Baxter, Cynthia, 1953- Reigning cats & dogs mystery.

For a vet turned sleuth, solving crime is a matter of animal instinct"--Cover

Veterinarian Jessica Popper is basking in newlywedded bliss when neighbors beg her to investigate the suspicious death of the "king of the corporate jungle", Linus Merrywood. On stormy Solitude Island, in Peconic Bay, off the eastern end of Long Island, Jess feels as if she has walked into an old-fashioned game of Clue: a butler named Jives, and assistant named Scarlett, teatime in the conservatory, and a house that has secret passageways, moving walls, and a wailing aunt locked in the attic