Lilian Jackson Braun
The world of modern art is a mystery to many. But for Jim Qwilleran, it turns into a mystery of another sort when his assignment for The Daily Fluxion leads down the path to murder.
A stabbing in an art gallery, vandalized paintings, a fatal fall from a scaffolding—this is not at all what Qwilleran expects when he turns his reporter...
Qwill, Koko and Yum Yum return for another adventure "400 miles north of everywhere" in the extraordinarily popular Cat Who... series. Back in Pickax, Jim Qwilleran expects to resume a quiet life, but the people and animals of Pickax have other ideas. A noisy cardinal wakes him every morning. Nosy neighbors drop by uninvited and the Siamese misbehave, even sneezing on guests. As if that weren't bad enough, Qwill's longtime companion acts as though
...Jim Qwilleran isn’t exactly overwhelmed by his new assignment for the Daily Fluxion. Interior design has never been one of his specialties and now he’s supposed to turn out an entire magazine on the subject every week! But the first issue of Gracious Abodes is barely off the presses when Qwilleran finds himself...
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
...After five years of legal formalities, Jim Qwilleran ha officially inherited freedom and a fortune, which leaves him with a serious dilemma. What should he do now? Seeking a place of peace and isolation to make up his mind, he heads to the Potato Mountains for the summer. But Qwill lands in the middle of controversy, not solitude. The mountains are haven to the independent roughneck descendants of Prohibition-era moonshiners. The valley is home
...The development of a major resort complex at the southern end of Breakfast Island is causing a ruckus. Local residents, summer people and mainland fishermen are all hopping mad that the peace of their island retreat is being shattered. Them a cabin cruiser explodes in the marina causing general alarm. But when a series of deadly "accidents" follows on the heels of the mysterious explosion, Qwilleran begins to wonder if sabotage is involved. In
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