The Cat Who Sniffed Glue

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The Cat Who Sniffed Glue
Author	Lilian Jackson Braun
Country	United States
Language	English
Series	Cat Who series
Genre(s)	Mystery, Novel
Publisher	Jove
Publication date	1988
Media type	Print (Hardback & Paperback)
Preceded by	The Cat Who Knew Shakespeare
Followed by	The Cat Who Went Underground

The Cat Who Sniffed Glue is the eight book in The Cat Who Series by Lilian Jackson Braun, published in 1988.

Pickax City is first disrupted by vandalism, then by murder. Harley Fitch, vice-president of the Pickax Bank, and his wife, Belle, are found shot to death, and vandals from neighboring Chipmunk are suspected. After three suspects die in a car accident, the case is closed. But Qwilleran doesn't agree.

According to Publishers Weekly

…this [is a] tame, nonmysterious mystery…When Harley Fitch [is murdered Qwilleran] doesn't discover anything, except for the spotted pasts of the deceased. Eventually, the killer attacks Qwilleran and his identity is made known; there are no clues, no logical way for the reader to figure out whodunit. The author's device of introducing every scene with stage directions, and her reliance on stereotypical characters, may bore ….