Requiem for a Mouse

Librarian Charlie Harris and his ever-intuitive feline friend, Diesel, must catch a killer in a deadly game of cat and mouse where no one is who they seem to be. . . .

At last, Charlie and Helen Louise’ s wedding is only a month away. They’ re busy preparing for the big day, and the last thing Charlie needs is a new mystery to solve. Enter Tara Martin, a shy, peculiar woman who has recently started working part-time at Helen Louise’ s bistro and helping Charlie in the archive. Tara isn’ t exactly friendly and she has an angry outburst at the library that leaves Charlie baffled. Soon after, she abruptly leaves a catered housewarming party Charlie’ s son, Sean, is throwing to celebrate his new home— in the middle of her work shift. Before ducking out of the party, Tara looked terrified and Charlie wonders if she’ s deliberately trying to escape notice. Is she hiding from someone?

When Tara is viciously attacked and lands in the hospital, Charlie knows his instincts were correct: Tara was in trouble and someone was after her. With the help of his much beloved cat, Diesel, Charlie digs deeper, and discovers shocking glimpses into Tara’ s past that they could never have predicted. Will they catch the villain before Charlie’ s own happily ever after with Helen Louise is ruined?