Brilliant Siamese cats Koko and Yum Yum help reporter Jim Qwilleran solve a complicated murder plot in this mystery in the bestselling Cat Who series.When Qwilleran decides to do a feature story on Junktown, he gets more than he bargained for. Not the dope den he anticipated, Junktown is a haven for antique dealers and collectors—as strange a lot as the crafty reporter has ever encountered. When … encountered. When a mysterious fall ends the career—and the life—of one of Junktown’s leading citizens, Qwilleran is convinced it was no accident. But, as usual, it takes Koko to prove he’s right.
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This was a thoroughly charming, old school style (60’s) mystery in the style of Ellery Queen and Murder She Wrote. Enough twists to confuse and zany characters to amuse and follow through the world of cut-throat antique dealers in a run down area of town. This stands alone in the series. I’ll be looking for the rest of the original 3 for sure.
Koko the cat is solving mysteries again. I love this series and hope you will also.
Lillian Jackson’s book are fun and happy.
I have read many of her books can’t wait for more I haven’t read.
I liked the plot
Koko and yum yum are my faves
Love all her books with Mr Q and his cats
I’ve read all of ‘the cat who’ books and loved every one of them! The situations make me laugh, the mystery unravels in an enjoyable ride and the cat characters are too funny!
I AM GETTING ALL THE CATS BOOKS FROM MY LIBRARY
Very interesting. Couldn’t put it down.
Super book
I enjoy reading The Cat Who series particularly the older books. The books are delightful mysteries nothing too intense but a serious enough mystery to keep the reader engaged. I love the characters and the comfortable nature of our hero Qwill and the many supporting characters that pop up in the books.
3+ of 5 stars to Lilian Jackson Braun’s The Cat Who Turned On and Off, the third book in her “Cat Who” cozy mystery series. In this adventure, Qwill and the cats take on the investigation of Junktown, an antiquing area of his hometown city. And as you’d expect, someone meets their maker. Qwill begins to come out of his shell in this book, making new friends and introducing us to some who will eventually follow him to Moose Country. Iris Cobb is one of my favorite characters and she’s in a lot of the early books.
I read this one when I was in a bit of my own antiquing phase, shortly after I bought a house and needed to fill it with a bunch of knick-knacks. Although the book delves into the whole business of antiques, you can bet it’s more about the murder in this one. And can you guess what it is the cats are turning on and off about? Only way to find out is to read it.
What’s good about this book is the relationships that Qwill develops with people around him, beginning to show us what his friendship with Arch Riker has been like in the past. Also, this was the last book in the series to be published in the 1960s… the author took a ~20 year absence and then wrote another 25 starting in the 1980s.
I always wondered what was it about this book that made her stop… poor sales? wrong time period? All in all, it’s a good book, and it actually sets the stage for some future connections to re-appear in his life.
All the Cat Who books are so very timeless. I own them all and truly enjoyed reading each one. Lillian Jackson Braun was such a great writer of these stories and brilliantly developed the characters in a very memorable way.
always good
I always love this author
I enjoy her “cat” books.
I am hooked on this series! I’m now on book 8!
wonderful word plays
I am a cat person. The first one in the series caught my eye many years ago. I think I have read all – or almost all – the Cat Who books, and enjoy rereading them.