"The thirst for knowledge can lead one down so many interesting byways. I've traveled many of them over the years. You might say this library has been my travel agent."
How can you not immediately fall for a character who speaks so eloquently? Those words are spoken by Mr. Delacorte to librarian Charlie Harris in the third book of my August book drive, Classified as Murder by Miranda James.
In the second of the Cat in the Stacks Mystery series (following Murder Past Due), Mr. Delacorte hires Charlie to do an inventory of his rare books, fearing that some of them have been stolen. Shortly after Charlie starts on this project, Mr. Delacorte is found dead, the victim of foul play. With a houseful of greedy relatives, there is no shortage of suspects. When it is discovered that a copy of Poe's Tamerlane is missing and another murder occurs, Charlie and his feline sidekick Diesel race to solve the case before the murderer strikes again.
There is more than enough family secrets and drama in this book, both between the Delacorte family and Charlie and his son, Sean, who shows up without warning at his door. Watching Charlie work through the lies and backbiting to unravel the truth leaves you guessing until the end- which is what a good mystery should do.
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