Sophie Katz's relationship with the irresistible and occasionally insufferableP.I. Anatoly Darinsky is on the fritz when a friend recruits Sophie'sinvestigation skills to decode her possibly two-timing husband's strangebehavior. When Sophie shows up in a short, red cocktail dress and herfriend's hubby winds up dead, the loveable would-be sleuth can't help buttake on the job. Suddenly plunged into a crazy world of campaign mudslinging, dirt-diggingand cover-ups, Sophie begins to uncover some pretty dirty secrets indeed--involving a conservative congressional hopeful's involvement in the Furrycommunity, a group of people who dress up in mascot-size stuffed animalcostumes. Sex and politics, wouldn't you know? Way in over her head as usual, Sophie reluctantly--or not-so-reluctantly--enlists the help of her two-time sidekick and ex--Anatoly. Togetherthey set out to determine who killed Eugene and why, and in theprocess can't resist falling for each other--again?