"Why is it, Joe, that you arealways the one to find thebody?"On a lovely moonlit night, whilecarrying a gift of mice to a litterof kittens, Joe Grey stumbles upon a murder scene. Behind anempty house, in an emptyswimming pool, there's blood,the smell of human death, anddrag marks. But there's novictim—and it's hard to prove a crime without a corpse.Driven by stubborn felinecuriosity, Joe Grey sets out toinvestigate. With Dulcie and Kitfollowing him along a killer'strail, Joe discovers evidence of conflict among the residents ofthis seemingly peacefulneighborhood—multiple signsof breaking-and-entering, withnothing of value stolen. Andthey find something far worse: hints of violence yet to come . . .and more planned murder.With the help of two local ferals,Joe, Kit, and Dulcie must nowthwart a killer using the mostunorthodox means at their disposal: a criminal's unnaturalyet powerful fear of cats