Qwill Summers at the Lake Qwill decides to spend the summer at the lake since Polly is in England. After moving into the "K" estate cabin, he decides it is too small. He plans an addition but much to his dismay, many carpenters are unavailable because they are dead. Yes, carpenters are dropping like flies by accidents and natural causes. Qwill finds a really good one and then he disappears!
The plot thickens. Mildred, Qwill's friend and Moose County Home Economics teacher, calls on a psychic friend to help. Koko and Yum Yum help with the investigation. More excitement and death happens before Koko figures it all out.
I loved this book! You will too!
good summer reading While part of a series, this book stands fairly well on its own. You don't need any prior knowledge of Quilleran or his Siamese cats to enjoy it.
The serial murders provide the backdrop for his summer at Mooseville, but the majority of the story is really Quilleran and his interactions with the various eccentrics populating the lakeside community and of course with Yum Yum and Koko. Some of those are very endearing, particularly in the nursing home, others are merely humorous (Big Lou and his new tools which he doesn't know how to use).
While there are certainly some dark moments - it is a murder mystery - it was still pretty quick and overall light reading. The plot is subservient to the characters, and I guess that is okay for this fare. But several potentially interesting sub-plots are left unresolved, which was less than satisfying to me. The "visitors", the Russell girl - would have liked more information on those story lines.
Entertaining and fine for a break from more serious works.
Another winner Qwill, Koko and Yum Yum are at it again, and I wasn't disappointed. It was a fun story. I enjoyed reading it, and really enjoy listening to the cassettes in the car--the traffic isn't so bad with them along.Koko and Yum Yum help you turn the pages You gotta love these pesky critters who are not so different from most cats. They have helped Ms B raun tell fascinating tales for many tomes. I hope to keep reading about them for eons.Less murder more cat Hijinks In this latest outing with Qwill and the cats there is a lot less mystery and more cat hijinks.
This time around Qwill is visiting his log Cabin in Moose County with his catsYum Yum and Koko. Once there Qwill wants to add onto his cabin only to find out that all the professional carpenters are working on bigger summer projects and he has to go with someone less worthy. Finally he snags the right one only for the carpenter to disappear. From here on it is one carpenter after the next due to mysterious disapperances. Its up to Qwill to find out what in the world is going on.
This one has all the humor and fun as the previous novels but with less mystery and more emphasis on fun and hijinks. This novel has everything from UFO's to crazy 4th of July Flash Floods. This book is perfect for a summer read at the beach where you can just read but don't have to pay to much attention to what is happening due to not much myster involved. Definitely a great read though....Next one in line: The Cat who Talked to Ghost....
