One of Evangeline's very long-time friends, Dame Cecile Savoy, calls Evangeline for emotional support after her elderly dog passes away. Dame Cecile needs Evangeline and Trixie to go with her while she takes her dog to the taxidermist.
When they arrive, the door is unlocked, but no one answers the bell. They wander through the store looking for someone, and Trixie wanders into an office, where she spies a cat in a cage waiting for the taxidermist's art. She is surprised when the cat moves and isn't actually dead, and then is even more surprised when the taxi driver, Eddie, yells to get out he found a dead body, and then fire comes out of the file cabinet and the wastepaper basket. She grabs the cat's cage and throws Dame Cecile's cape, which she was carrying, over the cage and runs out.
All four of them jump into the cab and take off, with Dame Cecile totally upset when she discovers that Trixie saved a cat instead of the remains of her dog. They have to put up with her wailing and complaining for the rest of the cab ride, but first they have to find a pay phone to call in an anonymous tip. They are relieved they are not involved with the murder.
They are wrong. They become involved when their long-time cab driver, Eddie, is held by the police as his vehicle was spotted driving away from the taxidermy when it caught on fire. While coming to Eddie's assistance, another body is discovered at a home they are visiting.
This wasn't my favorite in the series, as Evangeline and Trixie don't seem to be as involved in solving the murders as usual.
This book qualifies for # 8 in my ATY in 52 Books
This is also number 5 in my 2021 Goodreads Reading Challenge and in my Craving for Cozies along with my Alphabet Soup Reading Challenge--C,
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