Cat In The Stacks Books in Order

When arrogant hometown horror writer Godfrey Priest returns to Athena, Mississippi, he makes enemies fast and winds up dead before the day is over. Librarian Charlie Harris and his Maine Coon cat Diesel start sorting through old grudges to find the killer.

Charlie Harris is hired to inventory eccentric collector James Delacorte’s rare books, only to find the old man murdered at his desk. With a priceless Poe volume missing and family tensions rising, Charlie and Diesel follow the clues.

A famous playwright comes back to Athena as writer in residence, and Charlie’s daughter Laura is drawn into the drama through an old romance. When the playwright is killed, Charlie and Diesel have to clear her name.

A feud over Athena’s library fundraiser turns deadly when the abrasive Vera Cassity is murdered at the gala. Charlie Harris investigates to protect his housekeeper Azalea, who looks far too guilty for comfort.

During National Library Week, Athena hosts a rare appearance by legendary author Electra Barnes Cartwright. The celebration sours when collectors and superfans start circling rumored unpublished manuscripts, and Charlie realizes someone is willing to kill for them.

Civil War diaries donated to Athena College promise political prestige, academic advantage, and plenty of trouble. When rivalry over the papers turns murderous, Charlie and Diesel must figure out why the past is suddenly worth killing for.

The new library director wants budget cuts, fewer archives, and absolutely no animals in the stacks, making him unpopular before anyone finds his body. Charlie investigates to clear Melba, whose sharp tongue and planted evidence make her an easy target.

Charlie is already stressed by a major librarians’ conference at Athena College, especially with an old enemy set to speak. Then the keynote guest is murdered, trapping Charlie in a room full of suspects who all know how to hide information.

A mysterious visitor digging into Charlie’s family history brings an old murder back into the open. As Charlie and Diesel chase links between genealogy, a true-crime writer, and a dangerous stranger, the cold case starts feeling very personal.

Just before Christmas, Charlie finds five kittens abandoned on his doorstep and takes them in alongside Diesel. Then a flashy real estate agent dies at her holiday party, and seasonal goodwill vanishes fast.

Back in the classroom for a medieval history course, Charlie stumbles into a campus tangle of jealousy, secrets, and bad marriages. When a fellow student is killed, he and Diesel trace the case through gossip, ambition, and academic egos.

Charlie plans to stay out of murder until his daughter Laura is accused after an obnoxious guest actor dies onstage. To save her, Charlie and Diesel return to sleuthing behind the scenes of a troubled college production.

Charlie, Helen Louise, and Diesel head to Asheville for a mystery readers’ getaway that should be restful and bookish. Instead, an uninvited guest turns up dead, and old grudges follow the group into the mountains.

When Charlie unexpectedly inherits his grandfather’s old house, he and Diesel find more than memories waiting inside. A skeleton in a closet and a fresh death on the property force Charlie into a mystery tied to his own family.

Rock star Wil Threadgill returns to Athena for a short residency and quickly stirs up admiration, resentment, and trouble. After the harassment around him turns deadly, Charlie and Diesel dig into the past to protect Melba and unmask the killer.

With Charlie and Helen Louise’s wedding close at hand, a timid new worker at the bistro and archive brings fresh unease into their lives. When Tara Martin is attacked, Charlie and Diesel uncover a hidden past that may ruin everything.

Charlie and Helen Louise spend their honeymoon in Ireland, only to arrive at a family castle just as a baron falls from the roof. With Diesel nearby and a ghostly cat in the mix, the trip turns into a locked-in murder case.