Agatha Sherlock Graves was named for two of her mother's favorite mystery personalities. Having been weaned on mysteries, it is only natural that she reached middle age without a single person knowing what she'd done along the way. When asked, she quotes Edgar Allan Poe, "Should you ever be drowned or hung, be sure and make a note of your sensations." Then she adds inexplicably, 'A cat has nine lives." Whereupon, she quotes Poe again, "The serenading cat makes a noise like an infant with the colic, for which it is often mistaken." Agatha has neither children or cats.