Pickax loves a big occasion. The Great Food "Explo" is about to begin, introducing new restaurants, country inns, and food specialty shops. Lurking in the background, though, is a killer determined to make this an event Pickax City will never forget. The Expo begins with a literal bang: a bomb wrecks the hotel, killing a housekeeper and causing extensive damage. Luckily for Pickax, Jim Qwilleran is on the scene, with suspicions that the bomb was...

Jim Qwilleran has officially inherited a fortune and his freedom, which leaves him with a serious dilemma: What should he do next? Seeking a place of peace and isolation to make up his mind, he heads to the Potato Mountains for the summer. But Qwill lands in the middle of controversy, not solitude. Developers are eager to turn the pristine Potatoes into a giant tourist trap, and one of the locals has been convicted of murdering millionaire J.J. Hawkinfield....

When Jim Qwilleran's friend Polly decides to spend two weeks on vacation with an old girlfriend in Oregon, he finds himself at a loose end - but not for long. A visit from Nick Bamba brings news of a hotbed of mystery. Nick and his wife fear that their new venture, the Domino Inn, won't see out one summer season, let alone a lifetime. A series of fatal accidents on the recently developed Breakfast Island is beginning to deter further visitors, forcing...

When Qwill rents Euphonia's Gage's mansion in Moose County, he and Koko soon discover closet after closet jammed with several generations of junk. Meanwhile, the mansion's former occupant is enjoying a new life in warm, sunny Florida. Or is she? Word soon comes that Euphonia is dead, an apparent suicide. Why would someone so happy and full of life kill herself? And what is the connection between the Gage family and potato farmer Gil Inchpot, who...

Millionaire philanthropist and newspaper columnist Jim Qwilleran's hopes for a peaceful spring season are squashed when he becomes involved in the investigation of the death of Widow Coggin, while at the same time trying to keep up with all the other strange happenings in Moose County.

Qwill, Koko, and Yum Yum are looking forward to a quiet vacation relaxing on the porch of their cabin, but when a young backpacker is found dead in the woods and the locals believe that UFOs are responsible, the cats know that their relaxing break has been interrupted by a bizarre mystery.

Journalist/philanthropist Jim Qwilleran and his sagacious Siamese cats, Koko and Yum Yum, decide to investigate when the mysterious Mr. Delacamp, a renowned estate jewelry dealer, is murdered in his hotel room while visiting Moose County during the Highland Games.

Change is in the air in Pickax City, Michigan, when local philanthropist and columnist Jim "Qwill" Qwilleran's girlfriend leaves for Paris, Jim's converted apple barn home burns down, and a museum worker dies, alerting Qwill's psychic cat Koko that trouble is afoot.