Jim Qwilleran and his cats, Koko and Yum Yum, have a close encounter with a killer in this mystery in the bestselling Cat Who series.UFOs in Mooseville? Rumors abound that a missing backpacker has been abducted, and it looks like Jim Qwilleran’s sedate summer may be interrupted by an investigation—with the help of his own little aliens, Koko and Yum Yum. And when the backpacker’s body turns … backpacker’s body turns up—and transplanted Floridian Owen Bowen is found dead soon afterward—the search for intelligent life turns into a hunt for a murderer…
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As a long-time fan of LJB’s Cat Who… series, I was so happy to get my hands on this story…
But I was so sorely disappointed in this showing. This book felt like a complete departure from the rest of the series. If this was not written by a ghost-writer, I would be shocked. The character motivations were completely out of line with how they had been written heretofore. Whereas before the “aliens” were merely hinted at (with the kinds of cues that could point to aliens or more amazing scientific explanations), this outing made a complete detour from how LJB normally would deal with Pickax County citizens’ beliefs about extraterrestrials. This book broke my faith in any further works by LJB. I still read all the books before this one, but I could never, in good conscience, recommend this book to someone. ‘Disappointing’ does not begin to illuminate how sad this book left me.
With a dead body on scene from the very start, I thought this was going to be more intriguing than it was. Most of the book seemed filled with “fluff” that had little to do with the story, and the mystery felt a bit flat. Ah well, they can’t all be winners.
enjoyed it so much
I prefer dogs to cats but I did enjoy this series. Story line is relaxing with a cup of your choice. Mine is tea.
Another great read by the late Lillian Jackson Braun. Be sure in read every offering in the marvelous series.
Not my favorite, but still a good read. Necessary to read since all of the books are in order.
enjoyed the series
3 out of 5 stars to The Cat Who Saw Stars, the 21st book in the “Cat Who” cozy mystery series, written in 1998 by Lilian Jackson Braun. By this time, the series is will under way, almost writing itself. The mysteries are mostly just light and cute, revolving around different people in the town and the outsiders who visit Moose County. I’m not a huge fan of extra-terrestrial and UFO stories, as there isn’t a whole lot to do with them when it comes to characters or plot; it always ends up being the same thing. But this one is, of course, not really a UFO; there’s no chance the small town of Pickax has aliens running around. It’s just someone doing something they shouldn’t be, and when they’re caught, and a dead body turns up, there’s gotta be some funny connection, right? The story was a bit of a stretch, didn’t do a whole lot for me, but it was still a quick and enjoyable read. You can tell Braun works hard to add something different with each bookl sometimes it’s great, other times it’s just average. This was an average one. Nothing bad, just nothing thoroughly exciting. But I enjoy the books and the characters, and it makes me feel like I’m around friends and family when reading them. And that’s what counts, given why I’m reading them!
Like the cat series fun entertaining