Some skeletons just won't stay hidden. No one knows that better than University of Georgia archaeologist Lindsay Chamberlain. Still, she is shocked when a skeleton dressed in its Sunday best falls out of a packing crate that had been stored in a kudzu-covered shed on her grandfather's farm for more than sixty years. When other crates are discovered, each containing a stash of valuable artifacts, Lindsay begins to wonder. Could her beloved grandfather, a prominent archaeologist, have been a thief, a looter - even a murderer? As Lindsay struggles with these troubling questions, she helps a local private investigator locate the wooded grave of Shirley Foster, a missing faculty member. Lindsay is sucked into the investigation, which leads to more questions than answers. Why did Shirley Foster lie to the world about her life? Who wanted her dead?

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When Law Meets Paw... The result is this delightful anthology of seventeen courtroom tales by top-notch mystery writers. Cats and mysteries go hand-in-hand, no doubt. After all, what other animal is as mysterious as the common - yet never ordinary - house cat? What lurks behind that smug expression? What hidden secrets belie that indifferent stare? Always dignified, cats are quick to deal out their own justice with a claw or bite, and so it is only natural we find them in a variety of roles in these feline mysteries. Cats take the stand in their own defence to pounce on criminals, provide evidence, and turn the legal system on its collective ear - all in the name of justice. From a private eye who goes to bat for a cat's inheritance to a common mouser who turns out to be quite a bit more during a high-profile murder trial, these tales of crime are as crafty and cunning as kitties themselves - and just as entertaining! Stories in this clever anthology include: "The Witness Cat" by Parnell Hall * "Justice Knows No Paws" by Jon L. Breen * "It's in the Bag" by Bill Crider * "Animal Sounds" by Dulcy Brainard * "Blue Eyes" by Janet Dawson * "Cat, the Jury" by Catherine Dain * "The Memory Pool" by Tracy Knight * "The Lawlessness West of the Pecos" by Jan Grape * "Statute of Imitations" by Morris Hershman * "Catnip" by Dick Lochte * "Hoskin's Cat" by Shirley Rousseau Murphy * "Missing the Cat" by Mat Coward * "Prints" by Ann Barrett * "Mr. Biggles for the Defense" by Matthew Costello * "Family Ties" by Richard Chizmar and Barry Hoffman * "For the Benefit of Bootsy" by Jeremiah Healy * "In the Lowlands" by Gary A. Braunbeck