"The Cat Who Ate Danish Modern" by Lilian Jackson Braun
The Cat Who Ate Danish Modern is available at Diesel Ebooks and Amazon.com.
Womanless, homeless and broke--this is the way Jim Qwilleran finds himself at the beginning of any early Cat Who... novel. In The Cat Who Ate Danish Modern Jim is richer only by the company of one cat who shares his interest in solving crimes. He is older by six months. He has a job, albeit with a shaky future.
Where can he find a cheap place to live that accepts cats? How can he afford to feed a cat that prefers red salmon and black caviar to cat food? How does he approach his boss about a more appropriate news "beat?" Why on earth are people at work congratulating him?
His next staff meeting helps answer these questions. He has been promoted to Junior Editor, with a significant raise in pay. But the "beat" is as inappropriate as the previous one. He will be editing a news magazine--on interior design.
His job lands him in the most luxurious digs he has ever known as he house sits for a neighbor of his design guru. But soon more questions follow. Who stole the priceless jades featured in his first magazine? Who killed his design guru? Why is his cat eating his landlord's furniture? What will happen to the little female Siamese orphaned after the robbery? How will Qwilleran keep his job after the robbery and murder?
Qwilleran addresses the most pressing issues first. He consults a "psycatatrist" regarding Koko's gustatory preferences. The wise old woman suggests a playmate for Koko and recommends the Siamese orphaned by the robbery. Thus Qwilleran acquires the dainty and lovely "Yum Yum," and the three join forces to answer the rest of the questions.
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