Kate Forrest and her son, Jeremy, are hardly getting by living in Memphis when Kate discovers that she is the beneficiary to a large estate left to her by a distant, unknown relative. She and Jeremy move in, along with their two unusual felines - Jacques the Ripper and Cleo- to share a beach house in White Sands, Alabama, with another distant relative, cat-hater, ex-cop, and wanna-be novelist Jake Winters. Along with the bevy of other animals that the house includes, everyone settles in and starts getting to know the area when one of the neighbors is unexpectedly murdered. Jeremy becomes the prime suspect, and it will take two hard-working cat-sleuths to unmask the real killer. Gilbert Morris, softcover, 250 pages.