“That was no accident.”Escaping Los Angeles andtheugly memories of her son’srecentmurder, Maudie Toolareturns to her childhood homeof Molena Point with her orphaned grandson, facing theupcoming Christmas holidaywith trepidation. But she is notaware that the small seasidevillage is being plagued by aseries of brutal attacks on single women . . . orthat the heartlessfiend who shattered her worldhasfollowed her here.Feline sleuth Joe Grey and his catpals have a lot on their dish thisholiday season, and it overflows when an elderly wanderingtomcat appears on the scenebearing an important messagefrom a state prisoner for thechief of police. But this lonelyold cat also has a personal agenda—as does Maudie Toola,who knows more than she’stelling about her son’s killer.