The Cat… Who 28 – The Cat Who Dropped A Bombshell – Braun, Lilian Jackson

Book Preview April was lovely that year! No blizzards. No hailstorms. No torrential rains with mud slides and power outages. Gentle night-time showers irrigated the potato fields of Moose County and freshened the peony gardens of Pickax City, the county seat. It boded well for the sesquicentennial celebration of Pickax City, 400 miles north of … Read more

The Cat… Who 27 – The Cat Who Went Bananas – Braun, Lilian Jackson

Book Preview Break a leg, Fran, honey!” “Break a leg, Alden!” “Break a leg, Derek, old boy!” It was opening night of the new play in Pickax City (400 miles north of everywhere), and the actors were receiving the traditional bonhomie from well-wishers. The theatre club was doing Oscar Wilde’s comedy of absurd upper-class manners: … Read more

The Cat… Who 21 – The Cat Who Saw Stars – Braun, Lilian Jackson

Book Preview World-shaking news was seldom broadcast by WPKX, the radio station serving Moose County, 400 miles north of everywhere. Local baseball scores, another car accident, a fire in a chicken coop, and death notices were the usual fare. In late June, listeners snapped to attention, then, when a Sunday evening newscast included this bulletin: … Read more

The Cat… Who 20 – The Cat Who Sang For The Birds – Braun, Lilian Jackson

Book Preview Following an unseasonable thaw and disastrous flooding, spring came early to Moose County, 400 miles north of everywhere. In Pickax City, the county seat, flowerboxes on Main Street were blooming in April, birds were singing in Park Circle, mosquitoes were hatching in the bogs, and strangers were beginning to appear in the campgrounds … Read more

The Cat… Who 18 – The Cat Who Said Cheese – Braun, Lilian Jackson

Book Preview Lilian Jackson Braun – The Cat Who Said Cheese1Autumn, in that year of surprises, was particularly delicious in Moose County, 400 miles north of everywhere. Not only had most of the summer vacationers gone home, but civic-awareness groups and enthusiastic foodies were cooking up a savory kettle of stew called the Great Food … Read more

The Cat… Who 16 – The Cat Who Came To Breakfast – Braun, Lilian Jackson

Book Preview It was a weekend in June—glorious weather for boating. A small cabin cruiser with Double-Six freshly painted on the sternboard chugged across the lake at a cautious speed. Stowed on the aft deck were suitcases, cartons, a turkey roaster without handles, and a small wire-mesh cage with a jacket thrown over the top. … Read more

The Cat… Who 15 – The cat who went Into The Closet – Braun, Lilian Jackson

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

The Cat… Who 14 – The Cat Who Wasn’t There – Braun, Lilian Jackson

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