When the Cat's Away — Gilbert Morris

When White Sands, Alabama, is chosen as the location for an international cat show, cat lovers from all over the world flock to the beach. Jake Novak is disgusted at the idea of people fawning over cats, but his downstairs housemate, Mary Katherine Forrest, is delighted. And when the favorite pedigreed cat is kidnapped, however, the cat -- loving world is shocked. Then other favored contestants disappear and Jake is hired to solve the catnapping.

As the plot thickens, the friends of Jake and Mary Katherine are drawn into the chase--Beverly Devon -- Hunt, Enola Stern, and Oceola Plank join forces to run the catnapper to a blazing finish--aided of course, by Jacques the Ripper...