Stolen : a Kieran Yeats mystery

Set in Victoria, British Columbia, this superb series kickoff from Wright (the Caitlin Reece mysteries, as Lauren Wright Douglas) introduces Kieran Yates, a former Crown Counsel, who has left practicing law to work as an investigator of crime related to animals. She's drawn into a complex case after Jen, her 13-year-old goddaughter, confesses that 11 Bengal kittens have mysteriously disappeared from the cattery where Jen was hired to keep watch....