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Times are changing in Pickax: a new senior centre is in the works and a production of CATS is set to delight Moose County residents; Polly Duncan is off to Paris, leaving Qwill without a companion for his apple barn concerts; and The Librarians Who Lunch are showing their Art Hats to help unite Pickax with their Lockmaster County neighbours.
Not to mention the conversion of the late Nathan Ledfield's mansion into a charitable museum! With Mr Ledfield's treasures being sold off to benefit needy children, the town is abuzz with excitement - until a mysterious death from a bee sting leaves everyone but Cool Koko in a state of confusion ...
Not to mention the conversion of the late Nathan Ledfield's mansion into a charitable museum! With Mr Ledfield's treasures being sold off to benefit needy children, the town is abuzz with excitement - until a mysterious death from a bee sting leaves everyone but Cool Koko in a state of confusion ...
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Lilian Jackson Braun composed her first poem at the age of two. She began writing her Cat Who... detective series when one of her own Siamese cats mysteriously fell to its death from her apartment block. Since then nearly thirty Cat Who... novels have been published, all featuring the very talented Koko and Yum Yum, Siamese cats with a bent for detection. Lilian Jackson Braun and her husband, Earl, live in the mountains of North Carolina.
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17 of 18 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
The American reviewers of this book ask 'who wrote it? It wasn't LJB...' Well of course it was. The poor woman is 94, and nobody has the sense to tell her she's lost it - the last few books prove it. The mystery for me is why the publishers failed to find a decent ghost writer to sort this one out.
If someone else had written the book it would have had all the flavour and character that fans are looking for, it wouldn't have been so obviously and disastrously the last gasp of an author who has sadly not understood that it's better to stop while you're ahead.
Even the publishers say it's only of interest to 'die hard' fans, and it seems the die-hards are the ones who are being short-changed. It is shameful to destroy the reputation of a helpless old lady by letting her fans see her decline in print.
If someone else had written the book it would have had all the flavour and character that fans are looking for, it wouldn't have been so obviously and disastrously the last gasp of an author who has sadly not understood that it's better to stop while you're ahead.
Even the publishers say it's only of interest to 'die hard' fans, and it seems the die-hards are the ones who are being short-changed. It is shameful to destroy the reputation of a helpless old lady by letting her fans see her decline in print.
14 of 15 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Like the first reviewer, I have owned all bar this book and read the whole series and thoroughly enjoyed them apart from the two previous to "60 Whiskers". Because the series was obviously going downhill, I didn't buy this last book but by chance our local Mobile Library had a copy which I borrowed.
This only confirmed my opinion and I have to agree with all four previous reviews and say that I feel Mrs Braun is seriously letting herself down and should retire gracefully.
I've been an avid reader (several times each) of the twenty odd Cat Who books except for the last three. As someone who has been owned by 10 Siamese cats over the past fifty odd years, Mrs Braun captured the Siamese character and idiosyncrasies to a T. The human characters also came to life.
I am so disappointed that I cannot see myself buying any new book in this series.
Ian Cuthbert
This only confirmed my opinion and I have to agree with all four previous reviews and say that I feel Mrs Braun is seriously letting herself down and should retire gracefully.
I've been an avid reader (several times each) of the twenty odd Cat Who books except for the last three. As someone who has been owned by 10 Siamese cats over the past fifty odd years, Mrs Braun captured the Siamese character and idiosyncrasies to a T. The human characters also came to life.
I am so disappointed that I cannot see myself buying any new book in this series.
Ian Cuthbert
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
If you look here on Amazon, you will find out that there should be 192 pages to this story. My book ends very abruptly high up on page 182. Didn't anyone notice? Very sloppy work by the publishers and editors.
Nothing much happens and I cannot believe his reaction to his girlfriend's reactions. No-one would react like that after such a long-term relationship.
Such a shame.
Nothing much happens and I cannot believe his reaction to his girlfriend's reactions. No-one would react like that after such a long-term relationship.
Such a shame.
Most Recent Customer Reviews
Cat with 60 Whiskers
Book was recommended to me,,,,. Was asked to do a review by Amazon.... would like to oblige but can't really as I haven't read it yet but plan to in the next few days/
Published 20 months ago by Muppet
disappointing
I love these books, so much so that I read them again and again. A few were missing from my collection and this was one of them. Read more
Published on 12 May 2010 by L. Ferrier
Going off the boil
I've read a lot of this series, and think that this one is the least satisfactory that I've read. The plot never really got up any pace and its all becoming rather predictable.
Published on 7 Feb 2008 by Claire King
Unfortunately not up to standard
So far I have liked the cat who stories and I have read them all. However, this one was a great disappointment. Read more
Published on 30 Dec 2007 by Wendy Jones
Another Disappointed Reader
I agree with all that's been said so far. I've always enjoyed Qwill's social life as much as (and more than! Read more
Published on 26 Nov 2007 by Donna Baker
Awful.
Like the other comments I found it difficult to believe this book was accepted by the publishers. They must have known people would trust an author they liked - and thus make... Read more
Published on 13 Nov 2007 by mac
The Cat Who Had 60 Whiskers
I totally agree with previous reviewers. This is the second really disappointing book from Lilian Jackson Braun. Read more
Published on 5 Nov 2007 by Ms. D. C. Davidson
Nothing like what I have come to expect... and that is sad
I must first off say that I love the "Cat Who" books, having stumbled across one a few years ago and was delighted with it as the writer drew me into the story and of course that... Read more
Published on 7 Sep 2007 by blunote
I am amazed that it is so bad!
I cannot honestly beleive that this is written by Lilian herself. The book is repetetive, no storyline, no character details and hardly any of the regulars act within their usual... Read more
Published on 17 Aug 2007 by Anne Tysall
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