Winter puts tiny Crozet,Virginia, in a deep freeze andeveryone seems to be sufferingfrom the winter blahs, includingpostmistress Mary Minor “Harry” Haristeen. So all are ripe for thejuicy gossip coming out ofCrozet Hospital–until the mainsource of that gossip turns updead. It’s not like Harry to resista mystery, and she soon finds the hospital a hotbed of ego,jealousy, and illicit love.But it’s tiger cat Mrs. Murphy,roaming the netherworld ofCrozet Hospital, who sniffs out asecret that dates back to the Underground Railroad. ThenHarry is attacked and a doctor isexecuted in cold blood.Soon only a quick-witted catand her animal pals felinePewter and corgi Tee Tucker stand between Harry and acoldly calculating killer with aprescription for murder.