In the latest mystery in the New
York Times
bestselling Cat in the Stacks series, librarian Charlie
Harris and his Maine Coon cat Diesel must clear a friend
when the evidence is stacked against
her…
Springtime in Mississippi is abloom with
beauty, but the
library’s employees are too busy worrying to stop and smell
the flowers. The new library director, Oscar Reilly, is a
brash, unfriendly Yankee who’s on a mission to cut costs—and
his first targets are the archive and the rare book
collection.
As annoying as a long-overdue book, Reilly
quickly raises
the hackles of everyone on staff, including Charlie’s fiery
friend Melba—whom Reilly wants to replace with someone
younger. But his biggest offense is declaring all
four-legged creatures banned from the stacks.
With
enemies aplenty, the suspect list is long when Reilly's
body is discovered in the library. But things take a turn
for the worse when a threatening e-mail throws suspicion on
Melba.
Charlie is convinced that his friend is no
murderer,
especially when he catches sight of a menacing stranger
lurking around the library. Now he and Diesel will have to
read between the lines, before Melba is shelved under “G”
for guilty…