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The Cat Who Wasn't There

  • 279 pages ยท about 5 hours
  • First published 1992
  • 16 editions

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1 About this book

Qwill's on his way to Scotland--and on his way to solving another purr-plexing mystery. But this time Kokds nowhere near the scene of the crime. He and Yum Yum are back in Pickax being coddled by a catsitter...but Koko wont sit still once Qwill's traveling party returnsminus one member. He's behaving oddly, and Qwill knows what that means: Koko may have been miles away from the murder scene-but he's just a whisker away from cracking the case!

Qwilleran--a prizewinning reporter with a nose for crime. Koko--a Siamese cat with extraordinary talents and a flair 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.

  • Cozy Mystery
  • Small Town
  • Cats
  • Siamese cats
  • Mystery
  • Country life
  • Amateur Sleuth
  • Journalists

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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