Rebekah's Reviews > The Cat Who Dropped a Bombshell

Having just read Lilian Jackson Braun's latest Cat Who novel Cat Who Dropped a Bombshell, I can agree bomb was a good word to use in the title. It was just not up to her former standard. Perhaps this is partly due to the fact that she has written 28 of these stories. And that means up wards of 28 deaths, (probably closer to 60, but I digress). Koko is still smart as a whip, but he is more used to spout aphorisms than catching killers. She seems to fill the books with back story that is unnecessary. Those that have read all the books know it already and those who don't, don't need all the details. And for filler it was a slim book. Not a great combination. We have a hunting accident where the bad guy gets off and a elderly couple who are killed for their money, the bad nephew is caught, and the good town gets lots of benefit from a well crafted will. Money was all the story was about. Raising and and Mr. Q spending his inheritance. I know it was a big inheritance, but I think he has spent it over and over again unless he is making good money in all these strange things he keeps buying for the community.
This time it was 1,000 dollar kitties. And antiques passed around the rich of the community. And what college student learning to be a writer can spend a grand on a CAT for crying out loud.
I can only hope that 29 is better constructed, but I think I may just have to take a pass and look up one of her classics when the story was story and not fluff and filler.