The first hardcover in Sofie Kelly’s charming New York Times bestselling series, featuring a resourceful librarian and two mischievous kitties with more than a touch of magic…

With a well-placed paw on a keyboard or a pointed stare, Kathleen Paulson’s two cats, Hercules and Owen, have helped her to solve mysteries in the past—so she has learned to trust their instincts. But she will need to rely on them even more than ever when a twenty-year-old scandal leads to murder…

The arrival of the Janes brothers has the little town of Mayville Heights buzzing. Everyone of a certain age remembers when Victor had an affair with Leo’s wife, who then died in a car accident.

Now it seems the brothers are trying to reconcile, until Kathleen finds Leo dead. The police suspect Leo’s son, Kathleen’s good friend Simon, who had a furious argument with his father and now has an alibi no one can verify. To prove her friend innocent, Kathleen will have to dig deep into the town’s history—and into her sardine cracker supply, because Owen and Hercules don’t work for free…