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The opening of the County Art Center heralds a new crime wave: Missing artwork, breaking and entering, and the increasingly foul language of a green parrot named Jasper suggest that something is wrong in this quiet corner of Maine. Qwilleran himself cries foul when a neighbor, Maude Coggin, dies in an unstoppable fire in her home immediately after selling off the bulk of her valuable farm. Who bought the farm out from under the old woman? Qwilleran and his usual cast of characters, including longtime girlfriend Polly Duncan and his newspaper buddy Arch Riker, determine to find out.
At Mrs. Coggin's funeral, Qwilleran turns his sharp eye to the crowd, checking for any missing faces. One noticeable minus is Beverly Forfar, the director of the Art Center, who was only too happy to see "the eyesore across the road" burn to the ground. Is she involved? Was the fire intentional? Or is Ms. Forfar simply more concerned with aesthetics than human life? The answer to his questions about the farm lie within the Art Center, but not as Qwilleran expects to find them.
At Mrs. Coggin's funeral, Qwilleran turns his sharp eye to the crowd, checking for any missing faces. One noticeable minus is Beverly Forfar, the director of the Art Center, who was only too happy to see "the eyesore across the road" burn to the ground. Is she involved? Was the fire intentional? Or is Ms. Forfar simply more concerned with aesthetics than human life? The answer to his questions about the farm lie within the Art Center, but not as Qwilleran expects to find them.
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As early spring comes to Moose County (400 miles north of everywhere), Qwilleran is looking forward to peaceful beauty. Instead he get a chorus of noisy birds and Koko's feline version of bird calling. And a series of strange events, starting with vandalism and ending in a mysterious chain of death and disappearance, has Pickax in an uproar.
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Fun, quick mystery with interesting characters
Tracy H. (As always, a satisfying light read. There were a couple of continuity glitches in the book, but probably no one but I would notice them and they certainly did not take from the story.
You don't have to like cats to enjoy this book. These cat mystery books are the best.
As early spring comes to Moose county, Jim Qwilleran is looking forward to the peaceful beauty of nature's rebirth. What he gets instead is a chorus of noisy birds that constantly wakes him from a sound sleep...especially when Koko insists on joining in with his own feline version of birdcalling. But soon Qwill is wondering whether Koko is trying so say more than just "tweet tweet"...because a series of strange events--starting with an act of vandalism and culminating in a mysterious chain of death and disappearance--has Pickax in a similar uproar. It seems that this spring, a cat's fancy may turn to crime solving...
I feel these books are best enjoyed in the order they were written. I believe this is number 20. The series is not to be missed if you like mysteries, or cats.
A Jim Qwilleran mystery with his extra-ordinary Siamese cats, Koko and Yum Yum.
QWILLERAN ENJOYES A NICE SUMMER AT THE BARN. HE HAS A GAZEBO BUILT FOR THE CATS TO WATCH THE BIRDS.
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