To solve a case of murder may take the vigilance of a cat - or the formidable detective team of Qwilleran, Koko and Yum Yum
Lilian Jackson Braun began writing her Cat Who... detective series when one of her own Siamese cats mysteriously fell to its death from her apartment block. She and her husband, Earl, live in the mountains of North Carolina.
Vastly wealthy due to his inheritance of the Klingenschoen estate in Pickax City way up North, Jim Qwilleran now enjoys the eccentricities of life in Moose County. Series fans will know about his pampered pair of Siamese cats; Koko, the male, pushes various Shakespeare plays off the shelf in Qwilleran's library, presumably commenting on events that excite and scandalize the town: the ``accidental'' death of the newspaper publisher, the disastrous fire that destroys the office, etc. A comfortable, quaint diversion, with interesting character names, wry remarks about feline behavior, and a deus ex machina protagonist. REK
Praise for the Cat Who... series:
'The fastidious plotting is designed to appeal to more than just
the cat-lover' The Times;
'This droll and engaging mystery...firmly grips the reader...a
lively witty tale bolstered by sharply etched characters'
Publishers Weekly;
'An engaging tongue-in-cheek yarn with a sting in the tail that
won't just appeal to the cat-lover' Belfast Telegraph;
'It's a Wonderful Life meets The Aristocats in this daft but
endearing whodunnit' Liverpool Daily Post;
'Mrs Braun has a breezy style; the cats are really smart' New York
Times Book Review;
'Great fun!' Lawrence Block
'Entertaining and absorbing mysteries which, in the tradition of
all good whodunnits, keep you guessing right to the end' Dumfries
and Galloway Standard
'Lilian Jackson Braun purveys delight from beginning to end' Los
Angeles Times
'Like news from Lake Woebegon, Braun's Cat Who... series...has
charmed readers' Publishers Weekly
'Light-hearted originals... The mix of crime and cats [is] catnip
to readers who like both' Chicago Sun-Times
'An offbeat series with a good deal of charm' The Baltimore Sun
'Braun writes with charm and sureness' Cleveland Plain Dealer
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