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Jim Qwilleran packs up his old kit bag and his two Siamese cats, Koko and Yum Yum, for a sun-and-fun summer at his log cabin in Moose County. Their vacation starts off 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 Siamese must dig deeper to clear poor Qwilleran of suspicion - and dig up the buried motive for a catastrophic crime.
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Lilian Jackson Braun began writing her Cat Who... detective series when one of her own Siamese cats mysteriously fell to its death from her apartment block. She and her husband, Earl, live in the mountains of North Carolina.
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2 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
If you love cats and enjoy a good crime story, this book (and the others in Lilian Jackson Braun's series) are the right choice for you.
Meet Jim Qwilleran, former city crime reporter, now living of an inheritance in the country side, working as columnist. More importantly, meet Koko and Yum Yum, his Siamese cats and the real stars of Braun's stories. Very enjoyable, very different from most crime stories and very gripping!
Meet Jim Qwilleran, former city crime reporter, now living of an inheritance in the country side, working as columnist. More importantly, meet Koko and Yum Yum, his Siamese cats and the real stars of Braun's stories. Very enjoyable, very different from most crime stories and very gripping!
0 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
I was given this book and never thought I would read such a crime/mystery book. Its a good read I was pleasntly surprised as I like sci-fi more.
Its the cats who solve the crime more than the humans do!
Its the cats who solve the crime more than the humans do!
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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful
WHO'S KILLING THE CARPENTERS?
21 Jan 1999
Format:Mass Market Paperback
Number 9 in "The Cat Who ... " series. Qwill and the cats return to the cabin for the summer. Residents warn him that local carpenters tend to disappear without finishing their jobs. When Qwill loses two carpenters, he doesn't accept that they are just irresponsible people who took off. He wants to know what really happened. This book is a little more disturbing than most in this series, but shouldn't cause any nightmares among us sensitive types. The characters are perhaps a little less developed or a little less realistic than in some of the books. But still, it's a good book and keeps you wanting more.
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
The Cat Who Went Underground
30 Sep 2005
Format:Audio Cassette
Just another of the on going saga of CoCo and Yum Yum. Great stories very well written. George Guidall has an outstanding voice I can't imagine this series of books without him.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
In Which Qwilleran, Koko and Yum Yum . . .
2 May 2005
Format:Mass Market Paperback
. . . decide to spend the summer up by the lake. (Readers of "The Cat Who Played Brahams" will remember Qwill's cottage.) With Polly out of town, Qwill feels that "getting away from it all" would, in fact, be a good idea.
Alas, nothing ever goes as planned for Mr. Q! All he wants is to have a carpenter add an addition to his cabin . . . and, strangely enough, the carpenters in town seem to be disappearing one by one.
In this addition to "The Cat Who . . ." series, we are introduced to John Bushland, the photographer from nearby Lockmaster -- a character who will reappear in later books. We learn that Qwill has (once again) terribly bad luck with regard to boating. And Koko and Yum Yum are ever their charming selves. Indeed, it is Koko who is able to clue Qwill into who has it in for carpenters!
While some of "The Cat Who . . ." books have fairly thin plots, the mystery here is good and well-crafted, with a psychological twist not necessarily found in other books in the series.
For my money, this is certainly one of the better additions to this series.
Alas, nothing ever goes as planned for Mr. Q! All he wants is to have a carpenter add an addition to his cabin . . . and, strangely enough, the carpenters in town seem to be disappearing one by one.
In this addition to "The Cat Who . . ." series, we are introduced to John Bushland, the photographer from nearby Lockmaster -- a character who will reappear in later books. We learn that Qwill has (once again) terribly bad luck with regard to boating. And Koko and Yum Yum are ever their charming selves. Indeed, it is Koko who is able to clue Qwill into who has it in for carpenters!
While some of "The Cat Who . . ." books have fairly thin plots, the mystery here is good and well-crafted, with a psychological twist not necessarily found in other books in the series.
For my money, this is certainly one of the better additions to this series.
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