As the principal of St.Elizabeth's, an exclusive privateschool that caters to Crozet,Virginia's, best families, RoscoeFletcher has proven himself tobe a highly effective and vastly popular administrator. So whenhis obituary appears in the localpaper, everyone in town isupset. Yet nothing compares tothe shock they feel when theydiscover that Roscoe Fletcher isn't dead at all. Someone hasstooped to putting a phonyobituary in the newspaper. Butis it a sick joke or a sinisterwarning? Only Mrs. Murphy, thecanny tiger cat, senses the pure malice behind the act. Andwhen a second false obitappears, this time of aHollywood has-been who isRoscoe Fletcher's best friend,Mrs. Murphy invites her friends, the corgi Tee Tucker, and fat catPewter, to do a bit of sleuthing.It's obvious to this shrewd pussthat two phony death noticesadd up to deadly trouble. Andher theory is borne out when one of the men is fiendishlymurdered. "Harry" Haristeen, inher position as Crozet'spostmistress, is the first to hearall the theories on whodunit -starting with the man's jealous wife. Then a second bloodyhomicide follows, and a third.People are dropping like flies inCrozet and no one seems toknow why.