Lilian Jackson Braun
Author
Series
Cat Who mysteries volume 17
Language
English
Formats
Description
The affluent owner of a historic steam locomotive and private railcar disappears with millions of dollars belonging to Moose county investors. Journalist-detective Jim Quill probes the embezzlement with the aid of his Siamese sleuths, Koko and Yum Yum. The case is complicated by a train wreck and a murder in a railroad tavern.
Author
Series
Cat Who mysteries volume 26
Pub. Date
2004.
Language
English
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Description
When the town of Pickax celebrates the groundbreaking of a new bookstore, James Qwilleran and his famous felines are not prepared for the discovery of the body of a man shot execution style on the very same day.
Author
Series
Cat Who mysteries volume 2
Pub. Date
1986.
Language
English
Description
Qwilleran and his cats become embroiled in a mystery while working on an article about interior design.
Author
Series
Cat Who mysteries volume 22
Pub. Date
1999.
Language
English
Description
As the Highland Games approach, Jim Qwilleran and the citizens of Pickax prepare to celebrate their Scottish heritage with such events as bagpipe skirling and tossing the caber. But the traditional revelry is marred by troublesome rumors when a visiting jewelry dealer, renowned for his romantic streak (and his mysterious cash-only policy), is found dead in his hotel room. His assistant is missingand soon, the winner of the caber-tossing contest disappears...
Author
Series
Cat Who mysteries volume 16
Pub. Date
1994.
Language
English
Description
The development of a major resort complex at the southern end of Breakfast Island is causing a ruckus. Local residents, summer people and mainland fisherman are all hopping mad that the peace of their island retreat is being shattered. Then a cabin cruiser explodes in the marina causing general alarm. But when a series of deadly accidents follows on the heels of the mysterious explosion, Qwilleran begins to wonder if sabotage is involved.
Author
Series
Cat Who mysteries volume 27
Language
English
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Description
The people of Pickax are in a state of eager anticipation. The Pirate's Chest, the long-awaited new bookstore, is finally set to open, and the Theatre Club is preparing to perform Oscar Wilde's The Importance of Being Earnest. However, the play is brought to an abrupt halt as a cast member is killed in a car accident. But was it really an accident? As suspicions rise, Qwill and his sleuthing Siamese cats have their work cut out for them.
Author
Series
Cat Who mysteries volume 11
Pub. Date
1990.
Language
English
Description
The colorful Casablance apartment building is in danger of demolition--but not if Jim Qwilleran can help it. He's determined to restore the building to its original grandeur. So he moves in with Koko and Yum Yum--and discovers that the Casablanca is steeped in history ... and mystery. In Qwill's very apartment, a glamorous art dealer met an untimely fate, and the veteran journalist and his crime-solving cats are about to reach new heights in detection...
Author
Series
Cat Who mysteries volume 21
Pub. Date
[1998]
Language
English
Description
Qwilleran and his feline colleagues go to Moose Lake for a little R & R. The trio quickly find themselves looking into the disappearance of a backpacker and other unusual goings on.
Author
Series
Cat Who mysteries volume 7
Pub. Date
[1988]
Language
English
Description
When a suspicious accident claims the life of the local paper's eccentric publisher, reporter Qwilleran and his talented cats Koko and Yum Yum set out to discover what really happened.
Author
Series
Cat Who mysteries volume 20
Language
English
Description
More dire doings in Pickax, "400 miles north of everywhere," where bachelor zillionaire Jim Qwilleran keeps a paternalistic eye on the town from his opulent barn house and his columnist job on Moose County Something, the local paper. Pickax has been saddened by the death of 93-year-old recluse Maude Coggin in a supposedly accidental fire in her decrepit house soon after she'd sold her hundred-acre farm, at a giveaway price, to buyers called Northern...
Author
Series
Cat Who mysteries volume 25
Pub. Date
2003.
Language
English
Description
A film star returns to Pickax but her arrival is marred by the birdnapping of her Amazon parrots, and the circumstances of her brother's death appear increasingly suspicious to columnist James Qwilleran.
Author
Series
Cat Who mysteries volume 3
Pub. Date
1986
Language
English
Description
Qwilleran and Koko, the beautiful Siamese cat, are back on the mystery beat. When a mysterious fall ends the life of one of Junktown's leading citizens, Qwilleran is convinced it was no accident. And Koko is about to prove him right.
Author
Series
Cat Who mysteries volume 13
Pub. Date
c1992
Language
English
Description
On vacation in the Big Potato Mountains, Qwilleran stumbles into a mystery involving the murder of J.J. Hawkinfield, the developer who was pushed off a mountain years before after announcing his plans to develop the region.