Polly Duncan is off to Paris, temporarily leaving Jim Qwilleran without his lady companion. Good thing there's lots to keep Jim busy. Like a mysterious death from a bee sting that leaves everyone but Koko the Siamese in a state of confusion. If only the kitty with sixty whiskers would stop pussyfooting around and let Jim in on the deadly secret
When crime comes to Maus Haus, it can only be solved by the extraordinary Siamese cat brains of Koko and Yum Yum - with a little help from mentor Jim Qwilleran
In Qwill''s opinion, ''A town without a bookstore is like a chicken with one leg,'' and since the late Eddington Smith''s bookstore burned down, the town of Pickax has been somewhat off balance. To the rescue comes the Klingenschoen Foundation, manager of Qwill''s estate, which considers a new bookstore a worthy investment. Delighted by their good fortune, the people of Moose County prepare to celebrate the gala groundbreaking of the new store on the site of the old. But no one is prepared for the discovery of the body of a man shot execution-style in a wooded area on the very same day. Now Qwill and his clever cats have their work cut out for them...
In the second book in Lilian Jackson Brauns acclaimed The Cat Who... series, Jim Qwilleran, Koko and Yum Yum must find out who has murdered the owner of an exclusive residence
Aided by Koko and Yum Yums feline intuition, Qwill must bring the right people to justice before the small town of Pickax is destroyed by a big-time crime wave.
Koko's strange new hobby of dropping himself from balconies has landed him in the oddest of places--a young visitor's head whose wealthy relatives soon fall deathly ill, making Qwill have his work cu
