The second book in the Cat Carlyle Mysteries begins when a widow who ran a Miniature Pincher Rescue Society is found murdered. Oklahoma City Homicide Detective, Tom Sullivan, calls on his friend and radio broadcast journalist, Cat Carlyle, to assist him in getting the word out about the orphaned dogs. Cat and Tom learn a few things about themselves as the mystery into the recent murder unravels. When the new dog owners and their pets start turning up dead or missing, the only thing it seems that connects them all is their absolute loneliness. What will Cat's willingness to help Sullivan cost her? Will isolation and ghosts from her past be the tokens she takes with her to the grave?