Feline P.I. Joe Grey and his partner, Dulcie, are frantic when their kitten, Courtney, goes missing. Locked in an upstairs apartment above the local antiques shop, Courtney's enjoying her first solo adventure. Courtney befriends the shop's owner, Ulrich, little guessing that he is hiding a dangerous secret that could threaten her and everyone in this California coastal village. Following Cat Shining Bright, this 21st outing finds Joe desperate to save his daughter, even as he undertakes a troubling case with the Molina Point Police Department.