The Cat Who Lived High

Zusatztext Praise for Lilian Jackson Braun and the Cat Who series “A master of mystery.”— People “Upbeat prose and amiable characters.”— Publishers Weekly “The mix of crime and cats [is] catnip to readers who like both.”— Chicago Sun-Times “Braun keeps both paws on the side of charming.”— Los Angeles Times Informationen zum Autor The history of Lilian Jackson Braun is perhaps as exciting and mysterious as her novels. Between 1966 and 1968, she published three novels to critical acclaim:  The Cat Who Could Read Backwards, The Cat Who Ate Danish Modern , and  The Cat Who Turned On and Off .  In 1966, the New York Times  labeled Braun, “the new detective of the year.” Then, for reasons unknown, the rising mystery author disappeared from the publishing scene. It wasn’t until 1986 that Berkley Publishing Group reintroduced Braun to the public with the publication of an original paperback,  The Cat Who Saw Red . Within two years, Berkley released four new novels in paperback and reprinted the three mysteries from the sixties. Since then, G.P. Putnam’s Sons has published seventeen additional novels in the Cat Who series. Braun passed away in 2011. Klappentext When a glamorous art dealer is killed in Jim Qwilleran's high-rise, he and cats Koko and Yum Yum reach new heights of detection in this mystery in the Cat Who series. The colorful Casablanca apartment building is in danger of demolition-but not if Jim Qwilleran can help it. He's determined to restore the building to its original grandeur. So he moves in with Koko and Yum Yum-and discovers that the Casablanca is steeped in history...and mystery. In Qwill's very apartment, a glamorous art dealer met an untimely fate, and the veteran journalist and his crime-solving cats are about to reach new heights in detection as the evidence builds up...and the Casablanca threatens to crumble down around them! Leseprobe Jove titles by Lilian Jackson Braun THE CAT WHO COULD READ BACKWARDS THE CAT WHO ATE DANISH MODERN THE CAT WHO TURNED ON AND OFF THE CAT WHO SAW RED THE CAT WHO PLAYED BRAHMS THE CAT WHO PLAYED POST OFFICE THE CAT WHO KNEW SHAKESPEARE THE CAT WHO SNIFFED GLUE THE CAT WHO WENT UNDERGROUND THE CAT WHO TALKED TO GHOSTS THE CAT WHO LIVED HIGH THE CAT WHO KNEW A CARDINAL THE CAT WHO MOVED A MOUNTAIN THE CAT WHO WASN’T THERE THE CAT WHO WENT INTO THE CLOSET THE CAT WHO CAME TO BREAKFAST THE CAT WHO BLEW THE WHISTLE THE CAT WHO SAID CHEESE THE CAT WHO TAILED A THIEF THE CAT WHO SANG FOR THE BIRDS THE CAT WHO SAW STARS THE CAT WHO HAD 14 TALES ( short story collection ) THE CAT WHO ROBBED A BANK in hardcover from G.P. Putnam’s Sons ONE THE NEWS THAT reached Pickax City early on that cold November morning sent a deathly chill through the small northern community. The Pickax police chief, Andrew Brodie, was the first to hear about the car crash. It had occurred four hundred miles to the south, in the perilous urban area that locals called Down Below. The metropolitan police appealed to Brodie for assistance in locating the next of kin. The victim, they said, had been driving through the heart of the city on a four-lane freeway when the occupants of a passing car, according to witnesses, fired shots at him, causing him to lose control of his vehicle, which crashed into a concrete abutment and burned. The driver’s body was consumed by the flames, but through the license plates the registration had been traced to James Qwilleran, fifty-two, of Pickax City. Brodie smashed his leathery fist down on the desk, and his face contorted in grief and anger. “I warned him! I warned him!” he shouted. Qwilleran had no living relatives; a phone call to his attorney confirmed that fact. His fam...

Product details

• Authors: Lilian Jackson Braun, Melville
• Publisher: Berkley Publishing Group
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 01.05.1991
• EAN: 9780515105667
• ISBN: 978-0-515-10566-7
• No. of pages: 304
• Dimensions: 106 mm x 175 mm x 20 mm
• Series: Cat Who...; Cat Who...; Penguin Publishing Group
• Subject: Fiction > Suspense