This Halloween, the cats are hiding, and the monsters don’t wear costumes.
Young men from the Portland-Seattle area are going missing. It's just another sad headline to Lynley Cannon—until she starts her new cat sitting job for the enigmatic Darla.
Meanwhile the neighborhood is preparing for the Hawthorne All-Hallows Holiday Fête. Lynley's mom Carol is running a craft booth, and her granddaughter Seleia will be acting in a play. All is going nicely when one of the kidnapped men shows up at the hall, sick and malnourished. He dies before he can give away his captor, casting a pall on the festive joy.
Lynley begins to link the facts together, but her inquiries stir up trouble. An off-limits room in Darla's house, a suspicious phone message involving drugs, and the sudden appearance of a missing man's kitten arouse Lynley's suspicion, but how far can she go before the consequences of her cat-like curiosity turn deadly?
If you like amateur sleuths, meet Lynley Cannon, a sixty-something cat shelter volunteer who finds more trouble than a cat in catnip. Cat tips included, plus a recipe for Tuna Treats for cats.
