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The Cat Who Turned Off and On

  • 272 pages ยท about 5 hours
  • First published 1968
  • 15 editions

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1 About this book

The team of Koko, the brilliant Siamese cat, and Qwilleran, the reporter with the perceptive moustache, is back in action--with an adorable female Siamese, Yum Yum, added to the household.

When Qwilleran decides to do a feature series on Junktown, he gets more than he bargained for. Not the dope den he anticipated, Junktown is a haven for antique dealers and collectors--as strange a lot as the crafty reporter has ever encountered. When a mysterious fall ends the career--and the life--of one of Junktown's leading citizens, Qwilleran is convinced it was no accident. But, as usual, it takes Koko to prove he's right.

Qwilleran--a prizewinning reporter with a nose for crime. Koko--a Siamese cat with a tiair for mystery. Yum Yum--a lovable Siamese adored by her two male companions. The most unlikely, most unusual, most delightful team in detective fiction!

Good for readers who want: a cozy mystery and cats.

  • Mystery
  • Cats
  • Cozy Mystery
  • Small Town
  • Siamese cats
  • Koko (fictitious character)
  • Journalists
  • Cat owners

2 About Lilian Jackson Braun

1913โ€“2011

Lilian Jackson Braun (June 20, 1913 โ€“ June 4, 2011) was an American writer known for her light-hearted series of The Cat Who... mystery novels. The Cat Who books features newspaper journalist Jim Qwilleran and his two Siamese cats, Koko (short for Kao K'o Kung) and Yum Yum, first in an unnamed midwestern American city and then in the fictitious small town of Pickax located in Moose County "400 miles north of everywhere".

Bio adapted from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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