Cat Me If You Can by Miranda James is the 13th A Cat in the Stacks Mystery. It can be read as a standalone for those new to this feline cozy mystery series. I thought Cat Me If You Can was well-written with developed characters. Charlie Harris and Diesel are back. They are heading out of town with Helen Louise Brady, Charlie's fiancé, for Asheville, North Carolina. A chance for their mystery's reader club from the Athena Public Library to get to know each other and talk about their favorite mystery authors. The group also gets a private tour of the Biltmore Estate and a chance to visit other sites in Asheville. Their plans are soon derailed when an uninvited guest is murdered. Charlie along with Miss An'gel do a little investigating on their own. Of course, Diesel gets in on the action. They learn some surprising information and uncover a clue or two. Then comes the reveal reminiscent of Mrs. Fletcher. There are multiple suspects, good clues, and misdirection. I enjoyed solving this whodunit. It was a nice change of pace for the story to take place outside Athena. It gives Charlie and Helen Louise some alone time which they rarely get back home. I enjoyed the groups discussion on the Golden Age of mysteries. I wrote down several authors that I am looking forward to exploring. Diesel was his usual adorable self with his cute little trills and chirps. Miranda James has created a great cast of characters for this series. They are likeable and relatable. There were some discussions along with attitudes about a sensitive subject that were realistic (I could imagine similar thoughts and actions happening around the world). I enjoyed the humor scattered throughout the book. Cat Me If You Can was an entertaining cozy mystery and I cannot wait to read What the Cat Dragged In next spring. Cat Me If You Can is a charming tale with the beautiful Biltmore, a Golden Age gumshoe expose, mystery meetings, a sleepy servant, a painful pin, and the darling Diesel.
Charlie and diesel along with Charlie's fiance Helen Louise Brady are heading to Asheville North Carolina to spend a week at a boutique hotel participate in a gathering of a mystery readers club composed of patrons of the theme of public library. In addition to seeing the local site the members will take turns giving talks are their favorite authors. The
Ducote sisters friends of the hotels owners are helping to pay their expenses, and they have insisted that Charlie. Join them while Charlie is looking forward to relaxing week. The other members of the group have ulterior motives, including a long-standing score to settle with intrusive uninvited guest turns up dad only one mystery club member with a connection to the disease peers to have a motive to kill, but could the answer really be that simple Charlie and diesel along with the detecting sisters know that every murder plot is an unexpected twist.
I find all of the books in the Ca in the sacks entertaining.
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