Cat Telling Tales

"Missinghumans，missingcats，what'sthedifference?"AfireintheseasidevillageofMolenaPointhasleftatwelve-year-oldboyhomeless—andthebodyofhisalcoholicguardianisfoundinthesmolderingruins.Amostcurioustomcat，felinep.i.JoeGreywondersifescapewasreallyimpossiblefortheelderlywomanorifsomethingmoresinisteroccurred.AndwhenboisterousDebbieKraftdescendsuninvitedontheDamens'homewithhertwochildren，claimingthatherex-husbandhasleftherdestitute，Joereallysmellsarat—especiallywhenhediscoversDebbieiscarryingloadsofcash...andthatthedeadwomanwasherestrangedmother.Thiscase—anastymixofmissingpersons，abandonedpets，real-estatescams，andmurder—hasJoe'sfurstandingonend.Butit'snotuntilDebbie'sleft-behindhousecatshowsupthatJoeandhisfurrydetectingpalsfindthebiggest，mosttroublingclueofall：agravethatthecopssomehowhavemissed.，