When Qwill rents Euphonia Gage's mansion in Moose County, he and Koko soon discover fifteen closets jammed with several generations of junk. But what starts out as junk soon turns into something more. The mansion's former occupant is enjoying a new life in warm, sunny Florida. But word soon comes that Euphonia is dead, an apparent suicide victim. Why would someone as happy and full of life as Euphonia Kill herself? And what is the connection between the Gage family and dead potato farmer Gil Inchpot (Who is found buried in snow with a bullet in his head)? Can Qwill and the cats uncover a family secret before the winter yields another dead body?

Lilian Jackson Braun composed her first poem at the age of two. She began writing her Cat Who…detective series when one of her own Siamese cats mysteriously fell to its death from her apartment. Since then twenty-four Cat Who…. Novels have been published, all featuring the very talented Koko and Yum Yum, Siamese cats with a bent for detection. Lilian Jackson Braun and her husband, Earl, live with their cats in the mountains of North Carolina.