The Cat Who Went into the Closet (The Cat Who... Series #15)

by Lilian Jackson Braun

Overview

In this charming Cat Who mystery, a misused mansion sets the stage for a strange caper for Jim Qwilleran and his cats Koko and Yum Yum.

Qwill’s moved into the old Gage mansion—and the cats are on a treasure hunt. The house’s fifty closets are crammed with several generations of junk, and while Qwill investigates two recent deaths—those of the mansion’s former occupant and a local potato farmer—Koko investigates the contents of the closets. Qwill and the cats wind up unearthing some surprising skeletons—and bringing long-buried secrets to light...

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781101214176
Publisher:	Penguin Publishing Group
Publication date:	03/01/1994
Series:	Cat Who... Series , #15
Sold by:	Penguin Group
Format:	eBook
Pages:	288
File size:	335 KB

About the Author

The history of Lilian Jackson Braun is perhaps as exciting and mysterious as her novels. Between 1966 and 1968, she published three novels to critical acclaim: The Cat Who Could Read Backwards, The Cat Who Ate Danish Modern, and The Cat Who Turned On and Off.  In 1966, the New York Times labeled Braun, “the new detective of the year.” Then, for reasons unknown, the rising mystery author disappeared from the publishing scene. It wasn’t until 1986 that Berkley Publishing Group reintroduced Braun to the public with the publication of an original paperback, The Cat Who Saw Red. Within two years, Berkley released four new novels in paperback and reprinted the three mysteries from the sixties. Since then, G.P. Putnam’s Sons has published seventeen additional novels in the Cat Who series. Braun passed away in 2011.

Hometown:

North Carolina

Date of Birth:

1916

Date of Death:

June 4, 2011

Place of Birth:

Massachusetts

Place of Death:

South Carolina

Education:

Graduated from high school at age 16

Editorial Reviews

In Braun's latest cat mystery (the fifteenth of the series), Jill Qwilleran, the wealthy, middle-aged journalist with two pampered cats who has become Pickax City's most prominent citizen, rents the Gage mansion on Goodwinter Boulevard for the winter. When its owner, eccentric 88-year-old Euphonia Gage, now living in a Florida retirement village called the Park of Pink Sunsets, reportedly commits suicide, and Gil Inchpot, a potato farmer in nearby Brrr County, is found murdered, Koko and Yum Yum invade the mansion's 50 closets, unearthing clues that not only solve the two mysteries but also reveal a long-buried link between them. The plot this time seems less contrived and the humor more natural. Faithful readers will find Qwilleran's Pickax friends all present and accounted for and the behavior of his Siamese companions as engagingly feline as ever.

Barbara Dure

Praise for Lilian Jackson Braun and the Cat Who series

“A master of mystery.”—People

“Upbeat prose and amiable characters.”—Publishers Weekly

“The mix of crime and cats [is] catnip to readers who like both.”—Chicago Sun-Times

“Braun keeps both paws on the side of charming.”—Los Angeles Times

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