The Cat Who... Omnibus 05 (Books 13,17,18): The Cat Who Moved a Mountain / The Cat Who Blew the Whistle / The Cat Who Said Cheese

By Lilian Jackson Braun

The most unlikely, most unusual, most delightful team in detective fiction join forces in one big hardcover book of Cat Who . . . favorites to discover that - whether they're at home in Moose County... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0399143645
• ISBN13: 9780399143649
• Release Date: April 1998
• Publisher: Putnam Adult
• Length: 640 Pages
• Weight: 1.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.8" x 6.5" x 9.5"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher

Customer Reviews

These stories are out of order.

Content-wise, these stories are standard later Braun. It is disconcerting, however, that "The Cat Who Moved a Mountain" isn't followed by "The Cat Who Wasn't There," "The Cat Who Went into the Closet," and "The Cat Who Came to Breakfast," which is the correct chronological order and also the order in which they were originally published. The last two stories in this compilation, "The Cat Who Blew the Whistle," and "The Cat Who Said Cheese" should follow the stories above. Because of this, plot elements suddenly appear in "Whistle" and "Cheese" that are only explained in the following compilation. This rearrangement of the stories is peculiar and confusing. I surmise that Putnam somehow screwed up. I hope if the books are republished that they will be grouped in the correct order: (Mountain, Wasn't There, Closet) and (Breakfast, Whistle, Cheese)

A Great Introduction to the Qwilleran series

These three stories offer a terrific introduction for any first time reader of the crime solving exploits of Jim Qwilleran, philanthropic billionare, and his Siamese cats, Koko and Yum Yum. "Mountain" is the more serious of the three. It contrasts the lives of the simple, genuine mountain folk with the newcomers despoiling the countryside.Read and enjoy the charming stories this author can weave, with just that hint of social consciousness.I'm just sorry that I've just about finished reading the whole series.