Book Preview Lilian Jackson Braun – The Cat Who Went Into The Closet-1-THE WPKX RADIO announcer hunched over the newsdesk in front of a dead microphone, anxiously fingering his script and waiting for the signal to go on the air. The station was filling in with classical music. The lilting “Anitra’s Dance” seemed hardly appropriate … Read more
Book Preview Lilian Jackson Braun – The Cat Who Wasn’t ThereOneIn late August, sixteen residents of Moose County, a remote part of the United States 400 miles north of everywhere, traveled to Scotland for a tour of the Western Isles and Highlands, lochs and moors, castles and crofts, firths and straths, burns and braes, fens … Read more
Book Preview A man of middle age, with a large, drooping moustache and brooding eyes, hunched over the steering wheel and gripped the rim anxiously as he maneuvered his car up a mountain road that was narrow, unpaved, and tortuous. Unaccustomed to mountain driving, he found it a bloodcurdling ordeal. On one side of the … Read more
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Book Preview Lilian Jackson Braun – The Cat Who Lived High1THE NEWS THAT reached Pickax City early on that cold November morning sent a deathly chill through the small northern community. The Pickax police chief, Andrew Brodie, was the first to hear about the car crash. It had occurred four hundred miles to the south, … Read more
Book Preview Jove titles by Lilian Jackson Braun THE CAT WHO COULD READ BACKWARDS THE CAT WHO ATE DANISH MODERN THE CAT WHO TURNED ON AND OFF THE CAT WHO SAW READ THE CAT WHO PLAYED BRAHMS THE CAT WHO PLAYED POST OFFICE THE CAT WHO KNEW SHAKESPEARE THE CAT WHO SNIFFED … Read more
Book Preview IF JIM QWILLERAN had read his horoscope in the daily paper on that particular morning, perhaps none of this would have happened. But astrology had never been one of his interests. As he drank his third cup of coffee in his bachelor apartment over the garage, he glanced at the floor, which was … Read more
Book Preview Lilian Jackson Braun – The Cat Who Sniffed GlueTHE TELEPHONE RANG at an early hour, and Qwilleran reached blindly toward his bedside table. Half awake, he croaked a hoarse hello and heard an authoritative voice saying, “I want to talk to you!”The voice was familiar, but the tone was alarming. It was Andrew … Read more
Book Preview IN MOOSE COUNTY, four hundred miles north of everywhere, it always starts to snow in November, and it snows — and snows — and snows. First, all the front steps disappear under two feet of snow. Then fences and shrubs are no longer visible. Utility poles keep getting shorter until the lines are … Read more
Book Preview Lilian Jackson Braun – The Cat Who Played Post Office1A CAUCASIAN MALE – fiftyish, six-feet-two, weight two-thirty, graying hair, bushy moustache – opened his eyes and found himself in a strange bed in a strange room. He lay still, in a state of peculiar lassitude, and allowed his eyes to rove about the … Read more
Book Preview Lilian Jackson Braun – The Cat Who Played Brahms-1-For Jim Qwilleran, veteran journalist, it was one of the most appalling moments of his career. Years before, as a war correspondent, he had been strafed on the beaches; as a crime reporter he had been a target of the Mob. Now he was writing … Read more
Book Preview Jove titles by Lilian Jackson Braun THE CAT WHO COULD READ BACKWARDS THE CAT WHO ATE DANISH MODERN THE CAT WHO TURNED ON AND OFF THE CAT WHO SAW RED THE CAT WHO PLAYED BRAHMS THE CAT WHO PLAYED POST OFFICE THE CAT WHO KNEW SHAKESPEARE THE CAT WHO SNIFFED GLUE THE CAT … Read more
Book Preview Lilian Jackson Braun – The Cat Who Turned On And Off1IN DECEMBER THE weather declared war. First it bombarded the city with ice storms, then strafed it with freezing winds.Now it was snowing belligerently. A blizzard whipped down Canard Street, past the Press Club, as if it had a particular grudge against newspapermen. … Read more
Book Preview Lilian Jackson Braun – The Cat Who Ate Danish Modern1Jim Qwilleran prepared his bachelor breakfast with a look of boredom and distaste, accentuated by the down-curve of his bushy moustache. Using hot water from the tap, he made a cup of instant coffee with brown lumps floating on the surface. He dredged a … Read more
Book Preview Jim Qwilleran, whose name had confounded typesetters and proofreaders for two decades, arrived fifteen minutes early for his appointment with the man, aging editor of the Daily Fluxion. In the reception room he picked up a copy of the early edition and studied the front page. He read the weather prediction (unseasonably warm) … Read more
Book Preview To Elizabeth (the) Schaefer, who started off the series asone of my editors, and continues on as a good friend. This book is for everyone who helps protectAriel’s ocean—which includes you, whenever youeat sustainable seafood and skip the straw! —L.B. To Elizabeth (the) Schaefer, who started off the series asone of my editors, … Read more
Book Preview My eternal thanks to Patricia A. Rasey, author and friend extraordinaire, who helped Marissa Vanderson kick some serious butt. I owe my critique partners, Ruth D. Kerce, Teri Heyer, and Nancy McLane, a never−ending supply of chocolate. Nancy’s constant refrains of “Will you just write the damned book?” still echo in my mind. … Read more
Book Preview Introduction: Watching and Writing The stories in this collection were created by two people: The me who watches and the me who writes. Both of these creatures inside myself have lived under one sign, which has hung over my typewriter for seventy years: Don’t think, do. I haven’t thought about any of these … Read more