The little Korat, Bhu Fan and her henchman, Hawkeye the Maine Coon, are now afoot in Northern England where two of their companions go astray and meet up with a wilder cousin who takes a dim view of mere housecats in his territory. While back at Siberia Farm in Maine, Shere Khan and Smudge have deadly crises of their own to deal with. And an antique quilt Beth Merryman finds in an old shop in Kendal, Cumbria holds the key to a 200-year-old mystery in far off Penobscot County.

That trio of intrepid feline sleuths is at it again. Hawkeye, Shere Khan and Bhu Fan continue their inquisitive ways when Kazandra, a mysterious Maine Coon of extraordinary pedigree turns up. While cattery owner Beth Merriman is trying to sort out this tangle, Bhu Fan discovers an ancient door under an old barn. When the cats lead Beth to this Viking-era chamber, she doesn't know whether to be dazzled or dismayed. if authentic, it could cost her both farm and cattery. And where does a wounded moose figure in all this?

Hawkeye, an outsized Maine Coon cat with extra toes, found life rather dull and ordinary at the MerryMaines Cattery until he fished a small, uppity and very royal Siamese Korat from a raging Penobscot River in Northern Maine. While her paws may never have touched anything but velvet, Bhu Fan quickly teams up with Hawkeye to foil a vicious pair of so-called animal brokers, evil men who tried to coerce Beth Merriman into selling them her cattery under threat of arson. And that is just the beginning of the adventures of this unlikely pairing of allies. Kidnapping, more perils, automobile thieves...

The cats of the MerryMaines Cattery meet up with "Joe Bob Dooley: The Sharecroppere's Son," and in getting over the shock, are launched into new adventures with Bhu Fan, their Korat seeress/royal princess leading the way.

Adventure and mystery surround the cats of the MerryMaines Cattery and their Maine Coon cohorts in the UK;mere humankind cannot afffect a rescue so it's left to the clever feline brigade to do it.

Die Geschichte handelt von dem Maine Coon Kater Hawkeye, der in der Merry Maines Cattery lebt und eine hochnasige Korat Katze aus einem Fluss rettet. Buh, die Korat-Katze, wird in der Maine Coon Cattery aufgenommen und nach anfanglichen Schwierigkeiten im Zusammenleben, gelingt es ihr mit Hilfe von Hawkeye sich die Akzeptanz der Merry Maine Coons zu sichern. Doch vorher kommen sie beinahe alle durch einen Hausbrand ums Leben, decken einen Diebstahl auf, finden die bosartige Zuchterin von Buh und konnen sie schliesslich auf einer Katzenausstellung in die Flucht schlagen

A series of puzzling cat thefts, along with the kidnapping of District judge Marshall, sends Beth Merryman, Betty Singletary and Howdy Harper south to East Tennessee and thence to the big cat show over 4th of July in Nashville on a rescue mission. Along the way, BhuFan and Hawkeye join up with the white tom, Star Sapphire. Her Highness indulges in some shaman shop talk with the unlikely seer, H.E. and Tree Harper's very proper Boston-bred Aunt Augusta learns the awful truth about one of her Harp ancestors. Meanwhile, back in Maine, Shere Khan & Co. have their paws full finding more stolen...