Librarian Charlie Harris and his faithful feline companion,Dieselhave inherited CharlieΓÇÖs grandfatherΓÇÖs housealong with a deadly legacy: a decades-old crime scenein this all-new mystery in the New York Times bestselling Cat in the Stacks series. Charlie has always believed that his grandfather had sold his house to his longtime tenantMartin Hale. So when Martin diesCharlie is surprised to discover the house was not left to Martin but instead belongs to Charlie. As he and Diesel check out the house he remembers fondly from his childhoodhe is pleasantly surprised that it is in better condition than expected. That isuntil they find a literal skeleton in a closet. While the sheriffΓÇÖs department investigates the mysterious remainsCharlie digs deeper into the past for clues to the identity of the bones and why they are there. But the cold case heats up quickly when MartinΓÇÖs grandson is found dead on the farm. As Charlie delves into his own family historyhe encounters many people who might have been motivated to take a life. But Charlie and Diesel know that things are not always what they seemand that secrets seemingly lost to time have a way of finding their way back to haunt the present.