The Cat Who Smelled a Rat

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Summary: Fun Read
Review: Although not a great work of literature, these books are a light, easy read which are bound to entertain any animal lover. The animals play a central role in all the charachters lives. I love to read these series just before I go to sleep!

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Summary: A fun cosy starring a psychic feline
Review: Everyone in Moose County, 400 miles north of everywhere, is waiting for the Big One, the first gigantic snowstorm of the season. It has been a hot dry summer with many brushfires occurring, especially near the stack houses aligning the ten abandoned mines.

Newspaper columnist and philanthropist Jim Qwilleran thinks it is strange that the fires seem so concentrated in one spot. His two felines, Koko and Yum Yum agree. Koko always uses her extrasensory abilities to alert Jim before a catastrophe occurs. The cat has already predicted two of the fires and gives out a howl when someone shoots a fire patrol volunteer. When a volunteer on fire patrol watch is murdered, Jim and his associates begin to investigate.

Fans of "The Cat Who" mysteries will want to read Lilian Jackson Braun's latest cute cozy, THE CAT WHO SMELLED A RAT. This novel targets an audience who wants no graphic violence in their literature while the felines' antics will warm the hearts of pet lovers. The twenty-fourth novel in this long running series retains the preciousness of all its predecessors and hopefully the author will provide her audience with another twenty-four novels.

Harriet Klausner

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Summary: 23rd of an entertaining series
Review: Lilian Jackson Braun's books are delights: I have read all 23 and if you need some light reading that will bring a smile, I highly recommend them. Whimsical, engaging, and especially appealing to cat lovers, Braun's books feature James Qwilleran---Qwill-- and his mystery-solving adventures in the northern part of a "northeast central" state. It could be Minnesota, it could be the upper peninsula of Michigan, Braun never specifies. The "city down south" is variously, Detroit, Chicago, or Minneapolis.

Pickax, the community where Qwill settles in middle age after a journalist's life down south, is awash with aptly depicted small town eccentrics. Two major recurring characters are Qwill's pair of Siamese cats, who without fail provide significant help in solving crimes.

Braun's books will provide good-humored diversion during these serious days. She's the mistress of mystery for all cat-loving readers!