Аннотация

Award-winning author Shirley
Rousseau Murphy once again
gives eager readers memorable
and charming characters, both
feline and human, in a skillful
and sophisticated story that magically transcends the
mystery 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 Publishers
Weekly. In this twelfth intricate
and enchanting novel, the crafty
feline trio faces perhaps their
most feared enemy: two of
their closest human friends are kidnapped and may not live to
see freedom.
Molena Point, California, nestled
quietly on the Pacific coast miles
below San Francisco, is not a
place where most escaped federal prisoners would hole up.
But Cage Jones has a reason.
Facing another prison term, he
escapes from jail hot for
revenge against the Molena
Point resident who turned state s witness against him and who,
he s certain, has stolen his
hidden cache - a fortune for
which he has not served time,
and does not intend to. When
local headlines tell Dulcie that Cage has escaped, the tabby is
cold with fear for her
housemate, Wilma. Joe Grey,
puzzling over two brutal local
murders, doesn t pay attention
until Wilma s house is vandalized and Dulcie finds Cage
Jones on the premises, but not
Wilma. While cops swarm on to
the scene, Joe and his human
housemate take off on a wild
search for Wilma - and Dulcie and Kit foolishly go into Jones s
hideout.
When the three indomitable
felines, paw-in-hand with the
unsuspecting cops - and with
special powers known by only a few select humans - help
untangle Jones s agenda and the
brutal murders, the devil-tinged
scenario leaves a lasting fear
among the cats. In one of
Shirley Rousseau Murphy s most suspenseful and unforgettable
books to date - a whimsical and
imaginative trip into the hidden
lives of felines - the cats, and a
band of feral friends, help bring
peace to the small seaside village.