Title: A Cat In The Manger
Description: (Alice Nestleton Mystery #1) 

When Alice Nestleton, actress and sleuth, goes to a friend's Long Island estate to cat-sit, she comes face to bloody face with a corpse. Unwittingly, Alice has stepped into a deadly conspiracy plot of high-stakes horse-racing and seduction. Her curiosity might land her a whisker away from death!
Subjects: Detective and mystery stories, Alice Nestleton (Fictitious character), Fiction