Curiosity just might be thedeath of Mrs. Murphy--and herhuman companion, Mary Minor"Harry" Haristeen. Small townsare like families: Everyone livesvery close together. . .and everyone keeps secrets. Crozet,Virginia, is a typical small town-until its secrets explode intomurder. Crozet's thirty-something postmistress, MaryMinor "Harry" Haristeen, has a tiger cat (Mrs. Murphy) and aWelsh Corgi (Tucker), a pendingdivorce, and a bad habit ofreading postcards not addressedto her. When Crozet's citizensstart turning up murdered, Harry remembers that eachreceived a card with atombstone on the front and themessage "Wish you were here"on the back. Intent onprotecting their human friend, Mrs. Murphy and Tucker begin toscent out clues. Meanwhile,Harry is conducting her owninvestigation, unaware her petsare one step ahead of her. Ifonly Mrs. Murphy could alert her somehow, Harry could uncoverthe culprit before the murderoccurs--and before Harry findsherself on the killer's mailinglist.