Persuaded by his beloved companion to join her in a group tour of Scotland, Qwill expects to revel in his Scottish heritage while keeping Polly Duncan safe from the Pickax Prowler. Instead, his trip is cut short when a jewel swipes a suitcase, the bus driver disappears and a fellow tourist is found dead - all in the same day. Although the town of Pickax is in a tizzy over the recent events, Qwill has other, more puzzling worries on his mind. Who is the fellow still following Polly? Why is Koko licking Qwill's photographs of Scotland and tackling him on the apple barn stairs? Upon investigating the secret life of the deceased and the bizzare behavior of one of the tour's members, Qwill's sensitive moustache tells him one thing: more toruble is on the way.

Lilian Jackson Braun Composed her firsrt poem at the age of two. She began writing her Cat Who …..detective series when one of her own Siamese cats mysteriously fell to its death from her apartment. Since then twenty-four Cat Who………novels have been published, all featuring the very talented Koko and Yum Yum, Siamese cats with a bent for detection. Lilian Jackson Braun and her husband, Earl, live with their cats in the mountains of North Carolina.