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From her Brooklyn bookstore, Darla Pettistone not only sells mysteries, but solves them, aided by her big-boned black cat, Hamlet�who has suddenly pounced into the spotlight after unleashing his fists of furry� After a video of Darla and Hamlet performing at a martial arts tournament goes viral, the Florida chapter of the Feline Society of America invites the �Karate Kitty� to be the guest of honor at their championship cat show in Fort Lauderdale. Upon arrival, Darla discovers that not everyone in the Sunshine State has a sunny disposition. Animal rights activists are on the march, and a cat show contestant stages his own angry protest when his special breed Minx�half Sphynx, half Manx�doesn�t win. Then Hamlet disappears�only to be found next a dead man's body. Now it�s up to Darla and Hamlet to take best in show and collar the killer�