P.R. wizard and amateur sleuth Temple Barr has caught her share of bad guys. So when a B-movie actress begs her to investigate the suspicious death of her rich aunt's handyman, Temple happily takes the case - if only to take her mind off her chaotic private life. As she digs into the man's untimely demise, Temple finds plenty of suspect and greedy humans swarming around ailing Aunt Violet, who means to leave her estate to her resident cats. And it's clear to Midnight Louie that here are more deaths both human and feline coming . . .