Lilian Jackson Braun

With the opening night of Oscar Wilde's The Importance of Being Earnest fast approaching along with the dedication of the new bookstore in town good times are ahead for the citizens of Pickax. But the merry atmosphere is dampened by the suspicious death of an out-of-town actor and the theft of a rare book. Qwill finds himself distracted from the recent events by his finicky pal Koko, who?s been acting more fishy than feline. Has Koko gone bananas,...

The town of Pickax is buzzing with excitement: its residents are about to celebrate the 150th anniversary of its founding. But in the midst of all the preparations, Qwill has to take time out to entertain aspiring architect Harvey Ledfield?and deal with Koko?s strange new habit. Because the Siamese star has started dropping from balconies and landing in the oddest of places, including on Harvey?s head! And now that Harvey?s aunt and uncle have mysteriously...

Jim Qwilleran and his two Siamese cats investigate a death and possible ghosts at the Goodwinter Farmhouse Museum.

Jim Qwilleran lives in Pickax, a small town 400 miles north of everywhere, and writes for a small newspaper. He stands tall and straight. He dates a librarian. His roommates are two abandoned cats that he adopted along the way, one of them quite remarkable. Qwilleran has a secret that he shares with no one?or hardly anyone. His male cat, Koko, has an uncanny intuition that can tell right from wrong and frequently sniffs out the evildoer... Retiring...

Journalist James Qwilleran, assisted by his Siamese cat Koko, rush to find a killer after a volunteer fireman is murdered at the site of an arson fire.

Moose County's Great Food Expo is disrupted by a bomb blast and journalist Jim Qwilleran sets out to investigate with the help of his extraordinary Siamese cats, Koko and Yum Yum.

Jim Qwilleran is enjoying his stay at the Nutcracker inn in Black Creek. His two siamese, Koko and Yum Yum, don't seem quite as pleased with the accommodations...though Koko does enjoy keeping a keen eye on the squirrels and other local wildlife. Then, while Koko's eagerly watching some jumping trout, he spots something else: a body, floating downstream. When it's revealed that the victim was a guest at the inn--and had nuggets of gold hidden in his...

Jim Qwilleran and his two mystery-solving cats move to the Potato mountains and get involved in the murder of a land developer.

A former reporter solves crimes with the help of his cats. They unearth surprising skeletons in the old Gage mansion on the way to solving two mysterious deaths.

What could be more purrfect for fans of the Cat Who series than an intimate look at the private lives of those extraordinary Siamese cats Koko and Yum Yum?the most unlikely, most unusual, most delightful team in detective fiction! In this charming collection of feline antics, you?ll discover why Jim Qwilleran considers Koko a veritable clone of T.S. Eliot?s Rum Tum Tugger, how Yum Yum was rescued from a burglar who is not above a spot of catnapping,...