lilian jackson braun passses
Jun. 8th, 2011 04:44 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
archersangeljust found this out today. (the story from the new york times) she wrote the cat who.... series & i think i have every single one. according to wikipedia there are 29 (#30 was canceled. probably due to any health issues the author my have had) and i have 2 of the 3 collections of short stories she wrote.
the first few books are set in an unnamed city. i always suspected chicago. then (after the main character inherits a boatload of money from an old friend of his mother's) move to a small town far north of there near canada, i always suspected minnesota. the main character inherited a male siamese cat named koko (because there was no one to take him) from the victim in the first novel; the art critic at the paper he worked for. then he inherited a female siamese cat named yum yum for the same reason (plus he figured koko needed cat companionship) from the victim in another one.
after awhile they got quite formulaic; someone is murdered (sometime more than one) it's usually someone the main character knows at least slightly. the main character's curiosity gets the better of him & he starts poking around. koko digs up a clue or knocks over a book that ends up giving insight into the case. yum yum does little more than sit around & look pretty.
koko & yum yum are named after siamese cats the author had. apparently koko was smart & yum yum was just pretty. she had a few versions of koko. the first (or one of the early ones) was killed when she was living in an apartment building & she suspected a cat-hating neighbor.
this makes the second author of book series that i like who has passed. the first was charlotte mcleod author of the sarah kelling mystery novels. this just leaves carole nelson douglas, rita mae brown & elizabeth peters.
the first few books are set in an unnamed city. i always suspected chicago. then (after the main character inherits a boatload of money from an old friend of his mother's) move to a small town far north of there near canada, i always suspected minnesota. the main character inherited a male siamese cat named koko (because there was no one to take him) from the victim in the first novel; the art critic at the paper he worked for. then he inherited a female siamese cat named yum yum for the same reason (plus he figured koko needed cat companionship) from the victim in another one.
after awhile they got quite formulaic; someone is murdered (sometime more than one) it's usually someone the main character knows at least slightly. the main character's curiosity gets the better of him & he starts poking around. koko digs up a clue or knocks over a book that ends up giving insight into the case. yum yum does little more than sit around & look pretty.
koko & yum yum are named after siamese cats the author had. apparently koko was smart & yum yum was just pretty. she had a few versions of koko. the first (or one of the early ones) was killed when she was living in an apartment building & she suspected a cat-hating neighbor.
this makes the second author of book series that i like who has passed. the first was charlotte mcleod author of the sarah kelling mystery novels. this just leaves carole nelson douglas, rita mae brown & elizabeth peters.
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