The Cat Who Came to Breakfast

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!

Qwill, AKA James Qwilleran, wealthy semi-retired journalist and companion person to two Siamese cats, has just expressed his total disdain for the newest Moose County (400 miles north of everywhere) enterprise - Pear Island AKA Breakfast Island AKA Grand Island AKA Providence Island when he discovers that his long-time lady friend, Polly will be vacationing in Oregon and without him. He reconsiders his options and decides to visit this island but on his own terms. In a short time he becomes entangled in the local politics and begins to suspect that all is not as it seems on the island, no matter what name is being used. Of course there is a death and Qwill's suspicions prove correct. By the end of the book Qwill and the cats have had yet another vacation that did not go according to plan but instead solved some mysteries.This was a good entery into the series but I did miss some of the Moose County regulars. The one that were present,the ever-growing Derek and the delightful Bamba family make up for the absence of so many others however. The newest addition to the County, Elizabeth Cage is intriguing, another poor-little-rich-girl like Mary Duckworth of earlier books, but with a charm of her own.This is a must for fans of the series but would also be enjoyable for any fan of the 'cozy' mystery genre.

Of all of the books of the series this one is my favorite. I love the setting, and all the characters that are introduced. The natives to Pear Island (Breakfast Island) are charming and add a lot to the ambiance of the story. The Bambas have always been some of my favorite characters and I enjoyed seeing so much of them in this book. When I want a light hearted read I always grab this one first. I'd suggest it to any one who likes to read mysteries.

This may not be the best of Lilian Jackson Braun... but it is still a great mystery book. Her books are light reading and not at all gross or scary and this is refreshing. The cats are adorable and I love to see what they are going to do next!!! The cats, Qwill and the books are very entertaining and I absolutely love them. When I am not reading one of these books I am missing Qwill, Koko and Yum Yum. I highly recommend reading all of The Cat Who books... start at the beginning... it is not necessary, but it IS better.

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!