Freelance reporter Cat Marsala has written a story about the duo. Riding an air of euphoria, Cat gives her guest, a friend s canine, a juicy bone from the emporium. She looks forward to an enjoyable evening with her lover Dr. Sam Dapper. However, her romantic evening abruptly end when Sam recognizes that the bone comes from a human. The police concur.
Cat wonders how a human remain can become part of the stock of the emporium s meat department.
She goes undercover as part of Spenser and Anglotti s catering service. She mingles with customers and staff. Soon the identify of the victim surfaces, but it takes an Agatha Christie revelation for Cat to determine the identity of the perpetrator. That accomplished, the culprit tries to add Cat s remains to the meat department. Anyone on a diet, needs to read this novel on a full stomach because the gourmet food waters the mouth.