Dear Victoria,

I must be brief. I'm Casserole Rudio's ghost, and I need your help.

A white cat named Lucy visited Cass in her dreams. She warned Cass that three murders would happen on July 3 at 11:59 p.m. She said they could be prevented.

The first victim is -

I was reading so fast that the letters were falling off the paper. My pulse hummed between my ears as I waited for them to climb back on and rearrange themselves.

I waited and waited, blinking ...