# The Cat Who Tailed a Thief

**Author(s):** Lilian Jackson Braun
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**Genres:** literary-fiction, cozy-mystery, amateur-sleuth
**Publisher:** Penguin Publishing Group
**Published:** Wed Jan 01 1997 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
**Language:** en
**ISBN-13:** 9780786506316
**ISBN-10:** 0786506318
**URL:** https://www.sagechimp.com/books/the-cat-who-tailed-a-thief

## Description

There's been a rash of petty thievery in Pickax--ever since banker Willard Carmichael and his flashy young wife, Danielle, moved in. But now Willard's been killed in a mugging Down Below...or so it seems. Qwill's suspicious, especially when Willard's house-restoration project in Pickax falls into the hands of Danielle's cousin--whose rich new wife then dies on her honeymoon! The clues are as elusive as a cat burglar in the night. But with Koko's help, Quill intends to catch a thief--and a killer...

Meet prizewinning reporter Jim Qwilleran and his extraordinary Siamese cats Koko and Yum Yum--the most unlikely, most delightful team in detective fiction!

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**Themes:** Crime Investigation, Heist