The Silence of the Library by Miranda James 3 stars (Trim)

[Rachel N.]

Charlie Cartwright is helping his local library organize a tribute children's writers, especially Electra Banes Cartwright. When he discovers Mrs. Cartwright is 100 years old but still alive the library invites the author to hold a special talk. This brings a lot of avid fans to the area and the author of a newsletter devoted to Mrs. Cartwright is murdered. Charlie has a cat Diesel who goes nearly everywhere with him. I like mysteries with animals in them but there was way too much time spent describing every move Diesel made. I don't need to know what [art of its body the cat is cleaning or where its taking a nap. The plot was fine though fairly easy to solve but I'll be skipping the rest of the series due to excessive cat descriptions.