Murder Past Due
by:
Miranda James (author)
There's a cat in the stacks... ...and he makes the purr-fect partner for a librarian-turned-sleuth. Everyone in Athena, Mississippi, knows librarian Charlie Harris-and his Maine coon cat named Diesel that he walks on a leash. They also know his former classmate-turned-famous bestselling...
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There's a cat in the stacks... ...and he makes the purr-fect partner for a librarian-turned-sleuth. Everyone in Athena, Mississippi, knows librarian Charlie Harris-and his Maine coon cat named Diesel that he walks on a leash. They also know his former classmate-turned-famous bestselling novelist, Godfrey Priest. But someone in Athena took Godfrey off the bestseller lists- permanently, and with extreme prejudice. Now, Charlie and Diesel must browse through the history section of the town's past to find a killer.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780425236031 (042523603X)
ASIN: 042523603X
Publish date: August 3rd 2010
Publisher: Berkley Prime Crime
Pages no: 294
Edition language: English
Category:
Writing,
Books About Books,
Adult,
Mystery,
Detective,
Contemporary,
Thriller,
Mystery Thriller,
Crime,
Animals,
Cats,
Cozy Mystery
Series: Cat in the Stacks Mystery (#1)
Charlie Harris works in his home town, Athena, Mississippi, as a librarian who walks his cat to work, a rescued Maine Coon, on a leash. An ex-classmate of his, Godfrey Priest, is returning to the town to do a book launch and has some other plans as well, this involves Charlie's lodger, the son of an...
From the comments I've been getting, quite a few of you have read this book so I'll keep it brief. Murder Past Due follows library archivist/amateur sleuth Charlie Harris and his trusty sidekick Diesel as they try to solve the mystery of the murdered mystery writer. Trouble is, Godfrey Priest is ...
At work so the review will have to wait. Overall though a very fun and enjoyable cozy mystery.
Series: Cat in the Stacks #1 A well-known author of crime thrillers is murdered in his hometown and Charlie Harris, a librarian with a Maine coon cat called Diesel, feels compelled to help the cops investigate. The murder mystery aspect was okay although definitely still finding its sea legs, but ...
Diesel is the name of Charlie’s Maine Coon Cat. They are larger than your average variety. Charlie Harris, the librarian of the Archive Department of Athena’s library, narrates, “Strangers sometimes stopped us on the street to ask if he was a weird-looking dog—and I’d swear Diesel looked offended ...