Pickax loves a big occasion. The Great Food Expo is about to begin, introducing new restaurants, country inns, food specialty shops and a new food page in the 'Moose County Something'. Lurking in the background is a killer determined to make this an event Pickac 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, Qwill is on the scene, his moustace...

When sweet Mrs. Cobb is scared to death by eerie noises in her ghostly farmhouse, Qwilleran and his sidekick Siamese move in to investigate. Qwill suspects the fatal fright was deliberate. But Koko is behaving strangely, talking to himself and staring into empty space. Is the intuitive feline communicating with ghosts?

To save a friend who is a prime suspect, Jim Qwilleran investigates the murder of a town's most despised man.

Jim Qwilleran and his two cats move to the Potato mountains and get involved in the murder of a land developer.

Qwill and his felines are hoping for a peaceful month at their lake-side cabin but when rumors begin to circulate that UFOs are responsible for the disappearance of a stray backpacker, discovered dead at the lake shore, Qwill finds it difficult to maintain a vacation mode.