Inspector Richard Jury is called to investigate the murder of a girl found behind the local pub, with the problem that the only witness is the establishments eponymous black cat.
Richard Jury is still dealing with the guilt of the accident that sent Lu Aquilar into a coma. But then he gets assigned the case of a beautiful woman who was murdered on the grounds of a pub called the Black Cat. And the only witness is a black cat. The woman is unidentifiable-but Jury is going to see that the person responsible is known to all...