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The Cat Who Saw Stars: 0-515-12739-6 6 Qwill takes a vacation in Mooseville. 22 2000 The Cat Who Robbed a Bank: 0-515-12994-1 9 A jewelry dealer from Chicago comes to visit and is murdered. 23 2001 The Cat Who Smelled a Rat: 0-399-14665-2 2 A very dry year and concerns about wildfires have everyone praying for snow. 24 2002 The Cat Who Went Up ...
The paper's resident art critic is the reclusive and decidedly unpopular one-handed man named George Bonifield Mountclemens III. Qwill visits Mountclemens and meets Koko, a male Siamese cat who appears to be able to read, but only backwards.
Lilian Jackson Braun (June 20, 1913 – June 4, 2011 [1]) 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 ...
Rumors circulate after it is discovered Ronnie Dickson had a large amount of alcohol in his system. Jim has a sneaky suspicion over newcomer Alden Wade, a notorious ladies man. In order to get closer to Alden, Qwill writes a book about the Hibbard House, run by an eccentric Violet Hibbard. It's up to Qwill, Koko, and Yum-Yum to solve the mystery.
Peter Cannon of Publishers Weekly reviewed the book saying, "In spite of two murders and a pair of villains, the tale is as cozy as an hour spent cuddling your favorite cat." [ 2 ] Ilene Cooper of Booklist said, "Loyal readers find the series inconsistencies and idiosyncrasies charming, but even they, at times, must wish for less of Qwill and ...
Here’s the reading order for PJO and when each book was published: 1. The Lightning Thief (2005) 2. The Sea of Monsters (2006) 3. The Titan’s Curse (2007) 4. The Battle of the Labyrinth (2008) 5.
[2] Marge Fletcher, of Book Reporter reviewed the book saying, "Throughout the book, on the lefthand side of certain new paragraphs, there are drawings of a cat paw. These serve to remind the audience that Koko and Yum Yum are the real stars of the series, as they provide an interesting and creative leitmotif for the reader's enjoyment" [ 3 ]
[2] Rex E. Klett of Library Journal reviewed the book saying, "For all of those cat aficionados out there, here is more quaint, small-town goings-on." [3] Booklist also reviewed the novel. [4] Booklist and Publishers Weekly reviewed the audiobook narrated by George Guidall. [5] [6]