Kat Colorado, private investigator, returns in her ninth adventure. Kat is normally a witty, back-talking detective who revels in solving problems, but she is still reeling from the death of her lover, Hank. They were planning to be married in two weeks and he was killed in the line of duty.
Life is no longer sunny or fun.
She has nightmares and wonderful dreams, but nothing takes the place of Hank. Walk into her life an abused wife who claims her husband is trying to kill her. Kat does not want to take the case but her psychologist friend Jill talks her into it. This woman, Sara, is a bundle of contradictions that causes Kat all kinds of trouble. Sara declares that her policeman husband Jed wants to murder her.