As the annual Dogwood Festival approaches, postmistress Mary Minor “Harry” Haristeen feels her own mating instincts stir. Spring fever comes to the small town of Crozet, Virginia. Murphy, feline intuition tells her there’s more in the air than just pheromones. <br><br>As for tiger cat Mrs. Then another death and a shooting lead to the discovery of a half-million crisp, clean dollar bills that look to be very dirty. It begins with a case of stolen hubcaps and proceeds to the mysterious death of a dissolute young mechanic over a sobering cup of coffee. Mrs. <br><br>Now Harry is on the trail of a cold-blooded murderer. She also knows that Harry, curious as a cat, does not have nine lives. Murphy already knows who it is--and who’s next in line. 2003. And the one she does have is hanging by the thinnest of threads.