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colleengeedrumm's review against another edition
5.0
But journalists just go to the Press Club and drown their criminal inclinations.
For a moment he stood poised with one forepaw lifted, and the place was filled with breathless, listening cat-silence.
Nutmeg is a stimulant. Germans put it in everything.
I admire men who admire cats.
I hope they were sober. I don't put any stock in cocktail promises.
The Posthumous Pour
For a moment he stood poised with one forepaw lifted, and the place was filled with breathless, listening cat-silence.
Nutmeg is a stimulant. Germans put it in everything.
I admire men who admire cats.
I hope they were sober. I don't put any stock in cocktail promises.
The Posthumous Pour
moshalala's review against another edition
mysterious
relaxing
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
2.5
bxnnny's review
lighthearted
mysterious
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
1.0
silly little whodunnit with a wannabe detective journalist and his kooky cat. some dated language and ideas, but the author is old so it's to be expected. this is a very surface level story/mystery with no real great reveals or twists and a meandering background plot. not very much to say.
Content Warnings
Minor: Racism
ladya328's review against another edition
adventurous
funny
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A
4.5
cstaude's review against another edition
5.0
A completely fun read. Qwill is pursuing a feature magazine assignment centered on interior decorating when murder intrudes. More of the lovable KoKo and we meet his companion Yum Yum at last!! Cozy mysteries are such a relaxing thing!! This series needs to be made into a tv series!
mkaybaker07's review against another edition
4.0
I read 90% of this on the plane and it was great. Super easy, enjoyable, and I didn't figure out all the mysteries until the end.
offservicebookrecs's review against another edition
3.0
Same cozy old-school mystery vibes as the first book in this series, how we the “old fashioned values” stood out a lot more to me in this book compared to the first. K read that there was a 20-year gap between the publishing of the first and second books so maybe that’s why I noticed a little more? Regardless, still really liked the story and I plan on reading all of the books in this series, they’re nice little plate cleansed between bigger books and they have the same nostalgia the Nancy Drew series does for me.
ardaigle's review against another edition
4.0
This book came into my life serendipitously. I took my first out-of-state vaccinated soiree back home to the sweaty state of Louisiana to see family a few weeks back (Yay!). I'm a big fan of an outdoor walk so I took my mom along for a jaunt and we walked around the neighborhood outside of my aunt's house and happened upon a little free library. I'm more of the reader and she is more of the shopper, but together that means that neither of us possess the capacity to turn down a free book, so we took a gander and lo and behold this book was in there, the second book in a series I remember with joy.
I have a great fondness for "The Cat Who" series as I remember reading all of the ones I could get my paws (cat pun) on at the local library when I was a youngun. Cozy mysteries provided a neat escape and I enjoyed following journalist Qwilleran on his adventures to solve crimes, aided by his clever cats. Plus, I grew up watching Murder She Wrote reruns with my parents and if you gender-swapped Angela Lansbury and gave her a cat, you're basically looking at the same premise of murders in small towns with a rich cast of colorful characters. The plot of this book could be described as "madcap," involving an interior design magazine, an eccentric collector of jade, and of course murder! It was a fun hoot, not predictable in that she leaves out details you would need to solve the mystery, but a textbook cozy mystery. And of course, signs of the times, the quote I used for my post refers to women: eesh. But you know what you're getting yourself into, and Braun does what she can to write interesting female characters for the time frame.
It was fun to jump in at the beginning and travel in the way back machine to this 1967 book. Fun fact: the first three books came out in 1966, 1967, and 1968 and then there was an 18 year gap (!) and then a new book was published each year until 2007. Allegedly, she stopped writing the mysteries because the genre had begun to include more sex and violence, and she had a full-time job and only resumed writing after she retired in 1984. The 30th book in the series was set to come out in 2008 but it was postponed and remains unpublished. Braun was notoriously private so little is known about her and she died in 2011 at the age of 97.
I'm glad to have come across it because I mentioned Braun's book in my own book in progress, so it seemed like a nice nod from the universe that I should keep on truckin'.
I have a great fondness for "The Cat Who" series as I remember reading all of the ones I could get my paws (cat pun) on at the local library when I was a youngun. Cozy mysteries provided a neat escape and I enjoyed following journalist Qwilleran on his adventures to solve crimes, aided by his clever cats. Plus, I grew up watching Murder She Wrote reruns with my parents and if you gender-swapped Angela Lansbury and gave her a cat, you're basically looking at the same premise of murders in small towns with a rich cast of colorful characters. The plot of this book could be described as "madcap," involving an interior design magazine, an eccentric collector of jade, and of course murder! It was a fun hoot, not predictable in that she leaves out details you would need to solve the mystery, but a textbook cozy mystery. And of course, signs of the times, the quote I used for my post refers to women: eesh. But you know what you're getting yourself into, and Braun does what she can to write interesting female characters for the time frame.
It was fun to jump in at the beginning and travel in the way back machine to this 1967 book. Fun fact: the first three books came out in 1966, 1967, and 1968 and then there was an 18 year gap (!) and then a new book was published each year until 2007. Allegedly, she stopped writing the mysteries because the genre had begun to include more sex and violence, and she had a full-time job and only resumed writing after she retired in 1984. The 30th book in the series was set to come out in 2008 but it was postponed and remains unpublished. Braun was notoriously private so little is known about her and she died in 2011 at the age of 97.
I'm glad to have come across it because I mentioned Braun's book in my own book in progress, so it seemed like a nice nod from the universe that I should keep on truckin'.
riaryan's review against another edition
2.0
I know what's ahead of me with these books now about the journalist and his crime solving cat. Doesn't make it any less ludicrous though. A bit of good old-fashioned escapism.