The world of modern art is a mystery to many. But for Jim Qwilleran, it turns into a mystery of another sort when his assignment to the art beat for The Daily Fluxion leads down the path to murder. A stabbing in an art gallery, vandalized paintings, a fatal fall from a scaffolding — this is not at all what Qwilleran expects when he turns his reportorial talents to art. But Qwilleran and his newly found partner, Koko the brilliant Siamese, are back in their element — sniffing out clues and confounding criminals intent on mayhem and murder. Lilian Jackson Braun http://lakenet.llcoop.org/search/X?The+Cat+Who+Could+Read+Backwards+Braun 46 2007-09-19T12:14:22-04:00 The first installment of the author's popular series features the unusual detective team of award-winning reporter Jim Qwilleran and Koko, his brilliant Siamese cat, who penetrate the world of modern art to solve a mystery. 525 039914286X