| Book #: | 45 |
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| Book Title: | The Cat Who Smelled a Rat |
| Author: | Lilian Jackson Braun |
| Publisher: | G. P. Putnam |
| Pub. Date: | 2001 |
| Pages: | 229 |
| Started: | May 20, 2008 |
| Finished: | May 21, 2008 |
| Time to Read: | 2 Days |
| Back Cover / Inside Flap: | "The Big One is on its way, and none too soon for the residents of an unusually arid Moose County, who are becoming increasingly anxious about wildfires as they await the first snowstorm of the season. A Citizens' Fire Watch is formed, and volunteers go out on shifts to patrol areas of concerns, particularly the old minesites, which have been rumored to contain subterranean fires deep within. When a volunteer is murdered near the Big B minesite, which had been set ablaze, the people of Pickax realize they are dealing with both an arsonist and a killer. And Koko, Siamese cat extraordinaire and owner of journalist James Qwilleran, knows even more than that, as evidenced by his suspicious scrutiny of an antique pitcher, a batik of robins, and an old-fashioned glove box.
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| Stars: | *** |
| Review: | Braun produces a cute story as always, when Koko and his kept man Qwilleran set about to sniff out the culprit in several suspicious deaths in town. Most devastating to me, as a reader, was the complete loss of Eddington's Editions, the used book store Qwill so loves, and the perishing of its owner in the fire. Cat lovers will breathe a sigh of relief to known that Edd's cat escaped unharmed, but Qwill knows that this loss is more than just an accident.
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From my library to yours,
Tiffany
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