# The Cat Who Could Read Backwards

**Author(s):** Lilian Jackson Braun
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**Genres:** literary-fiction, cozy-mystery, amateur-sleuth, mystery
**Publisher:** Jove Books
**Published:** Wed Jan 01 1986 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
**Language:** en
**ISBN-13:** 9780399191992
**ISBN-10:** 0399191992
**URL:** https://www.sagechimp.com/books/the-cat-who-could-read-backwards

## Series
- The Cat Who... (#1)

## Description

The world of modern art is a mystery to many. But for Jim Qwilleran it turns into a mystery of another sort when his assignment to cover the art beat for the Daily Fluxion leads down the path to murder A stabbing in an art gallery, vandalized paintings, a fatal fall from a scaffolding--this is not at all what Qwilleran expects when he turns his reportorial talents to art. But now Qwilleran and his newly found partner, Koko the brilliant Siamese, are back in their element--sniffing out clues and confounding criminals intent on mayhem and murder.

Qwilleran--a prize-winning reporter with a nose for crime. Koko--a Siamese cat with extraordinary talents and a flair for mystery. The most unlikely, most unusual, and most delightful team in detective fiction!

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**Themes:** Crime Investigation