The "New York Times" bestselling author of "Literally Murder" returns to Pettistone s Fine Books, where the silence of Hamlet the cat speaks volumes about two mysterious deaths
It s almost Fourth of July, and to boost customer traffic in their Brooklyn neighborhood, bookseller Darla Pettistone decides to throw a block party. All the local shop owners are thrilled except the proprietor of Perky s Coffee Shop, who thinks Darla is trying to poach his customers by selling her own caffeinated brew in her new bookshop cafe.
But when Hamlet comes upon the owner s not-so-perky wife, it s clear a killer has crashed the party. And when a second local business owner shuffles off this mortal coil as Hamlet s namesake would say Darla and her curious cat must perform some fancy footwork to shine a spotlight on a secret worth killing for "