I'm usually very hesitant about starting a series midway (or in this case with the most recent of a long series). However, I was perusing the new books section at WHPL while my son was getting a book on hold that had come in (the sequel to Swim the Fly) when I saw this.
I'm not a cat person, but I'd love a library cat. Read Dewey of you're looking for a cat memoir.
I was pleasantly surprised that I did not need any background info on the characters to understand the plot (except maybe how this giant Maine Coon cat ended up in the library in the first place).
An interim library director's university is hosting the annual librarian conference (I've only been to one...CASL last year). He finds his college nemesis is the keynote speaker. In addition, the speaker, Gavin, seems to be quite the diva with his hotel room demands. No one actually seems to like him, and no one but his smitten assistant is really upset when he drops dead mid-speech. Everyone is a suspect because everyone hates him.
This reminded me a lot of the play the Carrigan Drama Club put on when I was advisor--the name is escaping me at the moment, but several comedians are in a cabin when one of them turns up dead.
I liked this as a light, rainy day on the couch read. Enough to seek out the titles earlier in the series? Not really. Enough to read one of them if it crosses my path? Definitely.
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