Curiosity is always a killer forformer police officer DixieHemingway. Even a trip to pickup her parrot at theveterinarian's office is bound toturn up something... curious. ..and the teenager Dixie meetsin the waiting room is noexception. Jaz, as she callsherself, is inconsolable after herstepfather ran over a rabbitwith his car. Really? Dixie's animal-like instinct tells her thatsomething's not quite rightabout this Jaz--and she's goingto make it her purr sonalbusiness to find out more. Evenif that means going on a wild- goose chase, from thepampered luxury of Siesta Key'sexclusive resorts to the gangwars being fought in the backalleys, to ferret out the truth.And not get caught with her tail between her legs in theprocess...