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The Cat Who Sniffed Glue (School & Library Binding)

by Lilian Jackson Braun (Author)

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School & Library Binding: 275 pages
Publisher: Turtleback Books: A Division of Sanval (March 1989)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 061306383X
ISBN-13: 978-0613063838
Product Dimensions: 17.6 x 16.1 x 2.6 cm
Shipping Weight: 196 g

Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (10 customer reviews)

Amazon.ca Sales Rank: #1,504,357 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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In this tame, nonmysterious mystery, bucolic Pickax City, in Moose County ("400 miles north of everywhere") is first disrupted by vandalism, then by murder. When Harley Fitch, vice-president of the Pickax Bank, and his wife, Belle, are found shot to death, police chief Brodie, a bagpipe-playing Scotsman, thinks that vandals, from neighboring, low-class Chipmonk are responsible. After three of the suspects die in a car accident, the case is effectively closed. But Jim Qwilleran ("former journalist, now heir to the Klingenschoen fortunea big man about 50, with graying hair, bushy moustache and doleful expression") doesn't agree. Involved though he is in starting up a newspaper, juggling several platonic romances, redecorating his house and spoiling his Siamese cats, Koko and Yum Yum, he finds time to snoop around. He doesn't discover anything, except for the spotted pasts of the deceased. Eventually, the killer attacks Qwilleran and his identity is made known; there are no clues, no logical way for the reader to figure out whodunit. The author's device of introducing every scene with stage directions, and her reliance on stereotypical characters, may bore even the readers who find Koko and Yum Yum as irresistible as Braun ( The Cat Who Knew Shakespeare , The Cat Who Played Post Office ) does. Mystery Guild featured alternate.
Copyright 1988 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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It looks like robbery gone awry to the police. But then Koko develops an oddappetite for glue, and he and Qwilleran become entangled in a web of love anddanger in their stickiest case yet! "The mix of crime and cats (is) catnip toreaders who like both!"--Chicago Sun-Times. HC: Putnam. --This text refers to the Paperback edition.

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4.0 out of 5 stars The Cat Who Sniffed Glue, Jul 3 2004

By	smartnurse123 (Slidell, LA United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Cat Who Sniffed Glue (Audio Cassette)

Another interesting mystery with Qwilleran, the middle-aged news writer turned millionaire and his Siamese cats Koko and Yum-Yum. I listen to this series on my way to work since they are so light and enjoyable.

Qwilleran's mansion in Pickax has a famous library filled with antique and rare books. This time Koko becomes fascinated with them because of the glue used on the binding. Koko becomes obsessed with the smell of glue of any kind. As usual Koko's behavior helps Qwilleran solve the mystery...

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5.0 out of 5 stars for Moose County content and 4 for mystery, Jan 11 2004

By	Jeanne Tassotto (Trapped in the Midwest) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This review is from: Cat Who Sniffed Glue (Paperback)

This 8th volume of the popular Cat Who series focuses on the production of 'Arsenic and Old Lace' that is being staged by the Moose County Theater Club. The play is cancelled when one of the cast members and his wife are murdered. In typical small town fashion everyone else in the book are related to, had dated, gone to school with, taught, worked with or in someway were related to the couple. Qwill, the richest man in Moose County (which is located 400 miles north of everywhere) and his cats Koko and Yum Yum, are soon on the case. This sleuthing does not come without peril to the trio but in the end they of course solve the crime.

This is a bit more of a mystery than others of the series (at least I didn't figure it out early as I usually do in this series). There is also more violence involving Qwill and the cats than usual. In light of this I think that this would be a better choice for a non Moose County groupie.

For those of us who are fans of the series we get to visit with many of our old friends including Alacoque Wright who was featured in an earlier book. Qwill has also found himself with a surplus of lady friends, a situation that he does not find to his liking! The cats are very much involved in the action here, more directly than in some other books in this series.

The book is divided not into chapters but into acts and scenes like a play.

This is one of the best of the series, both for those who are already fans of the series and those who are not (yet).

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4.0 out of 5 stars Home to Qwill, Jul 5 2001

By	Ada Erickson (primadonnasrevenge dot com) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Cat Who Sniffed Glue (Paperback)

After reading a complex volume or when in need of a little quiet therapy, I go to visit Qwill in Pickax. The Cat Who...books are all imaginative and funny, as well as clean and well-written. They are not earth shattering works, but more like a portal to a place that feels like home.

The cat who sniffed glue is no exception. I feel that this is one of the strongest books in the series, with an excellent and professional plot.

I do hope you'll get to know the characters in Moose County, and enjoy them as much as I do. None of the Cat Who books disappoint!

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