Books by Lilian Jackson Braun and Complete Book Reviews

Lilian Jackson Braun, Author Putnam $23.95 (208p) ISBN 978-0-399-15390-7
Diehard fans will best appreciate Braun's meandering 29th ""Cat Who..."" mystery (after 2006's The Cat Who Dropped a Bombshell). Series hero Jim ""Qwill"" Qwilleran, columnist for the Moose County Something in remote Pickax City, Mich., gets...
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Lilian Jackson Braun, Author . Putnam $23.95 (240p) ISBN 978-0-399-14675-6
In Braun's 24th Cat Who... mystery (after 2001's The Cat Who Smelled a Rat), journalist James Mackintosh "Qwill" Qwilleran ("the richest man in the northeast central United States") and his two Siamese cats, Kao K'o Kung
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Lilian Jackson Braun, Author Jove Books $2.95 (0p) ISBN 978-0-515-08491-7
Newsman Jim Qwilleran, now restaurant critic for the Daily Fluxim, believes that his former sweetheart and a houseboy have been murdered. With the help of his Siamese cats, Koko and Yum Yumwho use his typewriter, snare his apartment in yarn and...
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Lilian Jackson Braun, Author Putnam Adult $21.95 (144p) ISBN 978-0-399-14956-6
Fans of Lilian Jackson Braun's Cat Who... series won't want to miss Short and Tall Tales: Moose County Legends Collected by James Mackintosh Qwilleran. In the voice of Qwill, her beloved fictional journalist, Braun presents 27 amusing yarns, from
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Lilian Jackson Braun, Author Putnam Publishing Group $14.95 (223p) ISBN 978-0-399-13431-9
While the 10th entry in the ``Cat Who'' series is enjoyable and has its charms, it is less a mystery than a recital of how veteran reporter and millionaire Jim Qwilleran and his feline companions, Koko and Yum Yum, spent their vacation, and an...
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Lilian Jackson Braun, Author Putnam Publishing Group $14.95 (207p) ISBN 978-0-399-13381-7
In this tame, nonmysterious mystery, bucolic Pickax City, in Moose County (``400 miles north of everywhere'') is first disrupted by vandalism, then by murder. When Harley Fitch, vice-president of the Pickax Bank, and his wife, Belle, are found shot...
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Lilian Jackson Braun, Author Putnam Publishing Group $15.95 (239p) ISBN 978-0-399-13477-7
Jackson's 10th entry in the series featuring middle-aged, curmudgeonly reporter Jim Qwilleran pits the independently wealthy citizen of the remote town of Pickax City against malevolent spirits, of either this world or another. Iris Cobb, the...
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Lilian Jackson Braun, Author Putnam Publishing Group $17.95 (239p) ISBN 978-0-399-13554-5
With this 11th entry, the popular Cat Who series ( The Cat Who Talked to Ghosts ) begins to flag, its charms growing tatty and listless for even the most steadfast cat-and-mystery lovers. Ex-newspaperman James ``Qwill'' Qwilleran and his Siamese...
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Lilian Jackson Braun, Author Putnam Publishing Group $19.95 (240p) ISBN 978-0-399-14286-4
Fans of this popular series will surely relish this reissue of its 1966 debut and the reminder that former newsman Jim Qwilleran, whose two prescient Siamese are the heart and soul of the stories, starts out with no cats and, in fact, is reluctant...
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Lilian Jackson Braun, Author G. P. Putnam's Sons $10.95 (123p) ISBN 978-0-399-15132-3
Feline fanciers will purr over The Private Life of the Cat Who...: Tales of Koko and Yum Yum from the Journals of James Mackintosh Qwilleran, by Lilian Jackson Braun, author of The Cat Who Brought Down the House (Forecasts, Dec. 16, 2002) and two
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Lilian Jackson Braun, Author Putnam $23.95 (242p) ISBN 978-0-399-14570-4
After 22 Cat Who mysteries (The Cat Who Saw Stars, etc.), Braun's legions of fans know precisely what to expect from this mistress of feline detective stories--a bloodless crime, much bantering between Jim Qwilleran and his friends, and mysterious...
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Lilian Jackson Braun, Author . Putnam $23.95 (228p) ISBN 978-0-399-14942-9
Lovers of bestseller Braun's irresistible Siamese cats, regal Koko and delicate Yum Yum, and their pet human, Jim Qwilleran, will need no further recommendation than the title for this 25th book in the series. (Remember The Cat Who Went Up the...
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Lilian Jackson Braun, Author . Putnam $23.95 (192p) ISBN 978-0-399-15107-1
Like other recent books in Braun's best-selling series that began with The Cat Who Could Read Backwards (1966), this loosely plotted novel, the 26th to feature Siamese cats Koko and Yum Yum and Moose County journalist Jim Qwilleran, isn't...
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Lilian Jackson Braun, Author . Putnam $23.95 (240p) ISBN 978-0-399-15224-5
Bestseller Braun's formulaic 27th Cat Who... mystery (after 2004's The Cat Who Talked Turkey ) lacks the charm of earlier adventures starring Siamese sleuths Koko and Yum Yum. In Pickax City, "400 miles north of everywhere," Jim...
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Bestseller Braun's disappointing 28th Cat Who... novel (after 2004's The Cat Who Went Bananas ) mostly follows journalist Jim "Call Me Qwill" Qwilleran as he runs around Pickax City, Mich., getting things ready for the town's...
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Lilian Jackson Braun, Author Putnam $16.95 (240p) ISBN 978-0-399-13664-1
Like news from Lake Wobegon, Braun's Cat Who . . . series featuring retired journalist and heir Jim Qwilleran and his Siamese cats Koko and Yum Yum has charmed readers, and this 12th installment about events in mythical Pickax City is no exception....
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Lilian Jackson Braun, Author Putnam $18.95 (239p) ISBN 978-0-399-13646-7
This droll and engaging mystery, 13th in The Cat Who . . . series, firmly grips the reader even though the murder in question is a year old and the killer is apparently behind bars. Jim Qwilleran, an affable former big-city crime reporter who has...
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Lilian Jackson Braun, Author Putnam $18.95 (238p) ISBN 978-0-399-13780-8
Pickax City columnist and wealthy bachelor Jim Qwilleran travels to Scotland, leaving his Siamese cats Koko and Yum Yum at home, in one of the most lively recent entries in Braun's popular ``The Cat Who . . . '' series. Also on the Bonnie Scots Tour
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Lilian Jackson Braun, Author Putnam $19.95 (235p) ISBN 978-0-399-13830-0
Newspaperman, philanthropist and sleuth Jim Qwilleran leads a busy life in tiny Pickax City (pop. 3,000), but it is his prescient cats who beguile the reader in this lively mystery, the 16th in the Cat Who. . . series. Qwilleran is renting a huge...
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Lilian Jackson Braun, Author Putnam $19.95 (254p) ISBN 978-0-399-13868-3
In the 16th Cat Who . . . adventure, Pickax City's Jim Qwilleran and his intuitive Siamese cats, Yum Yum and Koko, investigate odd accidents plaguing a glitzy resort recently built on a nearby island in Moose County, ``400 miles north of everywhere.'
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Lilian Jackson Braun, Author Putnam $21.95 (240p) ISBN 978-0-399-13981-9
Best of series, this 17th The Cat Who caper slyly creeps up on the reader. The newest delight in Moose County, ``400 miles north of everywhere,'' is a railroad buff's refurbished locomotive, which is making its debut run. Floyd Trevelyan, the train...
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Lilian Jackson Braun, Author Putnam $22.95 (0p) ISBN 978-0-399-14075-4
One of the best in the 19-title Cat Who . . . series (one of which is a short-story collection), this latest adventure finds newspaper columnist Jim Qwilleran more likable and his feline sleuthing partners, Siamese Yum Yum and Koko, more intuitive...
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Lilian Jackson Braun, Author Putnam $22.95 (256p) ISBN 978-0-399-14210-9
Nothing is sacred in this latest installment of the trials and tribulations of life in Moose County, ""400 miles north of everywhere,"" as locals face a green Christmas, an outbreak of petty larceny and a tacky new resident. As the holidays approach,
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Lilian Jackson Braun, Author Putnam $22.95 (244p) ISBN 978-0-399-14333-5
Koko is once again cat of the hour in this barely puzzling 20th entry in the series featuring former newsman Jim Qwilleran and his sleuthing Siamese cat companions (The Cat Who Tailed a Thief, 1997, was the 19th). Although most residents of Pickax...
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Lilian Jackson Braun, Author Putnam $22.95 (227p) ISBN 978-0-399-14431-8
Detective-journalist Jim Qwilleran and his prescient Siamese cats Koko and Yum Yum (The Cat Who Sang for the Birds, 1997) star in their 21st novel here, and while not quite as spry as ever, they're still the cat's meow. Qwill and his cats move from...
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Lilian Jackson Braun, Author Putnam $23.95 (229p) ISBN 978-0-399-14665-7
The 23rd entry in Braun's Cat Who... series (The Cat Who Robbed a Bank; The Cat Who Saw Stars; etc.) testifies to the amazing popularity of mysteries featuring cats. Once again philanthropist-journalist Jim Qwilleran, columnist for the Something,...
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Lilian Jackson Braun, Author, Nye, Author Jove Books $7.99 (288p) ISBN 978-0-515-10786-9
Retired journalist Jim Qwilleran and his Siamese cats solve a high school principal's murder. (Feb.)
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Lilian Jackson Braun, Author, Tyler, Author Jove Books $7.99 (272p) ISBN 978-0-515-10950-4
With the help of his unique cats, former reporter Jim Qwilleran solves the murder of a developer in this witty tale bolstered by sharply etched characters. (Oct.)
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Lilian Jackson Braun, Author, TBA, Read by , read by George Guidall. Putnam Berkley Audio $24.95 (0p) ISBN 978-0-399-14993-1
Guidall, the veteran audio reader who's read countless Cat Who books, returns for another foray into the goings-on in the tiny town of Pickax, "400 miles from anywhere." Guidall's versatile voice creates a whole town of characters:...
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