In Qwill's opinion, 'A town without a bookstore is like a chicken with one leg,' and since the late Eddington Smith's bookstore burned down, the town of Pickax has been somewhat off balance. To the rescue comes the Klingenschoen Foundation, manager of Qwill's estate, which considers a new bookstore a worthy investment. Delighted by their good fortune, the people of Moose County prepare to celebrate the gala groundbreaking of the new store on the site of the old. But no one is prepared for the discovery of the body of a man shot execution-style in a wooded area on the very same day. Now Qwill and his clever cats have their work cut out for them...
- ISBN10 0399151079
- ISBN13 9780399151071
- Publish Date 26 January 2004 (first published 5 January 2004)
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 1 September 2015
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Putnam Adult
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 181
- Language English