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Jim Qwilleran, a resident journalist in Michigan’s imaginary city of Pickax, travels to the city ‘down below’ for a strange assignment: to help save the historic Casablanca apartment building from demolition. Joined by his detective companions, a kitten named Koko and a Siamese named Yum Yum, Qwilleran moves into the building’s penthouse. There they encounter a startling discovery—a bloodstain under the rug—and learn that an art dealer was killed in the very apartment they now occupy. In the midst of city life, urban renewal, and the quiet elegance of the building’s architecture, Qwilleran and his feline allies must untangle the mystery, advocate for the preservation of the landmark, and confront the forces that threaten its future.
First publish date: 1990
Genre: Mystery & Detective/Cozy Mystery
Authors: Lilian Jackson Braun
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