’t your average feline. Sure, she licked her butt and knocked over cups of water with the casual cruelty of a Roman emperor, but by day, or more accurately, dusk, she was the self-appointed Pet Detective of Sycamore Crescent.

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Tuna Panic
Ruby wasn’t your average feline. Sure, she licked her butt and knocked over cups of water with the casual cruelty of a Roman emperor, but by day, or more accurately, dusk, she was the self-appointe…
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August 21, 2025 at 9:59 AM
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Whisker Whaaaaat?!

It was a quiet Tuesday on Pinecone Lane. The kind of quiet that cats don’t trust.

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Whisker Whaaaaat?!
It was a quiet Tuesday on Pinecone Lane. The kind of quiet that cats don’t trust. The squirrels were pretending to be innocent, the birds were tweeting way too off-key, and—most disturbing of all—t…
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August 15, 2025 at 7:49 AM
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Mat Swap!

It all began on a windy Wednesday morning, the kind of day that makes you suspicious of wheelie bins and question your life choices.

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Mat Swap!
It all began on a windy Wednesday morning, the kind of day that makes you suspicious of wheelie bins and question your life choices. Ruby, a tabby with delusions of grandeur and a Sherlock complex,…
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August 8, 2025 at 8:12 AM
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The Cream Conspiracy

Ruby had a lot on her mind that morning. Mostly it was tuna, but also, the disappearance of every last drop of milk in the neighborhood.

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The Cream Conspiracy
Ruby had a lot on her mind that morning. Mostly it was tuna, but also, the disappearance of every last drop of milk in the neighborhood. “Not even a splash left in Mrs. Dobbins’ cereal bowl,&…
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August 4, 2025 at 8:10 AM