A quiet afternoon turns into a full-blown investigation when seven-year-old Malcolm Goldman bursts in wearing a trench coat, a paper mustache, and a very serious accusation: the neighborhood cats have vanished. Armed with a magnifying glass, questionable evidence, and a basset hound sidekick who’d rather nap, Malcolm launches a noir-style case that leads to tuna cans, cookie conspiracies, and one very patient neighbor.Malcolm Goldman and the Mystery of the Missing Cats is a warm, funny father-and-son story about imagination, justice, and how every great detective case somehow ends with snacks.