The Cat Who Could Read Backwards (The Cat Who... Mysteries, #1)

by Lilian Jackson Braun

THE FIRST COZY MYSTERY IN THE BELOVED NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING CAT WHO SERIES!

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 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 reporter talents to art. But Qwilleran and his newly found partner, Koko the brilliant Siamese cat, are in their element—sniffing out clues and confounding criminals intent on mayhem and murder. This riveting beginning to the Cat Who series is the perfect cozy mystery for cat lovers to start sleuthing!

• ISBN10: 039914286X
• ISBN13: 9780399142864
• Publish Date: 30 June 1997 (first published 1 July 1986)
• Publish Status: Out of Print
• Out of Print: 1 September 2015
• Publish Country: US
• Imprint: Putnam Adult
• Format: Hardcover
• Pages: 216
• Language: English

Reviews

[Baroness Book Trove]

CAUTION! THIS REVIEW MAY CONTAIN SPOILERS! READ AT YOUR OWN RISK IF YOU HAVEN'T READ THE BOOK ALREADY!!!!!!!

This is my third time trying to read this book and I finally succeeded -does a happy dance-. Again though like the first two times I kept on falling asleep when I was reading it. And no. Most of the times I wasn't curled up in bed reading it. Let's just say that I felt like we were droning on and on until the first murder happened. Well even after that it felt like we were droning on.

I didn't feel like that until after we got to the second murder and then it felt like things were getting better. I only read this book as a recommendation from my aunt, mom, and sister. I still don't know if I am going to be reading the other ones. I mean the book was good but I also guess it is because I am not used to this type of writing style. I just don't know if I will be able to get through the other ones. This book is a good one but not great. I am only going to give it three stars. It lost one when I fell asleep while reading it and it lost another one by the great droning on. So it's left with three stars from me.

I know I probably shouldn't be this harsh to it but I just didn't feel all that great with this book really. So yeah please read my other reviews and comment.

[Quirky Cat]

An odd and endearing (sort of) story about a journalist that winds up adopting a Siamese cat that can apparently read backwards and help solve mysteries. Obviously not a true story, but still cute. And yes, I did get a weird look from my boyfriend when I told him the plot.