When Qwilleran decided to do a feature series on the antique dealers of Junktown, he didn't know he would stumble onto a murder. It's up to Jim and his talented cats Koko and Yum Yum to solve the crime.
After a notorious woman bank robber is killed in a shoot-out with a Minneapolis police team headed by Lucas Davenport, her husband vows to avenge her death by learning the names of the cops responsible and murdering their loved ones.
"Washington Post" reporter Joe Potamos comes to the realization that his job and his life are in danger when he persists in investigating the murder of a prominent U.S. senator's daughter, even after he has been pulled off the story.