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The Cat Who Came to Breakfast (The Cat Who Mysteries, Book 16): An enchanting feline whodunit for cat lovers everywhere
Lilian Jackson Braun
The Cat Who... Mysteries, USA, Fiction, Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945), Crime & mystery, Adventure, Cats as pets
Where does the key to the deaths on Breakfast Island lie Koko and Yum Yum, with a little help from Jim Qwilleran, are on the case
When Jim Qwilleran's friend Polly decides to spend two weeks on vacation with an old girlfriend in Oregon, he finds himself at a loose end. But not for long - a visit from Nick Bamba brings news of a hotbed of mystery. Nick and his wife, Lori, fear that their new venture, the Domino Inn on recently developed Breakfast Island, won't see out one summer season let alone a lifetime. A series of fatal accidents is beginning to deter further visitors...
Praise for The Cat Who Came to Breakfast (The Cat Who Mysteries, Book 16): An enchanting feline whodunit for cat lovers everywhere
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Praise for the Cat Who... series:
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'The fastidious plotting is designed to appeal to more than just the cat-lover' The Times;
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'This droll and engaging mystery...firmly grips the reader...a lively witty tale bolstered by sharply etched characters' Publishers Weekly;
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'An engaging tongue-in-cheek yarn with a sting in the tail that won't just appeal to the cat-lover' Belfast Telegraph;
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'It's a Wonderful Life meets The Aristocats in this daft but endearing whodunnit' Liverpool Daily Post;
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'Mrs Braun has a breezy style; the cats are really smart' New York Times Book Review;
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'Great fun!' Lawrence Block
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'Entertaining and absorbing mysteries which, in the tradition of all good whodunnits, keep you guessing right to the end' Dumfries and Galloway Standard
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'Lilian Jackson Braun purveys delight from beginning to end' Los Angeles Times
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'Like news from Lake Woebegon, Braun's Cat Who... series...has charmed readers' Publishers Weekly
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'Light-hearted originals... The mix of crime and cats [is] catnip to readers who like both' Chicago Sun-Times
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'An offbeat series with a good deal of charm' The Baltimore Sun
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'Braun writes with charm and sureness' Cleveland Plain Dealer
Lilian Jackson Braun
Lilian Jackson Braun composed her first poem at the age of two. She began writing her Cat Who... detective series when one of her own Siamese cats mysteriously fell to its death from her apartment block. Since then over twenty Cat Who... novels have been published, all featuring the very talented Koko and Yum Yum, Siamese cats with a bent for detection. She and her husband, Earl, live in the mountains of North Carolina.
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