When an obituary of a popular principal appears in the local newspaper, the good people of Crozet, Virginia are upset. They're even more shocked when they learn the obit was a joke. Mrs. Murphy the canny tiger cat is the only one who senses the malice behind the act, and her instincts prove sound when another false obituary appears, followed by one fiendish murder after another. Now the shrewd puss must lead postmistress Harry Haristeen down a perilous trail to a deadly killer . . .