Rushing home to sit by her ailing grandmothers bedside, Violet Waverly is shocked to find Grandma Daisy the picture of perfect health. Violet doesnt need to read between the lines: her grandma wants Violet back home and working in her magical store, Charming Books. Its where the perfect book tends to fly off the shelf and pick you... Violet has every intention to hightail it back to Chicago, but then a dead man is discovered clutching a volume of Emily Dickinsons poems from Grandma Daisys shop. The victim is Benedict Raisin, who recently put Grandma Daisy in his will, making her a prime suspect. Now, with the help of a tuxedo cat named Emerson, Violet will have to find a killer to keep Grandma from getting booked for good...