If you like a good whodunnit, this is the book for you. Put a bunch of lawyers in a bag and shake it and you come up with Claire Matturro's entertaining tale of murder, arson, and an unexpected sleuth in the form of a very erudite, sophisticated, and charming black cat named Trouble.
Abby Coleridge is a young lawyer with a kind heart and a soft touch for a certain black cat who wanders into her life. Little does she know that he will help her in ways she can't imagine. After she takes in a young colleague, Layla, who has suffered a fire in her apartment, Abby's life is suddenly turned upside down. She quickly has second thoughts about her act of generosity because something is definitely up with her new roommate.
Abby realizes Layla's hiding something. When she is kidnapped, Abby must find her and resolve the mystery around the kidnapping. Abby is thrown into a partnership with Victor Rutledge, her roommate's friend and an aspiring lawyer. Victor brings with him his own troubled past. Can Abby learn to trust him and her instincts? Together, they must follow the clues in search of Layla. Trouble, with his superior sleuthing skills and protective instincts, helps Abby and Victor in their search and in their budding romance. ( )