Displaying the top 100 results that match your query. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/rssapi.jsp?Ntx=mode+matchall&Ntk=Author&R=627448&N=7517+7265&Ntt=braun%2C%20lilian%20jackson http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=663596 Times are changing in Pickax, and it all makes for some newsworthy notes for the Qwill Pen. A new senior center is in the works, and a frisky production of Cats is set to delight Moose County residents, human and feline alike. Polly Duncan is off to Paris, momentarily leaving Qwill without a companion for his apple-barn concerts, and The Librarians Who Lunch are getting ready to put on a show of their spectacular Art Hats to help unite Pickax with their Lockmaster County neighbors. Not to mention the conversion of the late Nathan Ledfields mansion into a charitable museum. Mr. Ledfields treasures are being sold off to benefit needy children, and the town is abuzz with excitement - that is, until a mysterious death from a bee sting leaves everyone but Cool Koko in a state of confusion.--BOOK JACKET. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=693243 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1283926 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1294127 The residents of Pickax eagerly await the start of Pickax Now, a festival celebrating the 150th anniversary of the towns founding. In the midst of preparations for parades and performances, newspaper columnist James Qwilleran must make time to entertain Harvey Ledfield, an aspiring architect visiting from out of town. Qwill welcomes Harvey into his home to sketch, but strange occurrences seem to follow Harvey around. Why, for example, did the extraordinary Siamese Koko leap from the balcony onto Harveys head while he was drawing Qwills barn? And why have Harveys aunt and uncle - residents of nearby Purple Point - not been seen in public since Harveys arrival? Soon, Kokos strange behavior is not the only sign of trouble in Pickax. A knitter with psychic powers predicts murder, and a woman makes a weekend trip to Pickax from California to leave a message for Qwill. Its up to Koko to help Qwill piece the clues together.--BOOK JACKET. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=558804 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=607327 While the residents of Pickax eagerly await a festival celebrating the 150th anniversary of the towns founding, newspaper columnist James Qwilleran must entertain Harvey Ledfield, an aspiring architect. Strange occurrences seem to follow Harvey around. Koko, the Siamese cat, leaps on his head, a knitter predicts murder, and a woman comes from California to leave a message for Qwill. Its up to Koko to help Qwill piece the clues together. -- from container http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1294088 James Qwilleran and his talented team of feline sleuths, Koko and YumYum, investigate the supposedly accidental death of a cast member in a car crash on the eve of the Theatre Clubs performance of Oscar Wildes The Importance of Being Earnest. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=434680 The denizens of Pickax are starstruck: Thelma Thackeray, a native of Moose County, has returned to spend her declining years 400 miles north of everywhere, after a nearly six-decade-long career in Hollywood! And she doesnt intend to spend them idly, either - with the acquisition of the old opera house, her plans for a film club are already becoming a reality. But Thelmas celebrated arrival on Pleasant Street is marred by the birdnapping of her fabulous Amazon parrots, and the circumstances of her twin brothers recent death appear increasingly suspicious to columnist James Qwilleran. Will Qwills Siamese, Koko, deign to take the time from his stage debut in the Kit Kat Revue to help his master find the person or persons responsible for these dastardly deeds?--BOOK JACKET. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1669237 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=460999 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=388877 Pickaxs favorite columnist, James Qwilleran, is enjoying a brief vacation at the Nutcracker Inn, in the nearby town of Black Creek - though his two Siamese, who prefer the spaciousness of their home, beg to differ. At least the many squirrels that have free rein on the grounds of the inn provide some measure of comfort for Koko and Yum Yum, while Qwill unearths lots of material for his book-in-progress, Tall and Short Tales. But the tranquillity of the place is interrupted by the discovery of a body floating down the creek - the body of a man who had been a guest at the inn. And a possible motive for his murder is suggested when several gold nuggets are found in his possession. Might he have been illegally prospecting for gold in the Black Forest Conservancy, or perhaps beneath the creek? Seems someone else wanted that gold more than he did.--BOOK JACKET. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=333341 The Big One is on its way, and none too soon for the residents of an unusually arid Moose County, who are becoming increasingly anxious about wild fires as they await the first snowstorm of the season. A Citizens Fire Watch is formed, and volunteers go out on shifts to patrol areas of concern, particularly the old minesites, which have been rumored to contain subterranean fires deep within. When a volunteer is murdered near the Big B minesite, which had been set ablaze, the people of Pickax realize they are dealing with both an arsonist and a killer. And Koko, Siamese cat extraordinaire and owner of journalist James Qwilleran, knows even more than that, as evidenced by his suspicious scrutiny of an antique pitcher, a batik of robins, and an old-fashioned glove box. The string of catastrophes continues as a local builder dies in an apparent accident, and its up to Qwilleran & Co. to trap the rat whos behind it all.--BOOK JACKET. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=398208 This 21st addition to the bestselling The Cat Who . . . mystery series finds Quill and his fabulous felines on the trail of some very unusual visitors after rumors circulate that extraterrestrial beings are responsible for the disappearance of a stray backpacker. A selection of the Literary and Mystery Guilds. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=287435 Its September in Pickax, four hundred miles north of everywhere, and the citizens of Moose County are all agog: the Highland Games, celebrating Pickaxs Scottish heritage with such revelry as bagpipe skirling and tossing the caber, are expected to yield aggressive county-partisan competition; the town hotel is reopening in grand style; and the mysterious Mr. Delacamp, a renowned estate jewelry dealer from Chicago, is honoring the town with a visit. The excitement rises to a fever pitch when Delacamp is found murdered in his room at the new hotel - and his assistant is inexplicably missing. Then the winner of the caber-tossing contest disappears as well, and its up to journalist/philanthropist Jim Qwilleran and his suspiciously sagacious Siamese cats, Koko and Yum Yum, to get to the bottom of it all. Could Kokos newfound interest in photographs, pennies, and paper towels help lead Qwilleran to the murderer?--BOOK JACKET. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=240763 It all began when someone spray-painted WITCH on the side of Widow Coggins barn on Trevelyan Road. Then someone stole some sketches of nudes from Pickaxs new Art Center across the way. A few scattered drops of blood on the floor near the cage of a resident parrot - a parrot who happens to have a penchant for talking dirty - indicate that the thief did not escape without a mark. When a fire erupts on the Coggin farm, taking the life of Widow Coggin, Qwilleran is determined to discover who, of all those who might have liked to see the eccentric old woman removed from the land, could be responsible. Throw in the disappearance of a young artist, evidence that some of the leading families of Pickax are descended from bootleggers, and an anti-computer uprising at the town library, and springtime in Pickax turns out to be anything but peaceful.--BOOK JACKET. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=398212 Jim Qwilleran and his cats investigate a hotel bombing that killed a housekeeper and the disappearance of a mysterious woman after the blast. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=21489 Isolated Breakfast Island has become a hot vacation spot thanks to the development of a major resort complex. That fact alone is enough to upset the locals. But when an explosion sets off a series of bizarre accidents, Qwill, with his feline companions, Koko and Yum Yum, must investigate. LG and Mystery Guild Selections. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=240047 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=238955 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=243732 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=238977 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=8436 Jim Qwilleran with his two cats, Yum Yum and KoKo help to solve the mystery case behind the Casablanca apartment buildings. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1294119 Veteran reporter Jim Qwilleran tackles the supernatural in the latest entry in Lilian Jackson Brauns Edgar Award-nominated series. Are ghosts really haunting the Goodwinter farmhouse museum? Qwill doesnt think so--not until he finds Iris Cobb literally scared to death on the floor of the farmhouse. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=962154 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=8493 Jim Qwilleran packs up his old kit bag and his two Siamese cats for a sun-and-fun summer at his log cabin in Moose County. Their vacation starts off ominously with the disappearance of a handyman hired to patch up Qwillerans cabins. But the felines really start throwing catfits when they come across a couple of dead bodies! http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1294125 An accident has claimed the life of the local papers eccentric publisher, but to Qwilleran and his feline friends it smells like murder. They soon sniff out a shocking secret, but Kokos snooping may prove CATastrophic. The newest addition to the spectacular Cat mysteries series. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=8455 An unexpected inheritance throws reporter Jim Qwilleran into the limelight of the rich and famous--until a missing maid and a shocking murder show him the unsavory side of the upper crust. But its his Siamese Kokos propensity for clues that leads the roving reporter to some unlikely suspects. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=8451 With his cats Koko and Yum Yum, newspaperman Jim Qwilleran decides to take a vacation and becomes involved with murder. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=8466 Just when his doctor put him on a strict diet, Qwilleran s assignment at the newspaper was to write a regular column on the enjoyment of good food and wine, but before long, its more than Qwillerans pounds that are disappearing and reporter and felines seem to have a murder on their hands and paws. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=8397 Jim Qwilleran is not exactly thrilled by his new assignment for the Daily Fluxion--a weekly magazine on interior design. But Qwilleran finds himself on familiar territory when a murder is committed, and he and Koko, the brilliant Siamese, take the case. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=8411 Prize-winning reporter Jim Qwillerans latest assignment is to cover the art beat for the Daily Fluxion. Sounds easy enough--unless your art beat includes a stabbing in an art gallery, vandalized paintings, and a fatal fall from a scaffolding! http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=8474 Qwilleran and Koko, the beautiful Siamese cat, are back on the mystery beat. When a mysterious fall ends the life of one of Junktowns leading citizens, Qwilleran is convinced it was no accident. And Koko is about to prove him right. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1127219