Audio Book Description:
The residents of Pickax eagerlyawait the star of Pickax Now,a festival celebrating the150th anniversary of thetown`s founding. In the midst of prep-arations for parades and performances, newspaper columnist James Qwilleran must make time to entertain Harvey Ledfield, an aspiring architect visitingfrom out of town. Qwill welcomes Harvey into his home to sketch, but strange occurrences seem to follow Harvey around. Why, forexample, did the extraordinary Siamese Koko leap from the balcony onto Harvey`shead while he was drawing Qwill`s barn? And whyhave Harvey`s aunt and uncle-residents of nearby Purple Point-not been seen in public since Harvey`s arrival? Soon, Koko`s strange behavior is not theonly sign of trouble in Pickax.A knitter with psychic powers predicts murder, and a woman makes a weekend tripto Pickax from California to leave amessage for Qwill. It`s up to Koko to help Qwill piece the clues together.