But it is not until the next morning that Dulcie learns the disquieting truth: she was right to be spooked. A woman worryingly close to the university was savagely attacked, that very night. A woman who looks like Dulcie.

Aided by the cryptic advice from her kitten Esm and the ghost of her late, great cat Mr Grey, Dulcie can't stop herself from investigating, just a little . . .