Grouchy former librarian Irwin Abernathy, presently the co-owner of Abernathy & Crane, is busy preparing the bookshop for the holidays. Meanwhile, his neighbor and nemesis, Alastair Brooke, lays dying next door. It's no secret that Irwin and most of the town dislike the irritating antique dealer, but Irwin can't imagine what nasty deed the vile little man did to deserve being murdered Then again...Within moments of their arrival, the police suspect...