The Cat Who Sniffed Glue (1988)

Vivre dans la petite ville de Pickax est peut-être reposant, mais ce n'est certainement pas monotone. Au moins pour le plus recherché des célibataires de la ville, l'ex-journaliste Jim Qwilleran. Ayant hérité d'une immense fortune, Qwilleran et ses deux compagnons félins, Kao K'o Kung dit Koko et Yom Yom, se préparent à savourer une vie paisible de grand luxe... du moins jusqu'au jour où le fils et la belle-fille d'un riche banquier sont brutalement assassinés. Pour la police, il s'agit d'un cambriolage qui a mal tourné. Mais Koko montre soudain une passion inexplicable pour la colle et c'est précisément cette innocente manie qui va fournir la solution à l'un des cas les plus mystérieux que Qwilleran ait jamais rencontrés. ( )

The mystery in this book doesn't make a whole lot of sense, and the answer sort of comes out of left field, but the rest of the story is as fun as any other Cat Who... book. ( )

https://sites.google.com/a/toonen.org/www/readers-advisory/08--The Cat Who Sniffed Glue.doc ( )

Everyone is stymied when two of Pickax's most prominent citizens are found murdered in their home. But even more puzzling to Qwill is Koko's sudden and unaccountable attraction to rubber cement.

Jim Qwilleran has retired to Moose County with the cats Koko and Yum Yum. Life is pretty tranquil, Jim takes a part-time job at the local newspaper, and focusses on the re-decorating of his new apartment. Quiet that is until the murder of the son and daughter-in-law of the local 'family'. The narration skills of reader George Guidall helped get me through this book. I think you are either a "The Cat Who…" fan, or you aren't. I have read/listened to 3 now, and I think perhaps I am not, even though the plots are quite interesting. ( )