When you have a ruthless new executive overseeing the library, and this man annoys nearly everyone in town, I can't wait to see him die in a perilous 'accident.' At least in books, of course. Now he and Diesel will have to read between the lines, before Melba is shelved under “G” for guilty…Īuthor Miranda James has done it again with the seventh book, No Cats Allowed, in the 'Cat in the Stacks' series. But things take a turn for the worse when a threatening e-mail throws suspicion on Melba.Ĭharlie is convinced that his friend is no murderer, especially when he catches sight of a menacing stranger lurking around the library. With enemies aplenty, the suspect list is long when Reilly's body is discovered in the library. But his biggest offense is declaring all four-legged creatures banned from the stacks.

The new library director, Oscar Reilly, is a brash, unfriendly Yankee who’s on a mission to cut costs-and his first targets are the archive and the rare book collection.Īs annoying as a long-overdue book, Reilly quickly raises the hackles of everyone on staff, including Charlie’s fiery friend Melba-whom Reilly wants to replace with someone younger. Springtime in Mississippi is abloom with beauty, but the library’s employees are too busy worrying to stop and smell the flowers. In the latest mystery in the New York Times bestselling Cat in the Stacks series, librarian Charlie Harris and his Maine Coon cat Diesel must clear a friend when the evidence is stacked against her…

No Cats Allowed by Miranda James