After five years of legal formalities in Pickax, Jim Qwilleran has officially inherited the Klingenschoen fortune. In search of a summer's peace, Qwill and his two cats head for the Potato Mountains. But Qwill finds controversy and one of the locals has been imprisoned for murder.

Is everything the cat finds in the closet a potential clue in solving this surprising mystery?

When a young artist suddenly disappears, Qwill, Koko and Yum Yum know they have some serious sleuthing to do ...

Another witty and wonderful tale about the talented detectives Qwilleran, Koko and Yum Yum

The most unlikely, most unusual and most delightful team in detective fiction return in another purrfectly extraordinary mystery

In the second book in Lilian Jackson Braun's acclaimed 'The Cat Who...' series, Jim Qwilleran, Koko and Yum Yum must find out who has murdered the owner of an exclusive residence

Sleuthing Koko's feline insights into a murder set Qwilleran's moustache twitching ...

There's a lot going on in Pickax these days - a new film club has been founded, Koko the Siamese cat is making his stage debut in a musical revue to benefit animal rescue and five Amazon parrots have been abducted. To say nothing of a suspicious compulsive gambler lurking in the background.