Book Review - The Cat Who Could Read Backwards by Lilian Jackson Braun

Hi
The Cat Who Could Read Backwards is the first book in aseries of about seventeen so far.It was published back in 1966 and is quite a pleasent read. It was recommended to me once again and so I thought I'd give it a try even though I wasn't sure it was my type of book. It turned out to be a detective type story. The main character, Jim Quilleran, is a newspaper journalist who arrives in a small town to work on The Daily Fluxion. He rents a room with the art critic and develops a relationship with a siamese cat called Kao K'o-Kung or Koko for short. They make an unusual pair of detectives. The characters and places are lovingly described and by the end of the book the thriving community of people have been brought to life. The character of Jim Quilleran is quite believable and although his logic is good you can see him jumping to conclusions and doubting himself in an entertaining fashion. The plot has enough twists and turns to keep you guessing.