CRIME & MYSTERY. Doug Perkins doesn t dislike cats he just isn t especially interested in them. But the struggling young London public relations firm Perkins and Tate can t afford to be choosy about the jobs they take. So when Doug is asked to do the PR for a glorified feline extravaganza called Cats through the Ages, he doesn t hesitate. But it isn t long before he wishes he "had "hesitated.There are some very valuable cats on exhibit even a few feline celebrities. Then the robbery of a gold statue of Dick Whittington s cat sets nerves on edge. The theft is not exactly a PR man s dream, but this disaster pales in comparison to the gruesome murder that follows. Someone has knocked unconscious the show s organizer, the universally despised Rose Chesne-Malverne, and pushed her into a cage with a pair of feral tigers fancifully named Pyramus and Thisbe with predictably fatal results. Now it s up to Doug to find an elusive killer who appears to have nine lives of his own.