The Cat Who Played Post Office (The Cat Who… Mysteries, Book 6)
Despite having landed on their paws, Koko and Yum Yum find trouble is brewing just around the corner…
Lilian Jackson Braun brings us another witty and wonderful tale about her talented and usual detectives in The Cat Who Played Post Office. Perfect for fans of cosy crime and cunning cats.
‘Great fun!’ – Lawrence Block
Inheriting unexpected millions has left reporter Jim Qwilleran looking like the cat who swallowed the canary. While his two Siamese cats, Koko and Yum Yum, adjust to being fat cats in an enormous mansion, Qwilleran samples the life-styles of the rich and famous by hiring a staff of eccentric servants. A missing housemaid and a shocking murder soon show him the unsavoury side of the upper crust. But it’s Koko’s purr-fect propensity for clues amid the caviar and champagne that gives Qwilleran pause to evaluate the most unlikely suspects… before his taste for the good life turns into his last meal.
What readers are saying about The Cat Who Played Post Office:
‘A beautifully written mystery, but with some gentle, funny bits as well’
‘As usual clever [and] amusing… Brilliant story’
‘Mystery, humour and a great tale’
Lilian Jackson Braun brings us another witty and wonderful tale about her talented and usual detectives in The Cat Who Played Post Office. Perfect for fans of cosy crime and cunning cats.
‘Great fun!’ – Lawrence Block
Inheriting unexpected millions has left reporter Jim Qwilleran looking like the cat who swallowed the canary. While his two Siamese cats, Koko and Yum Yum, adjust to being fat cats in an enormous mansion, Qwilleran samples the life-styles of the rich and famous by hiring a staff of eccentric servants. A missing housemaid and a shocking murder soon show him the unsavoury side of the upper crust. But it’s Koko’s purr-fect propensity for clues amid the caviar and champagne that gives Qwilleran pause to evaluate the most unlikely suspects… before his taste for the good life turns into his last meal.
What readers are saying about The Cat Who Played Post Office:
‘A beautifully written mystery, but with some gentle, funny bits as well’
‘As usual clever [and] amusing… Brilliant story’
‘Mystery, humour and a great tale’
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Reviews
Praise for Lilian Jackson Braun: Great fun!
The fastidious plotting is designed to appeal to more than just the cat-lover
The tale is as cosy as an hour spent with your favourite cat
Can best be compared to that cosiest of feelings - having a purring cat on your lap
Entertaining and absorbing mysteries which, in the tradition of all good whodunnits, keep you guessing right to the end
Lilian Jackson Braun keeps both paws planted on the side of charming
Most detectives do their legwork on two legs. A few, however, do it on four...
An offbeat series with a good deal of charm
Braun writes with charm and sureness
Another from the series that delights so many
