The cat who dropped a bombshell

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Title:

The cat who dropped a bombshell

Author:

Braun, Lilian Jackson, author.

Guidall, George, narrator.

Series:

Cat who... series ;

Series Number:

28.

Summary:

Koko's strange new hobby of dropping himself from balconies has landed him in the oddest of places--on the head of a young visitor whose wealthy relatives soon fall deathly ill, leaving Qwill with his work cut out for him.

General Note:

Unabridged.

Originally released in 2005.

Compact discs.

Physical Description:

4 sound discs (ca. 4 hr.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.

Genre:

Detective and mystery fiction.

Audiobooks.

Local Note:

Audio Editions

Subject Term:

Qwilleran, Jim (Fictitious character) -- Fiction.

Yum Yum (Fictitious character : Braun) -- Fiction.

Moose County (Imaginary place) -- Fiction.

Koko (Fictitious character) -- Fiction.

Country life -- Fiction.

Millionaires -- Fiction.

Siamese cat -- Fiction.

Cat owners -- Fiction.

Cats -- Fiction.

Author(s):

Guidall, George,

Publisher:

Penguin Audio,

Publication Date:

2006

2005

ISBN:

9780143059301

Publication Information:

New York : Penguin Audio, [2006], p2005.

Call Number:

CDB BRAUN

Holds: Copies:

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Summary

The residents of Pickax are about to celebrate the 150th anniversary of its founding. But in the midst of all the preparations, Qwill has to take time out to deal with Koko's strange new habit of dropping from balconies and landing in the oddest of places-and a couple that has mysteriously gone missing.

From the Paperback edition.

Author Notes

Lilian Jackson Braun was born on June 20, 1913. After starting out as a copywriter for Detroit department stores, she worked for The Detroit Free Press for nearly 30 years. In the 1960s, her cat died in a fall from a 10th-floor window in Detroit. Neighbors later told her that someone pushed the cat. To work through her feelings, she wrote a short story based on the incident. The result was her first three novels, The Cat Who Could Read Backwards, The Cat Who Ate Danish Modern, and The Cat Who Turned On and Off. After an 18-year break, she published The Cat Who Saw Red. During her lifetime, she wrote 29 titles in The Cat Who... series. She died on June 4, 2011 of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease at the age of 97.

(Bowker Author Biography)

Reviews (1)

Publisher's Weekly Review

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 blow-out celebration of its sesquicentenary. Many books ago, Qwill inherited tons of money and set up a foundation to benefit Pickax. Now that story line has become a caricature, with Qwill's fund popping up and financing yet another venture virtually every chapter. The "mystery" concerns Nathan and Doris Ledfield, a wealthy couple whose only heir is an obnoxious, greedy nephew. When late in the tale the Ledfields die... well, let's just say that no one will be surprised to learn who was behind their deaths, or what his motive was. Lame plotting isn't the only problem. The characterization is not just thin, it's anorexic. Perhaps it's time to put this series, which once defined feline fiction, to sleep. Mystery Guild main selection. (Jan.) (c) Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved