"...this is just ghastly," Missy meowed. To steal a sister's heart was to desecrate her accomplishments before the Great Cats. To steal a sister's eyesight was to deny her entry into a next life. Why would anybody do so to the Old Crone, who had given her life to the city and the betterment of every cat within it? In a nondescript city there live groups of cats, each in their own territory. Missy is such a cat, part of the block of garden cats. She lives a carefree life up until she finds out that her neighbor was murdered; with a clue to the killer, Missy and two of her friends set out to find the one responsible.