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Cat Who mysteries volume 19
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There's been a rash of petty thievery in Pickax ever since banker Willard Carmichael and his flashy young wife Danielle moved to town. But now Willard's been killed in a mugging Down Below... or so it seems. Qwill has his suspicions, especially when Willard's house restoration project fall into the hands of Danielle's cousin - whose rich new wife then dies on her honeymoon! The clues are as elusive as a cat burglar in the night. But with Koko's
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"Is it just a case of summertime blues or a full-blown career crisis? Newspaper reporter Jim Qwilleran isn’t sure, but he’s hoping a few days in the country will help him sort out his life. With cats Koko and Yum Yum for company, he heads for a cabin owned by a longtime family friend named Aunt Fanny. But from the moment he arrives, things turn strange. Eerie footsteps cross the roof at midnight. The townsfolk become oddly secretive. And then,...
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Cat Who mysteries volume 17
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The affluent owner of a historic steam locomotive and private railcar disappears with millions of dollars belonging to Moose county investors. Journalist-detective Jim Quill probes the embezzlement with the aid of his Siamese sleuths, Koko and Yum Yum. The case is complicated by a train wreck and a murder in a railroad tavern. By the author of The Cat Who Could Read Backwards, the book which launched the 17-volume series in 1966.
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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.
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"The Cat Who Sniffed Glue shows the hard-nosed yet softhearted Jim Qwilleran and his two sleuthing companions, Siamese cats Koko and Yum Yum, at their detective best as they attempt to solve a series of murders that has rocked the town of Pickax, '400 miles north of everywhere.'"--Publisher's description.
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Cat Who mysteries volume 22
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As the Highland Games approach, Jim Qwilleran and the citizens of Pickax prepare to celebrate their Scottish heritage. But the revelry is marred when a visiting jewelry dealer is found dead in his hotel room. His assistant is missing, and the winner of the caber-tossing contest disappears as well. Qwill has a lot of mysteries to sort out, including Koko's sudden interest in photos, pennies, and paper towels.
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"In this mystery in the bestselling Cat Who series, there’s something rotten in the small town of Pickax—at least to the sensitive noses of newspaperman Jim Qwilleran and his Siamese cats Koko and Yum Yum. An accident has claimed the life of the local paper’s eccentric publisher, but to Qwilleran and his feline friends it smells like murder. They soon sniff out a shocking secret, but Koko’s snooping into an unusual edition of Shakespeare may...
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"In this delightful Cat Who mystery, 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...