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Reader's Digest, Vol. 1: 1998: The Perfect Storm: A True Story of Men Against the Sea / The Cat Who Tailed a Thief (Large Print)
Reader's Digest Vol 1 1998 The Perfect Storm A True Story of Men Against the Sea / The Cat Who Tailed a Thief - Large Print Author:Sebastian Junger, Lilian Jackson Braun THE PERFECT STORM by Sebastian Junger — The powerfully destructive forces of nature that created the Halloween Gale of 1991 are made vivid through interviews with survivors, families, and Coast Guard rescue crews.True adventure at its best — THE CAT WHO TAILED A THIEF by Lilian Jackson Braun — When small items disappear throughout the town, the res... more »idents are up in arms! Pickax has seldom fallen victim to "big city" crimes, particularly during the holiday season. But after the bridge club's money is stolen, the townspeople decide that there is more to this mystery. The rash of petty thievery started when banker Willard Carmichael and his much younger (and flashier) wife, Danielle, moved to Pickax from Down Below. Along with their big-city lifestyle, Willard brought plans to restore the Victorian houses on Gingerbread Alley (fondly known as Pleasant Street). Unfortunately, Willard is murdered in an apparent mugging Down Below. When a local man is accused of the thievery, newspaper columnist Jim Qwilleran has serious questions about the recent crimes plaguing Pickax. For one thing, Danielle's cousin Carter Lee seems too eager to pick up where Willard left off in the restoration project. When he begins to romance wealthy widow Lynette Duncan, things really go awry. It's up to Qwill, Koko and Yum Yum to set the town right and bring the guilty party to justice before both the Duncan family fortune and Pickax are destroyed by greed.« less