When writer Lucinda Lucas tries to dispose of her literary figures, Miss Petunia, Lily, and Lorinda, the fictional town they inhabit understandably falls apart. But when Brimful Coffers, the writers' community in which Lucinda lives, finds out about the trio's demise, it, too, dissolves into chaos. Old feuds are resurrected and new feuds are born as the town full of mystery authors begins to wonder if Life has imitated Art or vice versa. Of course the cats, Had-I, But-Known, and Roscoe, become involved in the brouhaha and add their share to the motives for murder and frayed nerves in the community. Marian Babson blurs the line between reality and fantasy in her latest off-the-wall crime concoction.