Twelve Angry Librarians (Cat in the Stacks Mystery)
Cozy Mystery
8th in Series
Setting – Mississippi
A Berkley Prime Crime Mystery
An Imprint of Penguin Random House LLC
Release Date – February 21, 2017
Hardcover: 272 pages
ISBN-13: 978-0425277768
Kindle ASIN: B01FEY5BNC
Light-hearted librarian Charlie Harris is known around his hometown of Athena, Mississippi, for walking his cat, a rescued Maine Coon named Diesel. But he may soon be taken for a walk himself—in handcuffs…
Charlie is stressed out. The Southern Academic Libraries Association is holding this year’s annual meeting at Athena College. Since Charlie is the interim library director, he must deliver the welcome speech to all the visiting librarians. And as if that weren’t bad enough, the keynote address will be delivered by Charlie’s old nemesis from library school.
It’s been thirty years since Charlie has seen Gavin Fong, and he’s still an insufferable know-it-all capable of getting under everyone’s skin. In his keynote, Gavin puts forth a most unpopular opinion: that degreed librarians will be obsolete in the academic libraries of the future. So when Gavin drops dead, no one seems too upset…
But Charlie, who was seen having a heated argument with Gavin the day before, has jumped to the top of the suspect list. Now Charlie and Diesel must check out every clue to refine their search for the real killer among them before the next book Charlie reads comes from a prison library…
Dollycas’s Thoughts
Seeing that kitty on the cover always makes me smile. I can’t believe this it the 8th Cat in the Stacks Mystery. This time we find Charlie running into some people he attended college with. Two he is very happy to see, one he wants to avoid. Knowing the one he wants to avoid is giving a keynote speech means they are going to meet face to face because Charlie’s library is hosting the event. The meeting does not go well but when the man drops dead during his address all eyes turn to Charlie as the prime suspect. Charlie quickly finds out there are several other librarians angry with Mr. Gavin Fong, he just needs to figure out which one permanently checked him out.
This is one of my favorite series of all time. I reviewed the first book, Murder Past Due,
Charlie and his wonderful feline sidekick, Diesel, make a fantastic team and they work together so well in their “purr – suit” to find the guilty party. This time there are so many suspects it was fun to parry them down one by one and even circle back to a few that I had already written off. This Gavin Fong sure rubbed people the wrong way. Charlie also has some things happening in his private life as well. Some great things, some that will take some thought, and one that has him a little worried. Diesel is such a calming presence in his life and one I understand so well myself.
This story is the epitome of what a cozy mystery is supposed to be with the exception that our amateur sleuth is a man, but a very lovable man. It is set in a small college town, we have a victim that has plenty of faults, and we are given a great mystery to solve. All the books in this series are outstanding.
A Cat-ivating Cozy !! A Purr-fect Escape!! 5 Paws!!
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Thank you for including Miranda James newest book on your blog. I love this series and can’t wait to get my hands on this book.
Haven’t read this series, yet.
Sounds like a great cozy.
This series looks amazing and I have been wanting to read it for a long time. Would love to win this book!
If Diesel is a Maine Coon, why is he shown with short fur?
I really enjoy this series; thanks so much for the opportunity to win a book.
I’ve heard of Miranda James. Cozies with animals are fun. Too much romance ruins a good mystery.