Why am I passionate about this?
I love escaping into a story I know will have a dependably happy ending. Iām an avid reader of cozy mysteries because life is hard. I donāt need my fiction to be a mirror image of the horrors of the daily news. I like puzzling through the clues, trying to solve the mysteries before the characters reach the solution. Series are fun because you really get to know the protagonist and the people in his or her world. They become old friends. The best cozy mystery authors rise above the formula and create unique characters, plots, and settings.
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Why did Catherine love this book?
This cozy series breaks the mold of the female amateur sleuth with Charlie Harris, the male university librarian. The rest of my expectations are intact, although the cat character Diesel behaves more cat-like than many felines in cozy mysteries.
This series is set in the South, in usually sleepy Athena, Georgiaāsleepy until a murder stirs things up. I feel right at home in Charlieās home/boarding house and getting to know his southern-flavored coworkers, friends, and family.
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FIRST IN THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING CAT IN THE STACKS MYSTERY SERIES!
Everyone in Athena, Mississippi, knows Charlie Harris, the good-natured librarian with a rescued Maine coon cat named Diesel that he walks on a leash. Heās returned to his hometown to immerse himself in books, but soon enough heās entangled in a real-life thriller...
A famous author of gory bestsellers and a former classmate of Charlieās, Godfrey Priest may be the pride of Athena, but Charlie remembers him as an arrogant, manipulative jerkāand heās not the only one. Godfreyās homecoming as a distinguished alumnus couldnāt possibly go worse:ā¦