Operation Checkout

Detective Senior Constable Ben Jackson is handsome, kind, hard-working and diligent. He's also as thick as two planks.
Tammy Norman is clever as all get-out. She's also sillier than a wet hen.
And then there is Tom.
Tom is a cat.
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In Operation Checkout, a country holiday to meet Ben's parents takes a turn for the worse when Ben's mother is targeted by criminals.