is the first mystery in a great cozy series from Miranda James.  Set in the small, but colorful college town of Athena, Mississippi, Charlie Harris is a fifty-something widower who works as a special collections librarian at Athena College.  His constant companion is an enormous Maine Coon cat named Diesel, who charms everyone he meets.  The cat, I mean - although Charlie is pretty charming, too.  Together they solve crimes assisted by a cast of colorful characters.  It would seem that Athena is Mississippi's answer to Maine's Cabot Cove: people drop like flies and whether they like to admit it or not, the local police can always use Charlie's timely assistance in tracking down the killer.   For continuity, it's a good idea to read the books in order: Murder Past Due, Classified as Murder, File M for Murder, Out of Circulation and The Silence of the Library.  I can't wait for the next installment of the adventures of Charlie and Diesel!  Now let's see which series I want to tackle next...

So many books, so little time!