Murder
Past Due by Miranda James is the first mystery in the Cat in
the Stacks Mystery. The stacks refer to
the library where Charlie Harris is the librarian, and the cat is his Maine
Coon, Diesel.
Among
other things, we get to know Charlie and Diesel, their housekeeper, and their
border. They live is Athena,
Mississippi, and live – normally – a fairly simple and quiet life.
One
of Charlie’s old classmates, Godfrey Priest, who was a jerk and a bully in
school and hadn’t changed much, had become wealthy writing violent thrillers.
Priest
had come home to Athena as part of a book tour – and who knows what else – and he
finds out he has a son – Charlie’s boarder.
Despite his excitement and meeting his son, one of the many people in
Athena who held a grudge against Priest kills him.
The
story is engaging and comes to a satisfying resolution.
I
have become fond of Diesel who always seems to know what his human family needs
in the way of care. And I intend to go on to the next book in the series.
[This
review appears on my blog, Amazon.com, and Goodreads.com].
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