The Cat Who Could Read Backwards
More than thirty years ago, Lilian Jackson Braun wrote The Cat Who Could Read Backwards and launched the phenomenally successful Cat Who... mystery series. In it we are introduced to the extraordinary detective team of prize-winning reporter Jim Qwilleran and Koko, the brilliant Siamese cat. Jim Qwilleran is somewhat disgruntled when his assignment for the Daily Fluxion is to cover the art beat. For a hard-nosed crime reporter it's like being put out to pasture. Little does he suspect that this "fluff" assignment will lead down the path to murder. A stabbing in an art gallery, vandalized paintings, a fatal fall from a scaffold are not at all what Qwilleran expects. Even less, he could not possibly predict that the solution to these crimes wouldn't come from his newfound partner, Koko the Siamese with exceptional abilities for sniffing out clues.
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The library had to bring these original “Cat Who…” books out of storage, but it was worth the wait. Spent my life passing over these novels at the liveary or rhe bookstore, and happily glad to admit that upon finally reading the first three from the author’s 1960’s inaugural efforts, I only regret that I cannot make someone read these with me, so I have someone to laugh with. The irony is dry and hilarious.
If you want a good clean mystery, and you like cats than you are in for a real treat with this late author's first book in her cat who series.
I loved it, and I read it in less than two (2) days
"My mother has been telling me for years to read this series and, having read this first book in a day, I am not disappointed. It is not every day you find a series that continues for multiple books with the same characters. I love a good old fashioned murder mystery and I especially love cats so I look forward to reading the rest of the series.
The writing is a very easy and quick read, for people who don't have a lot of time to read or maybe don't have a good memory, this is a good book for you."
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