The Legacy of Lehr — Katherine Kurtz

DEADLY GAMES OF INTERGALACTIC CAT-AND-MOUSE

They were larger than lions, possessed of mystical powers and psychic cunning, and once had been worshipped as mighty gods. But when an imperial decree orders Captain Lulobo of the space-cruiser Valkyrie to transport the blue-furred cats of Lehr to the Emperor's zoo, he finds them a devilish nuisance.

And then a cause for panic. For a killer is loose onboard the cruiser and as the corpses mount up, so do the clues that point to murder-must-feline. Yet the cats couldn't possibly have escaped their maximum security cages. Or could they? Or are the murders the work of some far deadlier force -- oe it may be impossible to stop?