When Pru Marlowe gets the call that there's been a cat shooting, she's furious. Animal brutality is the one thing this tough animal psychic won't stand for. But when Pru finds out that the cat did the shooting-accidentally setting off a rare dueling pistol-she realizes something else is going on. Could the white Persian really have killed her owner? Or did the whole bloody mess have something to do with that pricey collectible? With the white cat turning a deaf ear to her questions, Pru must tune in to Beauville's other pampered residents-from the dead man's elite social set to their equally spoiled pets-and learn the truth before her ex, a former New York cop, gets too close.... Clea Simon is the author of the Theda Krakow and Dulcie Schwartz mysteries. This is the second in her Pru Marlowe "pet noir" series. www.cleasimon.com