Book Review: The Cat Who Played Post Office

"Inheriting unexpected millions has left reporter Jim Qwilleran looking like the cat who swallowed the canary. While his two Siamese cats, Koko and Yum Yum, adjust to being fat cats in an enormous mansion, Qwilleran samples the lifestyles of the rich and famous by hiring a staff of eccentric servants. A missing housemaid and a shocking murder show Qwilleran the unsavory side of the upper crust. But soon it's Koko's purr-fect propensity for clues amid the caviar and champagne that gives Qwilleran pause to evaluate the most unlikely suspects...before his taste for the good life turns into his last meal. " (Synopsis from Books on Board)

Review: I have to say that so far this is one of the best in The Cat Who series as far as suspense and unexpected plot twists are concerned. Lilian Jackson Braun is one of my favorite escapist authors and as such I usually know what is going to happen but the characters keep me engaged. Not so with this book. I thoroughly enjoyed the twists and turns in this one and I could not put it down until I finished it.

Qwill starts the story in the hospital after someone tries to run him over during his daily bike ride. It does not take long for Qwill and Koko to figure out that this bit of foul play is connected to Qwill's habit of snooping into criminal activity; this time the activity surrounds a young housemaid and one of the town's prominent sons. As Qwill and Koko dig deeper into the mystery of the missing girl the people surrounding the case begin to die strange, unexpected deaths with the final death being the most surprising of all. As usual our dynamic duo solves the case and life is good until the next mystery begins.

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