The Cat Saw Murder by Dolores Hitchens When Rachel Murdock and her sister Jennifer receive a call for help from their favorite niece, Lilly, they quickly hop a train from Los Angeles to see her — but not before collecting their cat Samantha and bringing her along for the ride. Samatha, it turns out, is an heiress, the inheritor of a fortune left by a wealthy relative, and so the attempt at the cat’s life, made right after they arrive, comes as a shock. The cat survives, but unfortunately, Lilly is murdered soon thereafter. By the time the police arrive, the clues are already falling into place. The source of Lilly’s trouble is revealed to be a gambling debt and the suspects in her slaying quickly pile up. But then another corpse is discovered and it becomes clear that the killing spree concerns more than just the young lady’s personal money trouble. With the authorities distracted by lurid details.