The Cat Who Played Post Office

A interesting book with cats and will. Mysteriously a good read. You will have to read it to find out the ending.

I love this series!

In "The Cat Who Played Post Office," Jim Qwilleran has inherited Aunt Fanny's sizeable fortune and moved to Moose Count, as dictated by her will. He sets up house in Aunt Fanny's former mansion and is trying to fit in amongst the colorful locals, who spend their time hunting, fishing, and driving their gigantic pickup trucks. Qwill and his cats are the oddities, although the locals warm up to them considerably once Qwill announces his intention of giving away chunks of money to worthy Moose County causes. He is soon inundated with mail requests for money, jobs, and so forth. His Siamese sidekicks, Koko and Yum-Yum, take an unusual delight in the mail, with Koko insisting that Qwill read certain letters first. Before long, Qwill is in the hospital...the victim of a hit and run, and Koko is acting very oddly about the belongings of a former maid in Qwill's new mansion. Looks like that cat is trying to solve another mystery! As always, the star of this book is Koko and his relationship with Qwilleran. The mystery is pretty easily solved, without much intervention from Qwill; in fact, the ending is a tad abrupt, as tends to be the case with this series. Of course, Qwill couldn't do it without Koko. The Moose County setting is perfect for this type of cozy mystery, given that it is rife with oddballs and quirky characters. Whenever I finish one entry in this fun series, I am eager to tear into the next one.

It was interesting and brilliant written. She left clues without telling you right out who did it . Love yum yum and koko

I love these books! I also love and have two cats. The books are easy to read and very entertaining. They have fun happenings and mystery and laughter. I read them all years ago but I'm rereading them and can't do it fast enough. I'm so happy the author lived a long life.

All the books in this 30 book series are fantastic! Great stories and easy reading.

I couldn’t remember whether this was a book I had read before, so went on and bought it anyway. As it turns out, this is one I had read, so it is a re-read for me. However, this is one of the best Cat Who … books, so it was not a difficult task at all. James Qwilleran and his two Siamese cats, Koko and Yum Yum, have officially moved to Pickax City in Moose County. He has been required to live in Moose County for five years to claim his inheritance of the Klingenschoen fortune. Almost immediately, Koko homes in on a mystery. In one of two servants’ apartments over the garage of the Klingenschoen mansion, Qwilleran finds the walls covered with extravagant murals of a type that leave him wondering if the painter left to get a job painting subway trains. It turns out that the person responsible was a maid who “worked” at the house some five years earlier. In any case, she seems to have disappeared almost without a trace. He uncovers (with help from Koko) a note to Miss Klingenschoen indicating the girl moved to Florida only to discover later that the note was not in the girl’s handwriting. Curiously enough, as Qwilleran begins asking questions about this former maid, Daisy Mull, anyone who seems to know very much about her suddenly and mysteriously dies. It gets so bad that Qwilleran himself is run off the road as he is riding his bike near the old Dimsdale mine and nearly killed. Koko, the detective cat, is more active in this case than in most of his other adventures. Not only does he uncover the note and the box and suitcase containing all the remains of Daisy’s earthly belongings, but he keeps setting up obstacles by the back door to obstruct the prowler who eventually does come to the house to silence Qwilleran once and for all. And he is the one who succeeds in knocking the man out so the police can handle him. But there is much more to the story than that, and it is a truly strange tale. But for all the mystery and danger, life in Moose County seems somehow both more amusing and safer than in other places. It is truly a fun place to be.

I read this entire series decades ago when the books were first released, and they are worth reading again, now that I have forgotten details. Who wouldn't laugh out loud at someone living 400 miles north of anywhere in a town called Pickax, or reading the local newspaper called the "Pickax Picayune"? The cats have uncanny abilities, in this case having to do with the mail that is delivered through the mail slot in the door...back when invitations were actually paper and not digital. And they lead their human, Qwill, on a merry chase as they help him solve the mystery of what happened to the girl who painted the mural in his new house. The book was written in the days when some people still used actual typewriters, although computers were used by folks in the big cities "down below", and so there's a bit is nostalgia to be enjoyed in reading them now.

Well Why Don't you relax with an enjoyable read.? This was just that for me... it held my interest, in an enjoyable relaxing way, helped take my mind off of my broken arm. It's a book that will hold your interest. encouraging you to keep turning each page. A beautifully written mystery, but with some gentle funny bits as well. Qwill who seems a nice enough man and has adopted 2 Siamese cats who seem to have unusual gifts. No I'm not going to spoil it for you by telling you in short what it about..... But I have to add Lilian Jackson Braun has written a Brilliantly amusing, cheerfully written. with suspense mysteries and all of he books please. I am hooked looking for another of he books.

Really enjoy this line of books. Lilian Jackson Braun is a new discovery author for me.

状態は綺麗でした。これから読みます、シリーズ読破が楽しみです。

Have to admit it - I am a fan of the writings of Lilian Jackson Braun. I thought Rita Mae Brown was the epitome of cat mysteries. Ladies, I cannot separate you.

All these books are a real treat for lovers of cats and detective stories. Beautifully written and endearing.