Bob in cincinnati Ohio. Just like Joycelyn, I do the same thing. I love her books. The first book was a gift from my sister celebrating the birth of my son who is now I have read them over and over again.
They are like a warm blanket…. Re reading the Cat Who series has brightened these dreary days of confinement. I sent Ms Braun a picture of my Siamese cat years ago and actually got a short handwritten note in return. MY husband and I both love these books! We have read the first They have been a grear comfort in this time of Home confinement. Diane K. Putnam's Sons has since published twenty-one The Cat Who novels, one each year through The Cat Who novels, considered light, humorous mysteries, have been translated into 16 languages, distributed worldwide, and sold in the millions.
Her books were standards on the New York Times best seller list. Beginning in , her books reached the prestigious list for 20 consecutive years. Through 29 books, avid readers followed the lives of Jim Qwilleran and his mystery solving Siamese cats Koko and Yum Yum and the quirky characters of Moose County, miles north of everywhere. Booklist commented on The Cat Who series, "With its familiar characters, cozy plots and happy endings, this series remains as comforting as a warm cat in your lap on a rainy day.
Braun often said her characters and settings were composites of people and places she knew. She made her protagonist a male with a moustache so that people would not think her fiction was autobiographical.
Often asked where the fictional Moose County really was, Braun would say, "In my head. It can be anywhere you want it to be. Of her mystery-solving Siamese cat, Koko, she said, "When your detective is a cat you are somewhat limited.
He doesn't speak English, doesn't leap tall buildings like Supercat, he just does what a normal cat would do. But there are things he does that draw attention to clues that solve the mystery.
So you have to begin with something a cat will reveal a clue, and develop it from there. Of course, when you are writing about a cat solving mysteries you can't be entirely serious.
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Sign in to vote ». Topics Mentioning This Author. Welcome back. It took a lot of thrift store shopping to find them all, but I love a good treasure hunt. I love the fact that here books are not full of sex, drugs and graphic violence. I listened to all of these books years ago on cassette tape from the Library. I loved these books. I have started collecting all of her books and have all I think, but three. I have read all of them at least once and will be reading them over and over again.
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