The Cat Who Played Brahms

Lilian Jackson Braun

Penguin, 1987 - Fiction - 245 pages

Is it just a case of summertime blues or a full-blown career crisis? Newspaper reporter Jim Qwilleran isn't sure, but he's hoping a few days in the country will help him sort out his life.

With cats Koko and Yum Yum for company, Qwilleran heads for a cabin owned by a longtime family friend, "Aunt Fanny." But from the moment he arrives, things turn strange. Eerie footsteps cross the roof at midnight, Local townsfolk become oddly secretive. And then, while fishing, Qwilleran hooks on to a murder mystery. Soon Qwilleran enters into a game of cat and mouse with the killer, while Koko develops a sudden and uncanny fondness for classical music...

What people are saying

Review: The Cat Who Played Brahms (Cat Who... #5)

User Review  - Rachel - Goodreads

A quick read, which is always a plus. I liked the setting of this book better than the previous books. We'll see what the next one brings.

Review: The Cat Who Played Brahms (Cat Who... #5)

User Review  - Allison - Goodreads

Probably my favorite Cat Who.... book so far.

Contents

• Chapter ONE: v
• Chapter TWO: 17
• Chapter THREE: 33
• Chapter FOUR: 49
• Chapter FIVE: 69
• Chapter SIX: 83
• Chapter SEVEN: 97
• Chapter EIGHT: 111
• Chapter NINE: 125
• Chapter TEN: 137
• Chapter ELEVEN: 147
• Chapter TWELVE: 163
• Chapter THIRTEEN: 181
• Chapter FOURTEEN: 195
• Chapter FIFTEEN: 211
• Chapter SIXTEEN: 231

About the author

Lilian Jackson Braun was born on June 20, 1913. After starting out as a copywriter for Detroit department stores, she worked for The Detroit Free Press for nearly 30 years. In the 1960s, her cat died in a fall from a 10th-floor window in Detroit. Neighbors later told her that someone pushed the cat. To work through her feelings, she wrote a short story based on the incident. The result was her first three novels, The Cat Who Could Read Backwards, The Cat Who Ate Danish Modern, and The Cat Who Turned On and Off. After an 18-year break, she published The Cat Who Saw Red. During her lifetime, she wrote 29 titles in The Cat Who... series. She died on June 4, 2011 of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease at the age of 97.

Bibliographic information

• Title: The Cat Who Played Brahms; Cat Who... Series; Jove mystery
• Author: Lilian Jackson Braun
• Edition: reprint, reissue
• Publisher: Penguin, 1987
• ISBN: 0515090506, 9780515090505
• Length: 245 pages
• Subjects: Fiction / Mystery & Detective / General