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The tiny town heist

Ruby perched on the edge of Mrs. Pemberton’s bay window, tail flicking like a metronome set on jazz.

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The tiny town heist
Ruby perched on the edge of Mrs. Pemberton’s bay window, tail flicking like a metronome set on jazz. The sun was doing that lazy afternoon thing that made the whole street look like a postcard some…
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November 10, 2026 at 9:35 AM
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Birdseed bandit busted! 🚨 Your feline Sherlock, Ruby, cracked the case of the missing millet. 🕵️♀️ Turns out, Ricky "the Rake" McNutty was hoarding it in a secret squirrel speakeasy! 🥜🐿️ Justice served. 😂

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Feathers, fur and felonies
I always knew the neighbourhood was going to the dogs, quite literally. Ever since that spaniel moved in on Sycamore Street, there’s been more barking than sense. But today, things went too far. Th…
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May 7, 2025 at 2:47 PM
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The glowing stone

“Right,” she whispered to herself, squinting at the night sky like some feline James Bond, “tonight, we solve the mystery of the glowing stones.”

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The glowing stone
Ruby the Cat, Detective Extraordinaire (self-proclaimed, of course, and recognized officially only by her slightly judgmental goldfish, Mr. Bubbles), padded down Elm Street with the sort of stealth…
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March 13, 2026 at 9:43 AM
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The missing wind socks

Ruby neighbourhood’s premier pet detective (self-proclaimed, of course), flicked her tail in a manner that suggested she was either deeply annoyed or plotting world domination

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The missing wind socks
Ruby, neighbourhood’s premier pet detective (self-proclaimed, of course), flicked her tail in a manner that suggested she was either deeply annoyed or plotting world domination. Possibly both. “Hon…
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March 7, 2026 at 9:52 AM
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The purr-loining caper

Her whiskers twitched. Something was off. Something sinister. The post.

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The purr-loining caper
Ruby, the neighbourhood’s self-proclaimed feline detective, was stretched out on her velvet cushion, glaring at the world like a fluffy little goddess who had just discovered humans were inherently…
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March 1, 2026 at 10:02 AM
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The humming lamp

The night was dark. Dark like a cupboard under the stairs that smells of old tuna and existential dread.

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The humming lamp
The night was dark. Dark like a cupboard under the stairs that smells of old tuna and existential dread. And Ruby, of course, was there, crouched on the garden fence like a tiny, furry Sherlock Hol…
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February 23, 2026 at 8:57 AM
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The bell symphony

“Something smells… off,” she muttered to herself, whiskers twitching like antennae picking up signals from another dimension.

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The bell symphony
Ruby, sleek, black, and possessed of what could only be called “cat-level paranoia,” sat on her usual perch, a slightly wobbly garden fence that doubled as her surveillance tower and surveyed the n…
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February 17, 2026 at 8:29 AM
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The picnic basket heist

They say curiosity killed the cat. I say, nonsense. Curiosity pays the bills, keeps my fur shiny, and most importantly, makes me the best-darned detective in the neighbourhood.

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The picnic basket heist
They say curiosity killed the cat. I say, nonsense. Curiosity pays the bills, keeps my fur shiny, and most importantly, makes me the best-darned detective in the neighbourhood. I am Ruby, a sleek, …
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February 11, 2026 at 9:01 AM
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The bamboozled boulevards

Ruby twitched her whiskers. The street signs were wrong again. “Catnip Avenue” had somehow become “Doggo Lane”. Again.

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The bamboozled boulevards
Ruby twitched her whiskers. The street signs were wrong again. “Catnip Avenue” had somehow become “Doggo Lane”. Again. This was the third time this week, and Ruby, self-appointed neighbourhood dete…
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February 5, 2026 at 9:08 AM
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The gnome who blinked

Ruby would like it noted, formally, for the record, and possibly for future litigation—that she is not paranoid.

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The gnome who blinked
Ruby would like it noted, formally, for the record, and possibly for future litigation—that she is not paranoid. She is observant. There is a difference. At exactly 02:17 every morning, the lawn or…
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January 30, 2026 at 10:17 AM
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The vanishing sparkly thing

Ruby sighed the sigh of a cat who had seen too much of the world and too little tuna.
“Gone,” she repeated. “Or misplaced?”

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The vanishing sparkly thing
Ruby had always known this day would come.Not the day of reckoning, exactly, but the day when crime would finally slither out from under the sofa and knock over a fish tank ornament in broad daylig…
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January 24, 2026 at 9:52 AM
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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 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