A funny coastal mystery series

Captain Dumbass Mysteries

Everyone in Mackerel Point believes Captain is a decorated detective. Jude Tuck knows he is a cat with a damaged ear, excellent timing, and absolutely no respect for evidence procedure.

Unfortunately, the murders keep arranging themselves around his naps.

A competent amateur sleuth.

A town addicted to legends.

A cat receiving wildly inappropriate credit.

Start at the beginning

The first five mysteries

Each mystery resolves. The stranger question of who Captain used to belong to keeps prowling through the series.

Welcome to Mackerel Point

Where gossip travels faster than the ferry

Historic houses, municipal arguments, suspicious archives, and one aggressively photogenic cat. The town has an explanation for everything. Most of those explanations are wrong.

News from the Point

Get release news and the occasional unauthorized Captain report.