The Cat Who Ate Danish Modern (Cat Who...) Reviews

• Great bed-time mystery...

  
  By AUNHTUF4ATEJM on 2003-09-26
  This is a pleasant, well-written book that is interesting enough to keep you reading without being such a pageturner that you're up all night finishing it. It reads quickly because of the writing style and the characters are engaging and interesting -- particularly the cats, KoKo and YumYum. Given how long ago this book was written (it's the second in a long series), it has held up very well.

  The "detective" is newspaper journalist Qwilleran, who has been given the unwelcome task of editing a weekly "magazine" section centered around interior design and showcase homes. Through this, he enters the world of interior designers and some of their wealthy customers. The day after the first issue of the magazine hits the stands, the homeowner whose home was featured is burglarized, losing a very valuable jade collection and a wife. Each attempt to photograph a designer home seems to be equally jinxed, and Qwilleran decides he must solve the first burglary to save the magazine (he has decided he likes his new assignment). With the help of his astonishingly intelligent Siamese cat Ko-Ko, he eventually solves all of the crimes that have taken place in the homes he has showcased in his magazine.

  The elapse of thirty plus years since this book was first published have made this book seem perhaps like a little time capsule of life in the late 60s, and there is a certain leisureliness and gentleness about the book. This is not a suspense thriller, and I didn't finding myself caring all that much who did it, but rather enjoyed spending time with Qwilleran, his cats, and his friends.
  
  

• When Qwill and Koko met Yum-Yum

  
  By A3A6GXILVT9JNW on 2004-01-03
  As the second book of this popular series opens Qwill is trying to work up the nerve to ask for a different writing assignment. The former crime reporter has spent the past six months, since The Cat Who Could Read Backwards, covering the art scene and is anxious to get back to something more in keeping with his background. His assignment is changed but to writing features for the new weekly supplement on interior design. Since he cannot afford to quit he gamely decides to tackle the project.

  Within a short period of time he is immersed into a new world filled with characters every bit as strange and colorful as the arts crowd he has just left. Life seems to be looking up for Qwill, the writing assignment is going well and one of his new friends asks Qwill and Koko to housesit his apartment while he is away on business. After the new magazine hits the stands problems begin, thefts and bodies begin to pile up. Pointed in the right direction by Koko's hints Qwill solves the mysteries. Along the way both Koko and Qwill acquire new ladies in their lives, Koko has found his Yum-Yum and Qwill begins a romance with 'Cokey' Wright, a designer who shares is taste for modern decor.

  This mystery was originally published in 1967 but has worn well. The fans of this series need to be aware that this is not set in Moose County but instead covers Qwill earlier life in the Big City 'down below'. The characters that Qwill meets are, however, every bit as charming and quirky as those in Moose County, and like those in the later books do seem to turn up in subsequent novels. Unlike the later additions to this series the emphasis is more on murder and less on cozy although there is no profanitiy, graphic violence or explicit sex.
  
  

• Crime reporter transferred to interior decorating beat

  
  By A1BXA3SM3AJOKL on 2003-05-27
  When I first read this mystery, it was the second of a 3-volume series, the last of which had appeared in 1968. Only with the 4th book, THE CAT WHO SAW RED (1986), did the series take off into its at-least-1-book-a-year mode, and only with the 5th, TCW PLAYED BRAHMS, did Braun introduce Qwill to Moose County.
  
  TCW ATE DANISH MODERN was the first Qwilleran book I ever read, and although it's best to begin with book 1, TCW COULD READ BACKWARDS, I can testify that you won't be lost if you pick this up first instead, nor will you spoil the solution of the previous book.
  
  Qwill is the type who'd probably think of himself as a dog person if he weren't a city dweller, but after the death of his landlord, he acquired custody of his landlord's closest companion: Kao K'o Kung, a Siamese familiarly known as Koko. (The original hardcover dustjacket was graced with a photograph of his namesake: the author's feline companion.) The other consequences of his landlord's death led to one of Qwill's 4 problems at the opening of the story: 1) he has to find a new place to live, 2) he wants to be in the Daily Fluxion's city room rather than on the art beat, 3) no current girlfriend, and 4) moths are eating up all his ties - so he runs the risk of being homeless, jobless, womanless, and tieless all at once. (Hey, I didn't say this was Shakespearean tragedy.)
  
  Before Qwill can request a transfer from the managing editor, he's informed that a change of assignment is already lined up: the FLUXION is trying to divert advertising revenue from magazines to their own coffers, and so a new Sunday supplement is coming online, and Qwill will be in charge of its features. The catch? The home furnishing industry is making the advertising experiment - so the Sunday magazine, GRACIOUS ABODES, covers the interior decorating beat. Qwill's horrified reaction is softened since the transfer includes a promotion and raise. Odd Bunsen, the Flux's daredevil photographer, is slower to overcome his resentment at his own transfer.
  
  Up through book 4, this was the standard opening move in a Qwill story: transfer the poor devil from his current assignment to some weird beat as far from the City Room as a veteran crime reporter could imagine, and throw him in at the deep end. As with his previous assignment to the art beat, he finds the professional rivalries unexpectedly interesting.
  
  Consider Lyke and Starkweather, for instance - Starkweather (a rather bland middle-aged executive) handles the business end while Lyke handles clients and the actual decoration jobs. Lyke's charismatic, but the depths beneath his surface charm are somewhat murky. He butters people up left and right, then sneers at them for taking him seriously. His childhood friendship - back before he moved uptown and changed his name - with Jack Baker ended acrimoniously after Jack saved his pennies, went to the Sorbonne, then returned to town as "Jacques Boulonger", the Duxburys' decorator "from Paris". (Jack's background isn't really secret, but his society clients wouldn't like to admit that far from being an exotic novelty, he's a self-made African-American from their own city.) Jack even rubbed in his success at having taken away Lyke's old money clients by moving into the Villa Verandah, where Lyke lives, but in a nicer apartment on a higher floor. :) Lyke does well enough, though, with the new money clients out in Lost Lake Hills.
  
  By chance, Qwill starts with Lyke when seeking a big society name for the cover of GRACIOUS ABODES' first issue, and thus draws the Taits. At first Mrs. Tait's sharp tongue seems the worst feature of the household, and Tait's obsession with his jade collection the oddest. Then the morning after the first issue of Gracious Abodes hits the street, Tait's jade collection is stolen, his wife is dead of a heart attack, and the police - and the FLUXION's competitor, the MORNING RAMPAGE - are asking why the Flux seems to be printing blueprints for burglary. (One of the elements dating the story is the FLUXION's policy of always printing names and addresses, but as you can see, its logical consequences come home to roost.)
  
  Each of the first few editions of GRACIOUS ABODES is plagued by a different catastrophe, and Qwill faces reassignment to the church editor's beat if he can't break the jinx. Are some or all of the incidents related - and if so, who's behind them?
  
  I recommend the unabridged audio read by George Guidall over the book on its own, although I enjoy that too. Scenes like Odd Bunsen's drunken pursuit of Koko across the balconies of the Villa Verandah must be heard to be appreciated fully. :)
  
  

• In which Qwilleran. . .

  
  By A3MSB482DIB9SL on 2004-02-09
  . . .is taken off the Art beat, and assigned to the task of edition a color supplement for the "Daily Fluxion". The subject? Decorating!

  In this tightly written mystery, Qwilleran, with the help of Koko the brilliant Siamese cat, solves the mystery of two murders and the apparent theft of hundreds of thousands of dollars in collectible jade. By the end, he also acquires a second cat, the delightful female Siamese Yum Yum.

  One of the better of the series and a good rainy day read.
  
  

• Koko Eats the Evidence.

  
  By A1M4NJYP0WNL8Q on 2001-12-22
  In this, the second in 'The Cat Who...' series, Lilian Braun draws us further into the zany world of reporter Jim Qwilleran and his fearless sidekick, Koko the Siamese cat.

  Jim is quite upset when the managing editor of the Daily Fluxion pulls him off his job as art writer and assigns him the special task of bringing out a weekly home decorating guide. While leading the 'Gracious Abodes' effort is a step up, it's not a step to what Qwill really wants to do - return to crime reporting.

  Fortunately, Qwill connects with decorator David Lyke who manages to get Qwill and photographer Odd Bunsen into the Muggy Swamp mansion of G. Verning Tait, who has a fabulous jade collection. But Qwill's efforts seem ill-fated when, no sooner was the weekly out in print, but the Tait mansion was broken into, and the jade collection stolen. Paolo, the missing house boy is blamed, but Qwill's moustache keeps twitching, making him suspect that the theft was something else entirely.

  Each issue of 'Gracious Abodes' seems similarly cursed. The robbery first, then Quill's subject for the second issue turns out to be a house of ill repute, and finally David Lyke is murdered. If Qwill hadn't become involved with Cokey, an attractive designer with an unusual approach to clothing, he would had quickly have become depressed. But he struggles on, despite the rising paranoia of his managing editor, trying to convince someone that something even fishier than theft and murder is going on.

  Koko in the meantime is showing some strange behaviors. He seems to be irritated at Cokey, and has taken to eating Qwill's few wool ties. Perplexed, Qwill is driven to visit a 'psycatatrist,' who provides explanations even stranger than Koko's behavior. As you might expect, Koko has already solved the crime and is having trouble getting the message through to Qwilleran.

  Will the mystery be solved? Will Qwill read the message hidden in the hairballs? This is the mystery. And will Koko recover from meeting his future roommate, Princess Yum Yum? Whatever the resolution, the reader can count on more cat hijinks in Lilian Braun's whimsical, enjoyable style.
  
  

• Even better than the first!
  By on 1999-06-08
  This book was better than the first. Braun lets you guess what the solution to the mystery is, then eliminates the possibility by adding more clues. This is the second book in the series, after The Cat Who Could Read Backwards, for those who want to know. I'm hooked!
  
  
• 2nd in the Cat Who series
  By A2MSWQW6L9X18O on 2003-04-27
  Qwilleran, the middle-aged editor, is assigned to a new upscale decorating magazine called "Gracious Abodes" in this 2nd in the series of "Cat Who" books. Qwilleran relunctantly takes his new assignment and struggles to make it a success. Unfortuately, he stumbles into several crime scenes that are linked to the magazine's publication and they threaten his job security. He does not give up, but tries to solve the murders. With the assistance of his Siamese cat Koko, he is able to piece together the puzzle to solve the mystery!

  Great light-reading book for mystery and cat lovers. Koko comes to life on the pages and you can't put it down!
  
  

• And Introducing Yum Yum
  By AN7LJWCGEWFYU on 2005-03-26
  Lilian Jackson Braun's second novel in the "Cat Who" series is not only a worthy successor to it's predecessor it is even better. Even though the writing was quite good in the first book the story seems to flow better in this book and there are less jerky movements in the story. And a very good story it is!
  
  When we last left veteran newspaper reporter Jim Qwilleran he was reporting on the art scene for the Daily Fluxion, an assignment that he wasn't thrilled with at first but one that he had warmed up to. Suddenly he finds himself with an assignment that he knows even less about than art, he will be covering interior design. He was, in fact, placed in charge of putting out a weekly magazine insert called "Gracious Abodes", an assignment that would lead him into another adventure with his faithful cat Koko.
  
  Since most decorators could use the publicity a newspaper spread on their work would provide Qwilleran has no trouble in getting help finding houses to profile. He first hooks up with decorator David Lyke who gets permission for the Daily Fluxion to do a photo shoot in a home occupied by an old money family that has more than the normal old money quirks. Just after the first edition of " Gracious Abodes" hits the streets the home in question is robbed of a valuable Jade collection. What's more, the lady of the house is found dead of an apparent heart attack, which police theorize was caused be fear during the burglary. Of course this incident makes the Daily Fluxion look bad, especially since the rival paper plays up the burglary. Qwilleran immediately suspects a set-up and even begins to suspect that his new girlfriend whom he found in another decorator's office is part of the plot. He gets really suspicious after the second edition of his magazine comes out and the next day the police raid the place. It turns out that his second featured home is a cat house, pun intended.
  
  Things get even more bizarre for the ace reporter when his neighbor and prime decorating contact David Lyke is murdered. The more Qwilleran sniffs around, the more he is convinced that he is being set-up but he can't quite put all of the pieces together. Once again, Koko saves the day by both pointing out the solution to the jade heist and also the key piece of evidence in the murder. Along the way, Koko manages to save Qwilleran's life and personally capture one of the suspects. This is one amazing cat!
  
  This is also the book that introduces the reader to Qwilleran's second cat, Yum Yum who enters the picture to keep Koko from engaging in the behavior that led to the title of the book. We only get a short glance at Yum Yum in this book but I feel sure that she will turn out to be just as clever as Koko which will make for even more interesting reading in the next installment.
  
  Altogether this book is whimsical, light and very fun to read. Also, as in the first book of the series the characters the reader will meet in this book are fantastic and colorful to say the least. Give this book a try and see what Koko can cough up for your enjoyment.
  
  
• Book Two
  By A2XFTQQ0OU0XII on 2000-07-23
  After reading Braun's first book in the Cat Who...Series (The Cat Who Could Read Backwards) I found myself longing for more Koko and Qwill. I recently obtained this book and I loved every minute it took to complete. I never miss the David Letterman show on weeknights but I skipped Fridays show to read the book. It is wonderful and ties with the first in my book. I have also purchased the next two, The Cat Who Turned On and Off, and The Cat Who Saw Red. I also found two hardbacks for a dollar less than the paperbacks. The Cat Who Tailed a Theif and The Cat Who Sang for the Birds. Those are numbers 19 and 20 but I picked them up because of the great deal. Tommorrow I will be getting numbers 5,6,7,and 8. This is truly a great series and I wish it enjoyed more publicity, like all of those Harry Potter books. They are good book in their own right but this is my favorite series hands down. Trust me and read the series in order. Hope this review persuades some of you skeptics to give the series a chance. The Cat Who Ate Danish Modern is a great book, although I don't really look at them as individual books, more like volumes.
  
  
• It's Grrrreat!
  By AA69A33KO35XI on 2001-09-29
  This is another one of the early Cat Who...books so that means it was written in the 60's. All of Braun's early novels are excellent and so is this one. I love how Braun describes that decor of the apartments and the food and things like that. No other author has got that technique down as well as Braun. This book introduces the third member of the Qwilleran family Yum-Yum. A female feline to keep Qwill and Koko in line. She doesn't have Koko's sleuth powers but she is special none theless.
  
  
• The Second Book in Koko Series
  By A4APK2DXJ7JNV on 2002-03-26
  This is the second book in "The Cat Who..." Series. The relationship between Koko and Qwilleran is more friendly and more familiar than that in the first book where they first met ("The Cat Who Could Read Backwards"). You'll see that if you read this series in sequence. This second book also describes how Yum Yum, the second Siamese is adopted as a new member of the family. I recommend you to read this series in sequence.

  I still don't think it is very good as a whodunit. But it's a LOVELY tale which makes me strongly feel to meet Koko and Qwilleran again and again. As far as I feel so, I'll read this series furthermore. And I'm looking forward to what role Yum Yum will play.
  
  

• My Favorite Series!
  By A3W1130KUXGUDQ on 2006-07-06
  In the 2nd book in The Cat Who...series, we meet again James Qwilleran aka "Qwill", a newsman for the Daily Fluxion. Returning to writing for a paper after several years absence trying to get his life together in which excessive alcohol was a factor, Jim has sobered up and sought gainful employment. After having been assigned to the art beat on his previous assignment for the Fluxion, Qwill is happy to be given a new assignment...until he discovers what it is. He is given the daunting task of writing a weekly magazine style insert titled "Gracious Abodes" that will focus on the world of interior design. Knowing nothing of the topic, Qwill throws himself into his new post, and quickly discovers that he has a lot to learn. When a home is robbed that was featured in the first edition of Gracious Abodes, Qwill wonders if his new assignment will be a curse. Several more mishaps occur with each edition, and Qwill begins to believe that someone is out to make the Fluxion and himself look bad. With the help of KoKo and the addition of his new cat, Yum Yum, a long-standing friendship and crime-solving trio is formed.
  
  This is my favorite cozy mystery series! I had read all of the books in the past, and wanted to read them again for a second time. This time around, I have chosen to listen to them on CD, as I love the voice of George Guidall. Some of Qwill's background is explained, and it was interesting to revisit how Qwill found Yum Yum and where her unusual name originated. For those that have not read the series, I do recommend reading the first several first. Many others can be intermixed, but this book offers good insight to the way that Qwill and KoKo relate to one another in future installments. This is a great series by my favorite author!
  
  The first book in the series is called "The Cat who Could Read Backwards". Enjoy!
  
  
  
• Even better than the first
  By on 1998-10-07
  This is the second in The Cat Who ... series and introduces Jim Qwilleran's second cat, Yum Yum. We see Qwill's growing awareness of the talents of his first cat, Koko. A great book although a little dated (first written in the sixties).
  
  
• Fun for all
  By A1702F6NX1F10W on 2007-02-06
  What more can be said about this book that hasn't been said below. I will say that the shinanigans are in full swing this time with KoKo and Qwill and things are sure to get even crazier with the edition of Yum Yum.
  
  In this second installment in The Cat Who... series we find Qwill on a new beat journaling the many different and eccentric people of the designing world. With each additional Gracious Abodes hot off the press comes a hot crime. Does someone have it in for Qwill and the Daily Fluxion or is it merily coincidence. Find out and more in this latest backstabing and fun addition of the Cat Who....series. With this one in the bag you will surely want to get your claws on the next in the series The Cat Who Turned On and Off and find out what Qwill, KoKo and the newest addition Yum Yum are up to.....
  
  
• excellent!
  By AR9T2D01WA2Y3 on 2000-06-06
  This was the best of the series! I absolutely loved this book. This was the book that got me hooked on the Cat Who series. Mom rented it from the library to listen to on the way home from our camping last year. This book is excellent for every body in the ages 10-75. (I am only 12)
  
  
• an overall enjoyable book...
  By A2PAXQXEA0AFXS on 2001-04-08
  This is an overall good book, but I like the 1st one better, but that's just because I am interested in art. This is the book in which Yum Yum joined them, who was owned by the family in which the house was robbed. Who robbed the house? Well, you'll just have to find out for yourself. In this mystery, Koko devoloped a habit of eating furniture and Qwill's ties, and helps Qwill find whodunit by clawing clues in the dictionary. Yes, it's true Qwill has to write a magazine on interior decorating, which is not my favourite subject, yet that only, to me, makes the story more interesting. Buy this now, but only if you read the 1st book before.
  
  
• Guidall's reading saves this one
  By A51IK68MWKV5R on 2001-06-27
  I like mysteries and am always on the lookout for a new series. I had read the "Brahms" entry in this series but I didn't remember much about it, so when I saw this in the library I picked it up with mild interest. The mystery itself is more of the "cozy" type where people get killed "offscreen" so to speak. And this is at best an average example of that type. What really saves this one is the acting skill of George Guidall, who is fast becoming one of my favorite readers (along with Michael Prichard). His subtleties really bring out the best aspects of this book, which are the characterizations. Qwilleran really comes alive here.

  If you are a fan of Braun or Guidall, or like hearing about talented cats, I would recommend picking this one up. But from just the mystery standpoint, you could give this one a miss.
  
  

• Very entertaining
  By A200XNOWFDZ38R on 2001-07-07
  The Cat Who books are so delightful. Qwill is half sophisticated and half down to earth. He is a very intriguing character and I like him a lot. Koko is very smart and cute and has a lot of sassiness! Cat lovers will absolutely adore these books, especially with the sweet Yum Yum added in!
  
  
• Koko strikes again
  By A3V7EF2714BECG on 2001-07-20
  Koko and Qwill are on the interior decorating beat in this book. This is also the book we get introduced to Yum-Yum. As a cat owner I was amused by the addition of more character and quirks to Koko, especially the fabric eating habit. In this book they must solve not only a murder but also a theft. The action is quick paced but also as true today as when it was first written.
  
  
• The Cat Who Ate Danish Modern audio version is a pleasure to listen to!
  By A3VEBJTDR6B4NP on 2006-09-05
  This is an enjoyable audio fit for the whole family. Crime is committed but the story is told without using graphic language or imagery. George Guidall's "reading" ability brings the characters to life.
  
  
• Great Stories and Characters
  By on 1999-05-17
  I have read and reread all of Ms. Braun's CAT WHO books. They are one of the best mystery stories that I have ever happened upon. I wait for each new one to come on the scene and then for the paper back version so that I can get it and add to my collection. Her hold on the Siamese is fantastic. I have had Siamese for over 30 years and here is a lady who knows how they act and makes them real to the reader. I reccomend these stories highly to anyone who loves cats and a good mystery.
  
  
• Qwill's a dream, Cats never act "uncatly", a weekend escape!
  By on 1997-10-05
  An excellent book to relax with and escape from pressue. Qwill, a veteran newspaper reporter, finds his new job at the Daily Fluxon more stimulating than he imagined. Murder is the chief order of business. Qwill's exotic Siamese cat is the star of the book. While he pursues normal cat interests he uncovers the plot and leads Qwill to the murderer. At times his catness is used to save Qwill's life. This book can be read by discriminating mystery lovers. It is a favorite of mine because it is not over violent, nor does it discuss male/ female relations in depth.
  
  
• The cat who got me addicted
  By A2XJW5MM28OA6P on 2001-06-13
  This book is my favorite. Not only is the title humorous, but I really like it the story the best. Maybe it's because Yum Yum is introduced, and the family becomes complete, or maybe it's just all of the crazy people that Qwill meets before he moves to Moose County, but this is the book that I can read over and over and still have it be just as good as the first time.
  
  
• A light, enjoyable read.
  By A25773EBHHXMXF on 2001-07-11
  I love this series. It if fun and easy to keep up with, nothing too heavy. This time, Jim is asked to do a column on interior design. I had to laugh, because interior design is so non-Qwilleran, but of course, as is true to form, he finds himself right smack dab in the middle of murder. If you enjoy mysteries where language and violence are practically non-existent, this is the series for you.
  
  
• A fast, fun read
  By A1SVSW1D4AZKXL on 2003-02-08
  The Cat Who Ate Danish Modern caught my attention first, over many others in this series, because of the title. I couldn't figure out what it could possibly mean, and that intrigued me.
  I finished this book in one sitting, in only a couple hours, and immediately began to search for the next in line.
  This was a very good book; moving along at a pace that kept you interested in the story. The characters had a certain, less-than-deeply-developed charm, and Koko was a wonderful example of the kings of the animal kingdom, the cat.
  I loved getting a look into the newspaper world, and into the world of interior design, all set many years before I was even born. And, although I did find myself chuckling a few times at the world created in the Cat Who mysteries, I thoroughly enjoyed my visit.
  There were only a few things I had trouble with. One, some characters that were introduced briefly in the beginning, ones that turned out to be important later, well, by the time we got back to them I couldn't remember anything about them. Basically, I found the characters that did not repeat from book to book to be very forgetable, and often times dull.
  Two, the plot was rather predictable. Maybe it was just me, but I didn't have any trouble piecing together this mystery.
  And three, this book was too short! I was so disappointed when I finished it in under two hours. But, there are many more in the series, and I'm sure that I will enjoy them all as much as I enjoyed this one.
  So, I would definitly recommend this one as a quick, fun read.
  
  
• Light and easy without being dumb.
  By A3R9B04L2NL3SI on 2003-02-16
  This has all the best of good story-telling. It moves along swiftly, doesn't condescend, all while instantly immersing the reader in the world of Jim Qwilleran. Our hero is a recovering alcoholic who manages not to define himself by that fact. He is a working man who has the troubles any of us might understand, like having to do a job we don't like if we want to pay our bills. He is divorced and a little bitter without being consumed by it. He is interested in women, and not ready to commit. He is surprised, himself, by how much he has come to care for his cat, and enough of a regular and believable American man to be a little discreet about it.
  I enjoyed the escape this book provided immensely, and that is what good story telling should do, isn't it, allow you to slip away into another world from which you may emerge feeling like you had a mini-vacation?
  
  
• A great work of mystery to keep you coming back for more.
  By on 1997-04-26
  Once you read this book you'll be hooked to Lilian's fiction.I loved this and all of her books I've read.You will too so get to your bookstore or get it through this and order any book by Lilian Jackson Braun you'll be glad you did
  
  
• Qwill and KoKo do interior decorating
  By A2THU56YB588IA on 2001-04-12
  The best and worst aspects of this book are that it was written in the 1960's. That results in some very dated language ("cool cat") which can be funny. The fun part of it is that this story revolves around interior decorating and the late 60's must have been one of the wierdest periods for decorating ever.

  The fundamentals of this book are vintage Braun. Qwill's mustache twitches, KoKo drops clues in the form of hairballs and it's all done with a minimum of gore. My only grievence is that Braun is a bit heavy handed with the forshadowing and I guessed who did it awfully early on.
  
  

• outstanding
  By on 1999-05-28
  Although I haven't read all of the Cat Who... books, the ones I have read are engrossing stories. Lilian J. Braun has a unique writing style and knows how to put a mystery together.These books have given me an appreciation of the Siamese cat that I never had before.
  
  
• Decorate with a bit of Murder
  By on 1998-07-31
  Poor Qwill, assigned to edit a new magazine for the FLUX, finds more than just outstanding window treatments!! When the rich homes being featured in "Gracious Abodes" start being robbed after their story runs- along with a few deaths thrown in as an accent, Qwill and koko are hot on the trail!! A great follow up to The Cat who could read backwards.
  
  

• The Cat Who Turned On and Off (Cat Who...)
• The Cat Who Could Read Backwards (Cat Who...)
• The Cat Who Saw Red (Cat Who...)
• The Cat Who Played Brahms (Cat Who...)
• The Cat Who Played Post Office (Cat Who...)