The Cat Who Came to Breakfast

1994 novel by Lilian Jackson Braun

The Cat Who Came to Breakfast
First UK edition cover
Author	Lilian Jackson Braun
Language	English
Series	The Cat Who series
Genre	Mystery
Publisher	G. P. Putnam's Sons
Publication date	1994
Publication place	United States
Media type	Print (hardback & paperback)
Pages	254 pp (first edition, hardback)
ISBN	0-399-13868-4 (first edition, hardback)
OCLC	28799226
Dewey Decimal	813/.54 20
LC Class	PS3552.R354 C3345 1994
Preceded by	The Cat Who Went into the Closet
Followed by	The Cat Who Blew the Whistle

The Cat Who Came to Breakfast (1994) is the sixteenth mystery novel by Lilian Jackson Braun, one of The Cat Who series.

Qwilleran and his cats solve another mystery, this time at the newly sprouted Breakfast Island, a resort hot spot with an attractive history. As it turns out, Breakfast Island is only one of several names given to this island that is also called Pear Island (for its shape). XYZ Developers, an environmentally unconscious consortium buys up the southern part of the island and puts up a gaudy, touristy series of fudge shops, T-shirt shops, pizza shops and a Caribbean Pirate Themed Hotel and Lounge, where a guest is found dead in the pool.

Qwill decides to accept an invitation to stay at Lori and Nick Bamba's Domino Inn so that he can nose around a bit. Qwill finds out that the country club set own a part of the island that they call Grand Island that includes an exclusive marina. He also finds out that the long established islanders call the island Providence Island (thanking Providence for their rescue from shipwrecks) and don't really care for the country club set, but strongly dislike the tourists.

Qwill rescues Elizabeth Applehardt, the strange young daughter of one of the most elite families in the country club set, after a snake bite incident. He then is able to meet this family and learn about their history on the island. Eventually a 'northern hurricane' destroys the XYZ development and Qwill's K Foundation restores it to its natural beauty. Elizabeth Applehardt moves to Pickax and starts to develop into a quite capable young lady.

v t e The Cat Who... series by Lilian Jackson Braun
Novels	The Cat Who... Could Read Backwards (1966) Ate Danish Modern (1967) Turned On and Off (1968) Saw Red (1986) Played Brahms (1987) Played Post Office (1988) Knew Shakespeare (1988) Sniffed Glue (1988) Went Underground (1989) Talked to Ghosts (1990) Lived High (1990) Knew a Cardinal (1991) Moved a Mountain (1991) Wasn't There (1992) Went Into the Closet (1993) Came to Breakfast (1994) Blew the Whistle (1995) Said Cheese (1996) Tailed a Thief (1997) Sang for the Birds (1998) Saw Stars (1999) Robbed a Bank (2000) Smelled a Rat (2001) Went Up the Creek (2002) Brought Down the House (2003) Talked Turkey (2004) Went Bananas (2005) Dropped a Bombshell (2006) Had 60 Whiskers (2007) Smelled Smoke (ppd)
Related	The Cat Who Had 14 Tales (1988) Short and Tall Tales (2002) The Private Life of the Cat Who... (2004)

The Cat Who... series by Lilian Jackson Braun

Novels

The Cat Who... Could Read Backwards (1966)
Ate Danish Modern (1967)
Turned On and Off (1968)
Saw Red (1986)
Played Brahms (1987)
Played Post Office (1988)
Knew Shakespeare (1988)
Sniffed Glue (1988)
Went Underground (1989)
Talked to Ghosts (1990)
Lived High (1990)
Knew a Cardinal (1991)
Moved a Mountain (1991)
Wasn't There (1992)
Went Into the Closet (1993)
Came to Breakfast (1994)
Blew the Whistle (1995)
Said Cheese (1996)
Tailed a Thief (1997)
Sang for the Birds (1998)
Saw Stars (1999)
Robbed a Bank (2000)
Smelled a Rat (2001)
Went Up the Creek (2002)
Brought Down the House (2003)
Talked Turkey (2004)
Went Bananas (2005)
Dropped a Bombshell (2006)
Had 60 Whiskers (2007)
Smelled Smoke (ppd)

The Cat Who Had 14 Tales (1988)
Short and Tall Tales (2002)
The Private Life of the Cat Who... (2004)

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