"When an old friend opens his own detective agency, PI Cat DeLuca sees a train wreck. Everything Billy Bonham knows about being a private dick he learned from Humphrey Bogart. The bungling detective is in way over his head on a case involving murder and a stolen pair of dazzling diamond earrings. His outrageous client is pursued by men who want her dead. Five minutes after meeting her, Cat would cheerfully kill her too. Then Billy is gunned down on the street, and it's up to Cat to save his crazy client and nail a murderer. With a cast of zany characters and a pace that's unrelenting, this laugh-out-loud mystery is best served hot." -- Provided by publisher.