Sometimes the best way to know a person is by asking questions, where you can learn more about what makes them tick. Get to know Charlie with his answers below.

What is your name?
– –  Charlie Harris

How old are you?
– –  Early 50s

What is your profession?
– –  Librarian

Do you have a significant other?
– –  Yes

What is her name?
– –  Helen Louise Brady

What is her profession?
– –  French chef extraordinaire and owner of a bistro

Any children?
– –  Two, both adults, Sean and Laura

Cats, dogs or other pets?
– –  One cat, Diesel, a Maine Coon

What town do you live in?
– –  Athena, Mississippi

Do you rent or own?
– –  I own

House or building complex?
– –  A house I inherited from my aunt

What is your favorite spot in your house?
– –  The kitchen

Who is your best friend?
– –  I have two, Diesel and Helen Louise

Amateur sleuth or professional?
– –  Amateur

Who do you work with when sleuthing?
– –  Kanesha Berry, Chief Deputy of Athena County

Favorite meal?
– –  Fried chicken, cream gravy, rice, and biscuits

Favorite dessert?
– –  Lemon icebox pie

Favorite hobby?
– –  Reading

Favorite vacation spot?
– –  England

Favorite color?
– –  Purple

Favorite author?
– –  Elizabeth Peters

Favorite sports team?
– –  I don’t pay much attention to team sports. I like tennis.

Movies or Broadway?
– –  I like both, though it’s been years since I’ve been to New York

Are you a morning or a night person?
– –  I’m more of a mid-morning person

In two to three sentences, what is a typical day in your life like?
– –  I work three days a week in the archive and rare book collection at Athena College, my alma mater. One day a week I volunteer at the public library. When I’m not working I spend time with family, reading, and relaxing. My cat Diesel is my almost-constant companion. He goes everywhere with me, except to the grocery store and to church.

You can read about Charlie in Claws For Concern, the 9th book in the “Cat in the Stacks” mystery series. The first book in the series is Murder Past Due.

Charlie Harris and his Maine Coon cat, Diesel, are embroiled in a new mystery when a cold case suddenly heats up in the latest installment of the New York Times bestselling series.

Charlie Harris is busy enjoying his new grandson when a mysterious man with a connection to Charlie’s family starts visiting the library, bringing with him troubling questions about an unsolved murder. . .

Charlie may be a proud new grandfather, but he and Diesel still have work to do at Athena College and the small Mississippi town’s public library. He’s too busy to deal with true-crime writer Jack Pemberton, who wants Charlie as the subject of his latest book–and who won’t take no for an answer.

A more appealing proposition for Charlie is spending time helping a kind, elderly man navigate the library’s genealogical database. But he’s shocked when he learns that the visitor’s search is focused on a member of his own family: his late aunt’s husband.

Charlie befriends the man and considers inviting him to stay in his home, but he’s soon given reason to question that notion. Jack is certain that Charlie’s new houseguest was involved in a shocking homicide that took place years ago in a small town near Athena. As this cold case heats up, Charlie and Diesel have to uncover a killer who may already be too close to home. . .

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About the author
Miranda James is the New York Times bestselling author of the Cat in the Stacks Mysteries, including Twelve Angry Librarians, No Cats Allowed, and Arsenic and Old Books, as well as the Southern Ladies Mysteries, including Bless Her Dead Little Heart, Dead with the Wind, Digging Up the Dirt, and Fixing to Die. James lives in Mississippi.

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