Hot on an investigative trail, you just might get burned. It's a week before Thanksgiving and PI Cat DeLuca has tailed a client's husband and his lover to a Bridgeport pub where she snags the photos she needs to tie the finishing bow on another case. As Cat sips her beer and thinks about lunch, a man dressed as Santa Claus walks into the bar. He speaks briefly with the bartender and disappears behind doors designated for employees only. Ten minutes later there's a commotion and Santa charges out. Santa's eyes meet Cat's and flash with recognition. The man in the Santa suit is Bill Bonham, class clown from Cat's days at Bridgeport High. Bill had come to the bar to do some sleuthing. His client is Lynn Leigh, a former bartender at O'Dwyer's Pub, who abruptly left her job -- and town -- ten years ago after witnessing a murder.
