Jim Qwilleran--along with his lovable Siamese cats Koko and Yum Yum--follows a trail of clues as elusive as a cat burglar in the night in this mystery in the New York Times bestselling series.

There's been a rash of petty thievery in Pickax--ever since banker Willard Carmichael and his flashy young wife, Danielle, moved in. But now Willard's been killed in a mugging Down Below...or so it seems. Qwill's suspicious, especially when Willard's house-restoration project in Pickax falls into the hands of Danielle's cousin--whose rich new wife then dies on her honeymoon The clues are confounding. But with Koko's help, Qwill intends to catch a thief--and a killer...

Author: Lilian Jackson Braun
Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Berkley Books
Published: 03/01/1998
Series: Cat Who... #19
Pages: 272
Weight: 0.3lbs
Size: 6.76h x 4.20w x 0.75d
ISBN: 9780515122404
Audience: Young Adult

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 5.8
Point Value: 10
Interest Level: Middle Grade
Quiz #/Name: 52622 / Cat Who Tailed a Thief

About the Author
The history of Lilian Jackson Braun is perhaps as exciting and mysterious as her novels. Between 1966 and 1968, she published three novels to critical acclaim: The Cat Who Could Read Backwards, The Cat Who Ate Danish Modern, and The Cat Who Turned On and Off. In 1966, the New York Times labeled Braun, "the new detective of the year." Then, for reasons unknown, the rising mystery author disappeared from the publishing scene. It wasn't until 1986 that Berkley Publishing Group reintroduced Braun to the public with the publication of an original paperback, The Cat Who Saw Red. Within two years, Berkley released four new novels in paperback and reprinted the three mysteries from the sixties. Since then, G.P. Putnam's Sons has published seventeen additional novels in the Cat Who series. Braun passed away in 2011.