Becca Colwin is coming home from her job at Charm and Cherish when she sees ätortoiseshell kitten run down an alley-leading to a dead body.

As a connection between Becca and that corpse is confirmed, Becca comes under suspicion-and is dragged into a cyberware scandal, thanks to her cheating ex, Jeff. The unfaithful computer geek and his high-power investor were working on stealth software designed to record and transmit personal data-a new form of spyware that would be of interest to everyone from the police and security agencies to cybercriminals. And when Jeff's former friends and colleagues approach her, Becca finds the police aren't the only ones watching her.

Clea Simon is the Boston Globe-bestselling author of three nonfiction books and more than 30 mysteries, including World Enough and Hold Me Down, both of which were named "Must Reads" by the Massachusetts Center for the Book. A graduate of Harvard University and former journalist, she has contributed to publications ranging from Salon.com and Harvard Magazine töYankee and The New York Times.