The Cat Who Came to Breakfast [Hardcover]

Lilian Jackson Braun (Author)

Product Details

• Hardcover: 261 pages
• Publisher: Demco Media; Reprint edition (March 1995)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0606126449
• ISBN-13: 978-0606126441
• Product Dimensions: 7.2 x 4 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 7.2 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (28 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #10,360,885 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Lilian Jackson Braun is the author of twenty-nine bestselling Cat Who . . . novels and three short story collections.

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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Qwill Meets a Mermaid, August 16, 2008

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J. E. Stephens "Jeanne" (Florida) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Cat Who Came to Breakfast (Mass Market Paperback)

After Polly announces she is visiting Oregon for two weeks, Qwill and the Siamese go to Breakfast Island a.k.a. Pear Island, to investigate several murders and other strange occurances. Qwill learns to play dominoes so he teaches Koko who send him messages in code using the tiles.

One day while hiking the nature trail, Qwill rescues a "mermaid" from a snake bite.

Many twists and turns later Qwill gets to the bottom of everything.

I enjoyed this installment of. "The Cat Who..." series. You need to read it too!

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars There's More Than Fudge Fumes on Breakfast Island!, April 30, 2002

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Gary F. Taylor "GFT" (Biloxi, MS USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Cat Who Came to Breakfast (Mass Market Paperback)

Hardcore mystery fans may find it a bit of a stretch, but if your taste runs to expertly written and very light fiction, you can't do better than Lillian Jackson Braun's "The Cat Who..." series. Her detective, reporter James Qwilleran, investigates crimes with the aid of his Siamese cats--and the solutions to the crime inevitably rest more upon intution than actual deduction. While the premise sounds farfetched, Braun's work is actually less fanciful than you might expect, and she presents her eccentric characters and stories with great charm.

Braun's writings frequently address ecological issues, and THE CAT WHO CAME TO BREAKFAST takes on over-development--in this case the rape of Breakfast Island, now renamed Pear Island and outfitted with a large scale resort, tacky tourist attractions, and at least two fudge shops. Qwill disapproves... but even fudge fumes can't mask the scent of a good story, and he sets off with his cats to investigate a series of unfortunate island accidents... and stumbles into murder. THE CAT WHO CAME TO BREAKFAST is a particularly memorable title in the series, for it provides Braun ample excuse to write with the faintly satirical edge that she handles so well. Recommended to old fans and newcomers alike.

7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars How does she keep doing it!, February 29, 2000

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JJ Luijendijk (Rotterdam, Netherlands) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Cat Who Came to Breakfast (Mass Market Paperback)

I'm sorry if my english is terrible; I'm dutch. I just want to tell all of you how stunned I am by the gift Lilian Jackson Brown has. She can really keep me reading, although I need as much sleep as I can get :-) This time she takes the reader outside Pickax City, to Breakfast Island. It's very refreshing to read a 'The cat...' novel somewhere outside Moose County.. Well, at least not at Brrr, Mooseville or any city like that. It's a fun story. If you liked other books by her, you'll certainly like this one!