Cat in the Stacks #7
Berkley Prime Crime
February 2017
On Sale: February 7, 2017
304 pages ISBN: 0425277755 EAN: 9780425277751 Kindle: B00X593CO4 Mass Market Paperback / e-Book (reprint) Add to Wish List
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 herβ¦
Springtime in Mississippi is abloom with beauty, but the libraryβs employees are too busy worrying to stop and smell the flowers. The new library director, Oscar Reilly, is a brash, unfriendly Yankee whoβs on a mission to cut costsβand 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 Charlieβs fiery friend Melbaβwhom 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 βGβ for guiltyβ¦
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