The people of Pickax are in a state of eager anticipation. The Pirate's Chest, the long-awaited new bookstore, is finally set to open, and the Theatre Club is preparing to perform Oscar Wilde's The Importance of Being Earnest. However,...
Moose County (Imaginary place)
- Author:Braun, Lilian JacksonSummary:
- Author:Braun, Lilian JacksonSummary:
What Pickax, the town "400 miles north of everywhere," needs is a new bookstore. But just as Pickax prepares to celebrate the ground breaking for a new one, a body is discovered in a nearby wooded arie. Turning their attention from...
- Author:BRAUN, Lilian JacksonSummary:
The residents of Pickax take pride in a town which has considerably less crime than the places "Down Below." However, this holiday season has seen a streak of small crimes. New in town is the bank manager, Willard Carmichael...
- Author:Braun, Lilian JacksonSummary:
With his companion Polly in Paris, Qwill keeps himself occupied by writing an absurdist play called "The Cat Who Got Elected Dog Catcher." Meanwhile, things are spicing up in Pickax. Huge inheritances from old families are suddenly and...
- Author:Braun, Lilian JacksonSummary:
Pickax is preparing for its sesquicentennial celebration, and in the midst of all the family reunions, the Siamese super-sleuth Koko smells trouble. One evening Koko pounces down on the head of the wealthy Ledfields' obnoxious nephew,...
- Author:Braun, Lilian JacksonSummary:
"The denizens of Pickax are starstruck: Thelma Thackeray, a native of Moose County, has returned to spend her declining years 400 miles north of everywhere, after a nearly six-decade-long career in Hollywood! And she doesn't intend to...
- Author:Braun, Lilian JacksonSummary:
Fictional columnist James Qwilleran has finally finished his book showcasing the colorful stories related to him by residents of Moose County.
- Author:Braun, Lilian JacksonSummary:
"Fictional columnist James Qwilleran has finally completed his book showcasing the stories related to him by residents of Moose County, that famous region four hundred miles north of everywhere." "Lilian Jackson Braun...