Award-winning author ShirleyRousseau Murphy once againgives eager readers memorableand charming characters, bothfeline and human, in a skillfuland sophisticated story that magically transcends themystery genre. Tomcat Joe Grey,his feline companion, Dulcie,and their timid but tough-as-nails tattercoat friend Kit will"leave fans purring with pleasure," wrote PublishersWeekly. In this twelfth intricateand enchanting novel, the craftyfeline trio faces perhaps theirmost feared enemy: two oftheir closest human friends are kidnapped and may not live tosee freedom.Molena Point, California, nestledquietly on the Pacific coast milesbelow San Francisco, is not aplace where most escaped federal prisoners would hole up.But Cage Jones has a reason.Facing another prison term, heescapes from jail hot forrevenge against the MolenaPoint resident who turned state s witness against him and who,he s certain, has stolen hishidden cache - a fortune forwhich he has not served time,and does not intend to. Whenlocal headlines tell Dulcie that Cage has escaped, the tabby iscold with fear for herhousemate, Wilma. Joe Grey,puzzling over two brutal localmurders, doesn t pay attentionuntil Wilma s house is vandalized and Dulcie finds CageJones on the premises, but notWilma. While cops swarm on tothe scene, Joe and his humanhousemate take off on a wildsearch for Wilma - and Dulcie and Kit foolishly go into Jones shideout.When the three indomitablefelines, paw-in-hand with theunsuspecting cops - and withspecial powers known by only a few select humans - helpuntangle Jones s agenda and thebrutal murders, the devil-tingedscenario leaves a lasting fearamong the cats. In one ofShirley Rousseau Murphy s most suspenseful and unforgettablebooks to date - a whimsical andimaginative trip into the hiddenlives of felines - the cats, and aband of feral friends, help bringpeace to the small seaside village.