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Title | : | The Cat Who Brought Down the House (Cat Who... #25) |
Author | : | Lilian Jackson Braun |
Book Format | : | Mass Market Paperback |
Book Edition | : | Anniversary Edition |
Pages | : | Pages: 246 pages |
Published | : | December 30th 2004 by Jove Books (first published January 1st 2003) |
Categories | : | Mystery. Fiction. Animals. Cats |
Lilian Jackson Braun
Mass Market Paperback | Pages: 246 pages Rating: 3.79 | 4649 Users | 211 Reviews
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Retiring in Pickax, actress Thelma Thackeray has decided to start a film club and organize a fundraiser revue, starring Koko the cat. But Thelma's celebrated arrival takes an unpleasant turn when the strange circumstances of her twin brother's recent death seem suspicious to Jim Qwilleran. Qwill needs a helping paw in this case. But will Koko deign to take time from his stage debut?Also see: Alternate Cover Editions for this ISBN [ACE]
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Original Title: | The Cat Who Brought Down the House |
ISBN: | 0515136557 (ISBN13: 9780515136555) |
Edition Language: | English |
Series: | Cat Who... #25 |
Characters: | Jim Qwilleran, Koko, Yum Yum |
Setting: | United States of America |
Rating Based On Books The Cat Who Brought Down the House (Cat Who... #25)
Ratings: 3.79 From 4649 Users | 211 ReviewsNotice Based On Books The Cat Who Brought Down the House (Cat Who... #25)
Thelma Thackeray has returned to Pickax from California and opens a film club in an old warehouse that had once been a theater. Her nephew Dick Thackeray is asked to be manager. To Qwill, something doesn't seem quite right and Koko's behavior causes him to wonder as well. He is able to meet Thelma and take her around town after her decades away. From their conversations, he learns more about the mysterious death of her twin brother Thurston. But is it enough? This one doesn't read as much as aA long time ago I read another Cat Who (I dont remember which one) and found it to be amusing. This one is not only not amusing it is just plain boring.
The surprise at the end was the murderer who murdered the murderer, which made me give this book a 3 star, instead of the 2 star rating that the rest of the book deserved. I am a huge fan of this series but except for the last few pages, this one was not very engaging.
This is sort of a "how to create a fund-raising event" model-in-a-story. Of course the event here is to support a homeless cat shelter and to place cats into homes. The twist on this installment is the return of a sort-of-Hollywood-celebrity to ye olde Moose County and the trouble that ensues for said person.There are "likables" and "unlikables". The wrap-up is hurried but satisfactory.These stories fall into the category of light, pleasant reading with some interesting characters thrown in and,
I liked this a lot as it didn't have the early multiple murders at the start. It did have a lot about life in Moose county and the Mysterious Thelma Thackery whose triumphant return to the town of her birth from Hollywood with Hats money and Amazonian birds. Was a bit shocked at the death just at the end could it have been avoided??I would have liked it if it had. I enjoyed this more than a lot of her other s though other reviewers say the opposite...
This is the 25th book in the "Cat Who" series and yes, I've read them all up to this point. Only 4 more to go. I read these as a sort of comfort food; I've grown so used to the characters and town of Pickax ("400 miles north of everywhere") and they are such quick reads. The entire series has ended up on my book shelves thanks to my mother who has read them all. Consequently, I always think of her when reading one and since she celebrated her 80th birthday this week, I thought it appropriate to
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