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Retiring in Pickax, actress Thelma Thackeray has decided to start a film club and organize a fundraiser revue, starring Koko the cat. But Thelma's celebrated arrival takes an unpleasant turn when the strange circumstances of her twin brother's recent death seem suspicious to Jim Qwilleran. Qwill needs a helping paw in this case. But will Koko deign to take time from his stage debut? Also see: Alternate Cover Editions for this ISBN [ACE] ACE #1 ~

Chroniqueur au Daily Fluxion , Jim Qwilleran décide d'écrire une série d'articles sur un quartier assez mal famé appelé Came-Village. Avec ses deux chats siamois, Kao K'O Kung, dit Koko, et Yom Yom, il s'insyalle dans une vieille maison appartenant à un brocanteur, C.C. Cobb, et apprend les pratiques des marchands et des collectionneurs dans le monde étrange de la brocante. Mais lorsque son propriétaire se tue en tombant dans l'escalier d'une maison en démolition où il allait faire de la "récupération", Qwilletan met une fois de plus à l'épreuve le flair de Koko afin de prouver qu'il ne s'agit pas d'un accident. INÉDIT "Grands détectives" dirigé par Jean-Claude Zylberstein

Trente et unième enquête de Koko et Yom-yom, les deux chats siamois qui accompagnent le journaliste Qwilleran. [SDM]

Journalist/philanthropist James Qwilleran and his clue-sensitive cats return with crime-solving talents intact in New York Times bestselling author Lilian Jackson Braun's twenty-fifth Cat Who... schovat popis

Sixth in the series. Qwilleran has inherited a fortune and he and the two cats are adjusting to the good life when murder rears its ugly head.

Is it just a case of summertime blues or a full-blown career crisis? Newspaper reporter Jim Qwilleran isn't sure, but he's hoping a few days in the country will help him sort out his life.With cats Koko and Yum Yum for company, Qwilleran heads for a cabin owned by a long-time family friend, "Aunt Fanny." But from the moment he arrives, things turn strange. Eerie footsteps cross the roof at midnight. Local townsfolk become oddly secretive. And then while fishing, Qwilleran hooks onto a murder mystery. Soon Qwilleran enters into a game of cat and mouse with the killer, while Koko develops a sudden and uncanny fondness for classical music...

Something's afoot and all is not what it seems, but you can trust Qwilleran and his feline friends to investigate the mystery of the Casablanca apartment buildings.

Having inherited millions, Jim Qwilleran and his two feline companions, Koko and Yum Yum, are preparing to settle down into a life of purrfect luxury in Pickax. That is, until the son of a rich banker and his wife are found murdered. To the police it looks like a robbery gone awry. But then Koko develops an odd appetite for glue. Qwill doesn’t spot the clue until his beloved Siamese’s taste for paste tangles them in a web of love, danger, and their stickiest case yet!

Qwilleran and the cats are visiting an island known by many names. Qwill has always called it Breakfast Island, but to the taciturn natives, it's Providence Island. To the rich summer residents it's Grand Island--and to the developers and tourists who are turning this once-peaceful place upside down, it's Pear Island. But when some odd "accidents" occur, including a fatal boat explosion, Qwill suspects sabotage and sets out to investigate--because murder by any other name is just as deadly...