Lilian Jackson Braun

A former reporter solves the murder of a developer with the help of a cat. An innocent man may have been framed.

Just when his doctor put him on a strict diet, Qwilleran's assignment at the newspaper was to write a regular column on the enjoyment of good food and wine, but before long, it's more than Qwilleran's pounds that are disappearing and reporter and felines seem to have a murder on their hands and paws.

Pickax loves a big occasion. The Great Food Expo is about to begin, introducing new restaurants, country inns, food specialty shops and a new food page in the 'Moose County Something'. Lurking in the background is a killer determined to make this an event Pickac City will never forget. The Expo begins with a literal bang: a bomb wrecks the hotel, killing a housekeeper and causing extensive damage. Luckily for pIckax, Qwill is on the scene, his

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"Spring comes to Moose County and Jim Qwilleran wonders if the yowlings of Koko and Yum Yum are more than just accompaniment to the birds singing outside his windows. Could the cats know who is at the bottom of recent mischief and mayhem?" --

When Qwilleran decides to do a newspaper feature about Junktown, he thinks he'll be writing a heartbreaking story about a dangerous, run-down neighborhood. To his surprise, however, Junktown turns out to be a haven for Moose County's eccentric antique dealers and collectors. Qwill is almost ready to give up on his story when one of Junktown's leading citizens is killed in a mysterious "accident."

With his cats Koko and Yum Yum, newspaperman Jim Qwilleran decides to take a vacation and becomes involved with murder.

Jim Qwilleran packs up his two Siamese cats, Koko and Yum Yum, for a summer of fun at his log cabin and finds himself on a trip headed straight for trouble... The trio's vacation in Moose County starts out ominously with the disappearance of a handyman hired to patch up Qwilleran's cabin. But the felines really start throwing catfits when they come across a dead body or two... A serial killer may be right under Koko's nose, and now this ingenious...