Cat Ferry is a tough woman, but she's way out on the edge She's been fighting a drink problem for some time and she's still haunted by the mysterious murder of her father Cat is a forensic odontologist and her specialist knowledge of dentistry means that she is often called upon by the New Orleans Police Department Now she is helping Sean to investigate a particularly savage series of murders, but something in the case is calling to Cat, something that seems to connect with her own, troubled life The only chance Cat Ferry has to survive is to face down her demons, and confront a mystery of murder, corruption and evil that has entwined itself around her life