"In winter, the Haunted Library is a refuge for homeless townspeople. When a group purchases a vacant house to establish a daytime haven for the homeless, Carrie offers the library as a meeting place for the Haven House committee but quickly learns that it may be used for illegal activities...[Then, Carrie's cantankerous colleague] Dorothy is murdered--run off the road as soon as she returns to work [after being hospitalized after a fall]. Evelyn, [the library's resident ghost] implores Carrie to find her niece's killer, but that's no easy task: Dorothy had made a hobby of blackmailing her neighbors and colleagues. Carrie, Evelyn, and Smoky Joe the cat are on the case..."--