The Cat Who Tailed a Thief
- Published
- 1 January 1997
- Pages
- 254
- ISBN-13
- 9780747253914
- Type
- novel
About this book
The Cat Who Tailed a Thief, the nineteenth entry in the series, was published in 1997 at 254 pages. More than a decade into the post-1986 revival, Braun was still writing near-annual entries built around Qwilleran's column work in Pickax and Koko and Yum Yum's semi-mystical clue-finding instincts.
Key facts about The Cat Who Tailed a Thief
Lilian Jackson Braun wrote The Cat Who Tailed a Thief, a novel on our list. It has been out since 1997. The book has 254 pages.
We list 2 editions of this novel. Since each edition has its own ISBN, search for 9780747253914 to find the main one.
The Cat Who Tailed a Thief is book 20 of 32 in The Cat Who... series. The series has 32 published books. However, the series starts with The Cat Who Could Read Backwards (1966). The Private Life of the Cat Who... is the latest book in the series with a full release date, out on 27 October 2003.
That series sits on our cozy mystery shelf. Meanwhile, The Cat Who Had 60 Whiskers is the latest published Lilian Jackson Braun book on file, from 2007.
About Lilian Jackson Braun
Lilian Jackson Braun was an American author best known for creating The Cat Who... mystery series, one of the longest-running and best-loved cozy mystery franchises in the genre. The series follows Jim Qwilleran, a former big-city crime reporter who relocates to the small fictional town of Pickax in Moose County, accompanied by his two Siamese cats, Koko and Yum Yum, whose uncanny instincts repeatedly help him crack local murders. See every Lilian Jackson Braun book in order.
Its place in The Cat Who...
The Cat Who Tailed a Thief is book 20 in the The Cat Who... series. It follows The Cat Who Said Cheese. It is followed by The Cat Who Sang for the Birds. See the full The Cat Who... reading order.
Jim Qwilleran is a veteran newspaperman who inherits an enormous fortune and, along with it, two extraordinarily perceptive Siamese cats, Koko and Yum Yum, who have an uncanny knack for pawing at exactly the clue that cracks a case. Relocating from the city to the small town of Pickax in "Moose County, 400 miles north of everywhere," Qwilleran works as a columnist for the local paper, and his cats' odd behavior — knocking a book off a shelf, staring fixedly at a particular object — routinely turns out to be the…
Editions
- edition · unknown publisher · — · ISBN 9780786532834
- edition · unknown publisher · — · ISBN 9780747253914