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University librarian & archivist Charlie Harris is tasked by the Mayor Lucinda Long of Athena,MS, with preserving & substantiating Civil War diaries of a Long ancestor,in hopes their publication‘s content will boost her son‘s bid for state senate. Suddenly several professors & citizens demand to peruse the diaries asap.A murder puts the breaks on any such inquiries.So Charlie & his loyal 🔽

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The mystery in this one didn‘t reveal itself until halfway through, there were some really questionable medical situations going on, and it seemed like Christmas was just stuck in there to make the title work, BUT there were kittens so that redeemed the book for me.

while Charlie Harris and Diesel are exploring a farm Charlie had unexpectedly inherited, Diesel finds a literal skeleton in a closet. The next day a young man is found murdered in the woods. Charlie learns things about his family he had no idea of.

For once Diesel actually plays a part in the mystery rather than just accompanying Charlie wherever he goes. Have we acquired another recurring character in Alissa?

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Though Charlie‘s frequent worries over big family decisions seemed to take away from the actual mystery, I had fun getting back into Charlie and Diesel‘s latest case. And yes, librarians are all about free food and drinks at a conference, especially with very strict per diems (I know that from experience).

An interesting twist at the end that I did not see coming!

These are perfect cozies for when I need a palate cleanse.

I needed a super-fast read and a palate cleanser…Charlie and Diesel were the perfect choice!

A nasty, cruel boss, terrible department heads, and murders keep Charlie and Diesel pretty busy at the library. Sad to say a few characteristics of the murder victim are characteristics I witnessed in my library career. Yikes! Great character progression, and another good series entry!

Most of my sidekicks hovered in the background as I finished it.

I‘m still going with this series. This mystery was okay, but I appreciated Diesel‘s origin story at the end.

I got a kick out of the fact that this one seemed to be inspired by Nancy Drew (and not Silence of the Lambs as I had feared.) The fictional Nancy-esque series featured in this book even had a main character that got knocked out all the time 🤣