How do you solve a murder when the victim is still alive?

Maggie Lee's murder mentor (and almost lover) Patrick Mulligan wants her to find out who poisoned him before it's too late. Keeping the man she loves alive would be hard enough if all she had to worry about was not getting caught, but nothing's ever that simple.

In between dealing with her strung out cat, searching for Patrick's poisoner, meeting a deadline to deliver a mysterious gift for her mobster boss and keeping a curious reporter on his toes, she finds herself entangled in the complicated (and potentially dangerous) romantic affairs of her Aunt Susan and her semi-psychic friend Armani.

Hearts and lives are in peril.

Can the kooky, klutzy assassin save them?