The Cat Who Tailed a Thief (The Cat Who… Mysteries, Book 19) by Lilian Jackson Braun - ISBN: 9780747253914
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Petty thefts escalate to murder, can a cat sniff out the truth?

The Cat Who Tailed a Thief (The Cat Who… Mysteries, Book 19)

An utterly delightful feline mystery for cat lovers everywhere

$32.18

  • Paperback

    224 pages

  • Release Date

    8 December 1997

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Summary

A spate of petty thefts threatens the holiday spirit in Pickax. First it’s just a pair of sunglasses and gloves that disappear - but then the entire charity collection of the Indian Village Bridge Club is found missing. And unfortunately the worst is yet to come…

Ironically, the small items begin to disappear when banker Willard Carmichael moves to Pickax. Willard has come accompanied by his flashy young wife, Danielle, and plans to restore a few Victorian homes. But when he’s found m…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9780747253914
ISBN-10:0747253919
Author:Lilian Jackson Braun
Publisher:Headline Publishing Group
Imprint:Headline Book Publishing
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:224
Release Date:8 December 1997
Weight:128g
Dimensions:177mm x 114mm 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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