Not one of the better ones. Really shallowly written. Sounds like a ghost writer (the ghost writer's first book in the series) to me.

Here's what I liked: two mysteries going on concurrently, both of which have Qwill's mustache a-twitching; a new setting, a mansion with lots of closets to keep the cats occupied; Junior, one of my favorite Pickax residents, has a major role; Qwill as Santa.

Here's what I didn't like: Polly is still a snooze, and I really could NOT care less about the nuts and bolts of putting on one of Qwill's corny "radio broadcasts." I hope that someday soon the residents of this small town get cable so that they, and we, won't be subjected to that distracting nonsense another moment.

Another enjoyable book in the Cat Who series...Euphonia Gage is a rich old lady, but unexpectantly commits suicide in her later years. Her family is suspicious there is foul play involved especially when she recently changed her will to leave everything to the retirement trailer complex where she lives in Florida. Koko is able to help Qwilleran solve the mystery by literally pulling the pieces out of the old lady's closet.