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The Cat Who Talked Turkey (Cat Who...Bk 26)
The Cat Who Talked Turkey - Cat Who...Bk 26
Author: Lilian Jackson Braun
The good people of Moose County are in a fever of excitement. Not only is the gala groundbreaking for the Pickax bookstore about to take place, but the town of Brrr is preparing to celebrate its bicentennial, and columnist James Qwilleran has been roped in to help with the festivities. — The groundbreaking, however, is marred by the discovery of ...  more »
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ISBN-13: 9780399151071
ISBN-10: 0399151079
Publication Date: 2004
Pages: 201
Rating:
  • Currently 3.5/5 Stars.
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3.5 stars, based on 114 ratings
Publisher: Putnam Adult
Book Type: Hardcover
Other Versions: Paperback
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Bibliocrates avatar reviewed The Cat Who Talked Turkey (Cat Who...Bk 26) on + 252 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 2
In this book the body of a dead man is discovered on the main character's property. James Qwilleran, a newspaper columnist in Moose County, Michigan, is preparing to work on a one-man play about the great storm of 1913 with the help of an elderly woman. The city of Brr is much too busy preparing for its 200th birthday celebration and the opening of the Pickax bookstore to worry about a killer on the loose. If not for Koko and Yum Yum, Qwilleran's two Siamese cats, this book would have been a complete waist of my time. I loved the clairvoyant cat who believed he could speak Turkey, cute! The characters were kooky and I was slightly amused by their names. I just don't know what all the fuss is over these books. They are highly overrated!
thewoobdog avatar reviewed The Cat Who Talked Turkey (Cat Who...Bk 26) on + 2 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 1
Although I have enjoyed 'The Cat Who...' series for many years, this book was disappointing both as a cozy mystery and as a nice escapist light-read. The descriptive prose and wit that I have enjoyed from Ms. Braun over the years are sadly lacking here, and I found the book more a chore than a pleasure to read. The plot and dialogue were disjointed and seemed to stumble along erratically, while the character development so inherent to earlier installments in the series was contradictory at best and frequently nonexistent. I am saddened to see the decline of such a long-standing series and fear this heralds a farewell to the beloved town of Pickax and its inhabitants.
Timbuktu126 avatar reviewed The Cat Who Talked Turkey (Cat Who...Bk 26) on + 479 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 1
I've read a number of Braun's "Cat Who..." series and enjoyed them, but this one had almost no mystery in it at all. The corpse found on Quill's property is mentioned maybe 4 times in the first 150 pages, then the mystery kicks in and is solved all in the last 30 pages.If you want a mystery, do not pick this title!!
reviewed The Cat Who Talked Turkey (Cat Who...Bk 26) on + 3352 more book reviews
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This is a popular series. Each book can be read on its own but as you read the series you begin to really know the characters and country as you friends. Qwill is a laid back, middle-aged bachelor, and all-round nice guy who's had trouble in the past but has landed on his feet. He's owned by two siamese cats who help in their own feline way to solve crimes.
reviewed The Cat Who Talked Turkey (Cat Who...Bk 26) on + 108 more book reviews
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From Fantastic Fiction:

James Qwilleran and his famous felines, Koko and Yum Yum, are back for another mystery-solving stint in the beloved bestselling Cat Who . . . series.

In Qwill's opinion, "A town without a bookstore is like a chicken with one leg," and since the late Eddington Smith's bookstore burned down, the town of Pickax has been somewhat off balance.

To the rescue comes the Klingenschoen Foundation, manager of Qwill's estate, which considers a new bookstore a worthy investment. Delighted by their good fortune, the people of Moose County prepare to celebrate the gala groundbreaking of the store on the site of the old. But no one is prepared for the discovery of the body of a man shot execution style in a wooded area on the very same day. Now Qwill and his clever cats have their work cut out for them.

This is one of the later books of Lillian Jackson Braun. Her earlier ones are better, but this was still enjoyable.
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reviewed The Cat Who Talked Turkey (Cat Who...Bk 26) on + 3352 more book reviews
This is an extremely popular series - you get to know the people like you wish you knew your neighbors.
Gracious-Granny avatar reviewed The Cat Who Talked Turkey (Cat Who...Bk 26) on + 137 more book reviews
All the "Cat Who" books are a happy read!
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I love the Cat Who... series. This one deals with the town of Brrr, a new bookstore in Pickax, and wild turkeys.
waucondacarol avatar reviewed The Cat Who Talked Turkey (Cat Who...Bk 26) on + 319 more book reviews
I read all the books in this light-hearted series one after another and really enjoyed them. The cat KoKo and his feline partner, Yum Yum, are endearing. Their owner is a former newspaper reporter, James Qwilleran. They live in a small town with lots of interesting residents. James can't seem to avoid murders though he sure would like to. The series ended abruptly with unresolved relationships due to the author's death at 97.
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Jim Qwilleran and his Siamese cats Koko and Yum Yum make the detectve team. Was a fun book to read.
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Koko and Yum Yum, those smart Siamese cats, are as endearing as ever in this tale of a body discovered on James Qwilleran's property. Qwilleran is also busy with a new bookstore that is opening in Pickax.


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