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There's more Page 1 Books 1 - 10; Page 2 Books 11 - 20 ; Page 3 Books 21 - ;
See also: An excellent article on the series and the inspiration for Koko's name:
A Cat Named Kao K'o Kung.



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See also: Kerry Greenwood's Corinna and Daniel Melbourne-based series page; 160x480

Sue Grafton's Kinsey Milhone private investigator series page for reading order and synopsis; 160x480

Sara Paretsky's V I Warshawski, private investigator series reading order and synopsis; 160x480

Phyrne Fisher books by Kerry Greenwood; 262

Fabulous Phyrne Jazz Age 'tec

Wealthy Phyrne Fisher grew up poor and hungry, drove ambulances through the mud of WWI and turned to crime to cure her ennui.photo, Kerry Greenwood; 82x117

Kerry Greenwood
2013 Interview
1998 Interview
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Her series in reading order

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Lilian Jackson Braun Series

The Cat Who Detects/Qwilleran and Koko

Hoary old James Macintosh Qwilleran was an investigative reporter before there was a title for the role. But alcoholism took its toll and he has fallen on hard times. His last chance is a paper where his childhood friend is an editor.

To his horror he is assigned to the art beat where he meets an eccentric critic who offers Qwill a chance to rent the vacant flat in his building. Qwill discovers that the price he pays for a gourmet neighbour is the expectation that he will do odd jobs, like minding a remarkable Siamese Kao Ko'Kung.

The pair team up to become one of the most entertaining crime-busting duos in fiction. In each book, there are two sets of clues for the readers: the clues that Qwill encounters, and the messages that KoKo (as Qwill renames him) is trying to deliver through his behaviour.

In the second volume KoKo gets a female companion, Yum Yum.

Initially, the stories follow Qwill as he moves from one assignment to another giving us a look at a variety of esoteric cultures: decorators, junk/collectible sellers, artists, and so on. After a few volumes, Qwill takes up residence in Moose County where the eccentricities of small town life provide a backdrop for most of his adventures.
Jackson Braun's style is hyper-real, the characters are strongly drawn, especially the cats whose behaviour is very familiar. She names towns and people and places with a caricature-like nomenclature that suggests a touch of humour and a fondness for the absurd.

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Summary:

The Cat Who Could Read Backwards

The Cat Who Ate Danish Modern

The Cat Who turned On and Off

The Cat Who Saw Red

The Cat Who Played Brahms

The Cat Who Played Post Office

The Cat Who Knew Shakespeare

The Cat Who Sniffed Glue

The Cat Who Went Underground

The Cat Who Talked to Ghosts

The Cat Who Lived High

The Cat Who Knew a Cardinal

The Cat Who Moved a Mountain

The Cat Who Wasn't There

The Cat Who Went Into the Closet

The Cat Who Came to Breakfast

The Cat Who Blew the Whistle

The Cat Who Said Cheese

The Cat Who Tailed a Thief

The Cat Who Sang for the Birds

The Cat Who Saw Stars

The Cat Who Robbed a Bank

The Cat Who Smelled a Rat

The Cat Who Went Up the Creek

The Cat Who Brought Down the House

The Cat Who Talked Turkey

The Cat Who Went Bananas

The Cat Who Dropped a Bombshell

The Cat Who Had 60 Whiskers

The Cat Who Smelled Smoke (unpublished)

Short and Tall Tales: Moose County Legends Collected by James MacKintosh Qwilleran

The Private of Life of the Cat Who ... Tales of Koko and Yum Yum from the Journal of James Mackintosh Qwilleran


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The Cat Who Could Read Backwards, Lilian Jackson Braun

The Cat Who Could Read Backwards

In which we meet Koko and Qwilleran. Qwill, recovering alcoholic and ex-investigative crime reporter finds a place with a newspaper -- writing colour pieces for the art section.

Taken under the wing of the extraordinary critic he is soon embroiled in the murder of the critic, and becomes the life companion of the talented sleuth-cat.

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The Cat Who Ate Danish Modern, Lilian Jackson Braun

The Cat Who Ate Danish Modern

The Daily Fluxion assigns Qwill to bring out Gracious Abodes, a magazine far from the seedy truths that he yearns for. But murder will out, and in this adventure Qwill finds a companion for KoKo and himself in the cross-eyed Yum Yum.

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The Cat Who turned On and Off, Lilian Jackson Braun

The Cat Who turned On and Off

Finally Qwill puts forward an idea that his childhood friend and editor accepts -- Junktown at Christmas. Unfortunately for Qwill Junktown turns out to be full of antique dealers and curio sellers, not the den of iniquity that he had hoped for.

Introducing the endless source of food Mrs Cobb.

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The Cat Who Saw Red, Lilian Jackson Braun

The Cat Who Saw Red

Once again Qwill moves home, this time to join an artists' colony featuring his childhood sweetheart -- who goes missing under mysterious circumstances.

In this volume Qwill finally becomes involved with a believable love interest.

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The Cat Who Played Brahms, Lilian Jackson Braun

The Cat Who Played Brahms

Qwilleran buys a car, packs the cats, his typewriter and the cats' scratching-dictionary; and heads off to the lakeside cabin of his mother's friend Aunt Francesca.

He discovers an idiosyncratic community, murder, and a new direction for his life.

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The Cat Who Played Post Office, Lilian Jackson Braun

The Cat Who Played Post Office

After years of penny-pinching Qwill finds himself the heir to a billionaire's fortune. However to claim his inheritance he must live in Moose County for five years.

He sets up residence in Aunt Fanny's impressive mansion and is soon embroiled in another mystery. He brings Mrs Cobb up from Down Below to help run the house and evaluate the in-house antiques.

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The Cat Who Knew Shakespeare, Lilian Jackson Braun

The Cat Who Knew Shakespeare

The Pickax Picayune, official organ of Moose County, based in Pickax City is burned to the ground. Qwill and Koko investigate the murder mystery. He brings his old childhood friend and ex-editor to come to Pickax and build a new paper.

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The Cat Who Sniffed Glue, Lilian Jackson Braun

The Cat Who Sniffed Glue

Koko becomes a glue-freak -- a sure sign that he is trying to pass information about a murder on to his Watson -- newspaperman James Macintosh Qwilleran.

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The Cat Who Went Underground, Lilian Jackson Braun

The Cat Who Went Underground

Qwill and the cats set off for the cabin once again. He decides to embark on a renovation against everyone's advice and is once again embroiled in murder and mystery.

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The Cat Who Talked to Ghosts, Lilian Jackson Braun

The Cat Who Talked to Ghosts

Mrs Cobb has moved into her farmhouse and is converting it into a museum. Her happiness is brought to an abrupt end when she is apparently frightened to death. Qwill and the cats move in and investigate.

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There's more Page 1 Books 1 - 10; Page 2 Books 11 - 20 ; Page 3 Books 21 - 29;
See also: An excellent article on the series and the inspiration for Koko's name:
A Cat Named Kao K'o Kung.


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