Homicide Previous Due (Cat within the Stacks Thriller)

Everybody in Athena, Mississippi, is aware of Charlie Harris, the good-natured librarian with a rescued Maine coon cat named Diesel that he walks on a leash.  He’s returned to his hometown to immerse himself in books, however quickly sufficient he’s entangled in a real-life thriller…
 
A well-known creator of gory bestsellers and a former classmate of Charlie’s, Godfrey Priest would be the pleasure of Athena, however Charlie remembers him as an boastful, manipulative jerk—and he’s not the one one. Godfrey’s homecoming as a distinguished alumnus couldn’t presumably go worse: by lunch, he’s put a person within the hospital. By dinner, Godfrey’s useless.
 
Now it’s as much as Charlie, with some assist from Diesel, to paw via the city’s grudges and discover the killer earlier than an impatient deputy throws the guide on the incorrect particular person. However each final one in every of Charlie’s mates and associates had a rating to settle with the nasty novelist. As if the homicide wasn’t already purr-plexing sufficient…