Lilian Jackson Braun

w, ith a snowy winter on the way, millionaire journalist Jim Qwilleran rents an old stone mansion in the heart of Pickax. It's a strange, dusty place, with fifty closets, all filled with junk—a treasure trove for his two very curious cats, Koko and Yum Yum. But then word comes of a suspicious...

PROLOGUE Yes, there really is a place called Moose County, 400 miles north of everywhere. The county seat is Pickax City, population three thousand. There really is a busboy named Derek Cuttlebrink. And there is a barkeeper who looks like a bear and charges a nickel for a paper napkin....