The Black Cat

The Black Cat by Martha Grimes. hardcover edition. ISBN: 9781410425263.

Three months have passed since Richard Jury was left bereft and guilt-ridden by his lovers tragic auto accident, and he is now more wary than ever. So he is deeply suspicious when he is requested on a case far from his jurisdiction. In an outlying village, a young woman has been murdered behind the local pub. The only witness is the establishments black cat, who gives neither crook nor clue to the girls identity -- or her killers.