When grad student Dulcie Schwartz thinks she hears a wolf late one night, on her way to pick up some forgotten papers from her departmental office, she tries to dismiss it - but it's too late for her peace of mind. The noises, the dark building and an unnerving sighting of her adviser - looking strangely unhuman in the moonlight - all combine to thoroughly give her the creeps. But it is not until the next morning that Dulcie learns the disquieting truth: she was right to be spooked. A woman worryingly close to the university was savagely attacked, that very night. A woman who looks like Dulcie.

Aided by the cryptic advice from her kitten Esme and the ghost of her late, great cat Mr Grey, Dulcie can't stop herself from investigating, just a little . . .