The Cat Who Saw Red

Lilian Jackson Braun

Turtleback, Aug 15, 1986 - Fiction - 256 pages

Something is amiss at Maus Haus. Not just the mystery of an unsolved suicide which hangs over the old mansion, but something ominous in the present-day residence. When Qwilleran moves in to work on his new gastronomical assignment, strange things begin to happen. First it's a scream in the night, then a vanishing houseboy. But when his old girlfriend disappears, something has to be done. Qwilleran, Koko, and Yum Yum set out to solve the mystery--and find a murderer!

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 Saw Red; The Cat Who... Series
• Author: Lilian Jackson Braun
• Publisher: Turtleback, 1986
• ISBN: 0613063821, 9780613063821
• Length: 256 pages
• Subjects: Fiction / Mystery & Detective / General; Juvenile Fiction / Animals / Cats; Juvenile Fiction / Mysteries & Detective Stories