The Cat Who Blew the Whistle (The Cat Who… Mysteries, Book 17) by Lilian Jackson Braun - ISBN: 9780747248156
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Inaugural train ride turns fatal: Millions vanish, mystery abounds.

The Cat Who Blew the Whistle (The Cat Who… Mysteries, Book 17)

A delightfully cosy feline mystery for cat lovers everywhere

$32.57

  • Paperback

    256 pages

  • Release Date

    25 October 1995

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Summary

When the residents of Moose County, including the reclusive millionaire, Jim Qwilleran, board the old steam locomotive - the celebrated Engine No. 9 - on its inaugural journey, little do they know that this first trip will also be the last. By next morning, Qwill discovers that the affluent owner of Engine No. 9, Floyd Trevelyn, has disappeared, along with his glamorous secretary and millions of dollars belonging to Moose County investors.

Book Details

ISBN-13:9780747248156
ISBN-10:074724815X
Author:Lilian Jackson Braun
Publisher:Headline Publishing Group
Imprint:Headline Book Publishing
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:256
Release Date:25 October 1995
Weight:146g
Dimensions:179mm x 116mm x 17mm
Series:The Cat Who... Mysteries
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Critics Review

Praise for the Cat Who… series:‘The fastidious plotting is designed to appeal to more than just the cat-lover’ The Times;‘This droll and engaging mystery…firmly grips the reader…a lively witty tale bolstered by sharply etched characters’ Publishers Weekly;‘An engaging tongue-in-cheek yarn with a sting in the tail that won’t just appeal to the cat-lover’ Belfast Telegraph; ‘It’s a Wonderful Life meets The Aristocats in this daft but endearing whodunnit’ Liverpool Daily Post;‘Mrs Braun has a breezy style; the cats are really smart’ New York Times Book Review;‘Great fun!’ Lawrence Block‘Entertaining and absorbing mysteries which, in the tradition of all good whodunnits, keep you guessing right to the end’ Dumfries and Galloway Standard‘Lilian Jackson Braun purveys delight from beginning to end’ Los Angeles Times‘Like news from Lake Woebegon, Braun’s Cat Who… series…has charmed readers’ Publishers Weekly‘Light-hearted originals… The mix of crime and cats [is] catnip to readers who like both’ Chicago Sun-Times‘An offbeat series with a good deal of charm’ The Baltimore Sun‘Braun writes with charm and sureness’ Cleveland Plain Dealer

About The Author

Lilian Jackson Braun

Lilian Jackson Braun began writing her Cat Who… detective series when one of her own Siamese cats mysteriously fell to its death from her apartment block. She and her husband, Earl, live in the mountains of North Carolina.

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