The stakes are higher and morepersonal than ever for felineinvestigator Joe Grey whendeath comes to his belovedcoastal California town in thistwentieth installment of the enchanting cat mystery series.While new father Joe Grey isoverjoyed to teach his threeyoung kittens about the world,he misses his cop work —secretly helping solve crimes alongside his human friends atMolena Point P. D. But whenbeautician Barbara Conley andone of her customers are founddead in the salon, Joe makes anexception, he heads for the crime scene. He has no idea thatthe kittens are following him, orhow they will complicate theinvestigation.But this is not the only dangerto the kittens. A stranger is lurking around the home ofJoe’s tabby lady, Dulcie, wherethe kittens were born. Bothparents’ backs are up and theirclaws out, ready to protect theirbabies and to protect Wilma Getz, Dulcie’s humanhousemate.As the death of the beauticianbecomes entangled with a gangof thieves working the village,Joe, Dulcie, Kit and Pan are all into the investigation; and theyare led to unexpectedconnections, to the building ofthe new cat shelter and to aneighbor who becomessuddenly an unexpected part of the tangle.Joe Grey fans will relish thislatest installment followingtheir favorite feline detectiveand his growing group offriends.