FREE: The Cat Who Played Brahms, by Lilian Jackson Braun

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Five Stars: A good read (and an essential "early" one) in the Cat series
Amazon Review By deboer@pacbell.net on 1/18/1998
Ms Braun wrote her first three "Cat Who" books about 30 years ago. When she returned to the theme in 1986 she apparently made the decision to move the locale from the City to the rural setting of Moose County. After one more book "down below" (TCW Saw Red), this volume, THE CAT WHO PLAYED BRAHMS, introduces us to the geography, people and their families and many of the other intrigues and relationships that are further explored in future books in the series.
Jim Qwilleran decides to take an extended vacation and chooses a cabin in Mooseville, 400 miles north of the city. He has the free use of it from a quasi-aunt and long time friend of his mother's. While passing through Pickax, the county seat, he visits Aunt Fanny for a reunion after many years and proceeds to Mooseville accompanied by Koko and Yum-Yum. While settling into the cabin he meets many locals who will also feature in future episodes and becomes aware that all is not well on the crime front. Several deaths and other events point in so many different directions hat the precise nature of the crime is not clear at all to either Jim or Koko. Eventually, the puzzle is solved, but not before the chain of events leads to the death of octogenarian Aunt Fanny. At the end of the book, Jim is informed that Aunt Fanny has made him her sole heir, but a stipulation of the will requires that he relocate to Moose County for a period of no less than five years. This sets the stage for future "tails" in the "The Cat Who" series.