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, Elwyn Dillard, 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, Dillard quickly raises the hackles of everyone on
staff, including Charlie’s fiery friend Melba—whom Dillard
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 Dillard’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…