St. Francis de Sales, is an old parish tucked away in a corner of Austin, Texas run by pastor, Father Melvyn Kronkey, and his trusted, but audacious housekeeper, Mrs. B. A cat becomes the flashpoint in a simmering feud between two old parishioners, turning it into much more than murder. Father Melvyn and Mrs. B. are pitted against a determined evil that pulls them into a quagmire of greed, wrath, envy and revenge. The mayhem unleashed on St. Francis de Sales, compels Father Melvyn and Mrs. B. to confront the age-old question: why people do what they do to each other, as well as new truths, good and bad, about themselves as they struggle to protect the innocent and the reputation of the church.