For amateur sleuth Jim Qwilleran & his two Siamese detective companions Koko & Yum Yum a trip to the city down below brings not only rosy memories of good times but also a whole heap of trouble.. .A plea for help from SOCK a tenants organisation determined to save the decaying art deco glory of the Casablanca apartment building from the philistine attentions of the developers is no strain on the trios talents. But macabre bloodstains beneath Qwills penthouse rug prove to be a telling message from SOCKs former leading light. It appears that Dianne Bessinger was stabbed to death in a lovers tiff but the combined twitching of Qwills & Kokos curious whiskers proves that all is not what it seems. Only when Qwill begins to investigate the suicide of Diannes killer do the strands of the mystery unravel.. .but will Koko sniff out the truth in time to return the Casablanca to its original glory? ...

Once upon a time on a cold & frosty Christmas Eve night a bedraggled white cat called Polar Bear wandered into Cleveland Amorys life & won his heart. This remarkable much-loved cat went on to become the focus of Clevelands classic bestseller The Cat Who Came for Christmas". " The Cat Who Stayed for Christmas" continues the true story of Cleveland & Polar Bear as they embark upon exciting adventures whilst continuing to stubbornly guard their territory & engage in hilarious battles of will. Full of unexpected delights & written with warmth & humour " The Cat Who Stayed for Christmas" recounts the many escapades of Polar Bear & the man he owns." ...

Late one night Jim Qwilleran is disturbed by the shrill ringing of the telephone. His erstwhile landlady Iris Cobb now resident manager of the Goodwinter Farm Museum is distraught. Knowing her frail state of health Qwill is concerned & becomes even more so when a piercing scream severs their connection. Arriving at the museum he finds Iris slumped on the kitchen floor. But what at first looks like a natural demise from heart disease proves to be much more sinister. Once more the detective talents of Koko & Yum Yum Qwills sleuthing Siamese companions are in demand in Pickax City. ...

Suzy is a little French cat with a beautiful stripy coat & long white whiskers. Suzy likes living in France chasing butterflies & being stroked the wrong way. Suzy doesnt like: straying far from home. One day she finds a cosy little basket clambers in & falls asleep. When she wakes she discovers she is actually in the basket of a hot air balloon which has taken her all the way to Engl&. How is she ever going to find her way back home...? ...

The good people of Pickax are agog with anticipation. Not only is the new bookstore The Pirates Chest about to open but the Theatre Club is set to perform Oscar Wildes The Importance of Being Earnest. The play does not continue past opening night however for a member of the cast is killed in a car accident...or was it an accident? Koko seems to suspect otherwise & Qwill & his clever cats have their work cut out for them. ...

This wonderfully compulsive game is played all over the world from the playgrounds of Europe & North America to Alaska where the Inuit traditionally play the game using loops of sealskin. Now you can thread together al the cats cradle games you will ever need. Each figure is shown in easy-to-follow illustrated steps & include the fascinating story of its origins. Intriguing engaging & addictive this is the modern guide to the traditional game. ...

Following the multi award-winning The Diamond of Drury Lane" here we present the sixth volume from our famous feisty heroine Cat Royal..." Cats Cradle". In which Cat Royal spins a tale about the search for her family weaving in friends & foes old & new. Her journey takes her from riotous London to a revolutionary cotton mill on the River Clyde in Scotl&. And a mysterious newcomer is introduced... So take your seats ladies & gentlemen: the Industrial Age has arrived." ...

Elaine Risley a painter returns to Toronto to find herself overwhelmed by her past. Memories of childhood
- unbearable betrayals
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Told with deadpan humour & bitter irony Kurt Vonnegut's cult tale of global destruction preys on our deepest fears of witnessing Armageddon & worse still surviving it.. . Dr Felix Hoenikker one of the founding 'fathers' of the atomic bomb has left a deadly legacy to the world. For he is the inventor of 'ice-nine' a lethal chemical capable of freezing the entire planet. The search for its whereabouts leads to Hoenikker's three ecentric children to a crazed dictator in the Caribbean to madness. Felix Hoenikker's Death Wish comes true when his last fatal gift to mankind brings about the end that for all of us is nigh... ...

What had there been before such a ship in my life? A dugout canoe on a river journey? A launch in Trincomalee harbour? There were always fishing boats on our horizon. But I could never imagine the grandeur of this castle that was to cross the sea'. In the early 1950s an eleven-year-old boy boards a huge liner in Colombo bound for Engl&. At mealtimes he is seated at the lowly 'cat's table'
- as far from the Captain's table as can be
- with a ragtag group of adults & two other boys Cassius & Ramadhin. As the ship crosses the Indian Ocean the boys tumble from one adventure to another & at night they spy on a shackled prisoner
- his crime & fate a mystery that will haunt them forever...


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