How long does it take to read The Cat Who Played Post Office?
The Cat Who Played Post Office by Lilian Jackson Braun takes about 4 hours 6 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 4 hours 6 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1987. 224 pages, about 61,600 words.
9 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 6 hours 51 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 4 hours 6 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 2 hours 34 minutes |
The page count is the median across 7 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Jim Qwilleran is getting accustomed to his new status as the richest man in the northeast. He has hired a housekeeper, his former landlady, Iris Cobb and a part-time secretary, Lori Bamba, former postmistress. His relationship with Melinda Goodwinter which began in The Cat Who Played Brahms seems to be progressing. But she is not a big favorite with Koko and Yum Yum. His attorneys for the estate, the brother and sister team of Penelope Goodwinter and Alexander Goodwinter seem unsure about how to take their new client and his responses to his new-found wealth. But Qwill's moustache and Koko's tricks with the books lead him to inquire about the disappearance of a young girl 5 years previously. Koko leads him first to the closet where he finds her suitcase and other belongings and then to the barn on the Klingenschoen property where she had her apartment. When her mother dies just before Qwill is due to speak to her and then another young girl is murdered just after she speaks to Qwill about the missing girl, our fearless duo of human detective and cat detective are determined to get to the bottom of the mystery. An excellent read with unexpected twists and surprises.
Subjects: Koko (fictitious character), fiction, Fiction, mystery & detective, general, Journalists, fiction, Jim Qwilleran (Fictitious character), Detective and mystery stories, Journalists
