“A woman alleged to have planned the robbery and murder of a Chicago jeweler in Pickax has been arrested as she boarded a plane for Rio de Janeiro, carrying large quantities of jewelry and cash. She had registered at the Mackintosh Inn as Pamela North and was posing as the victim’s niece and assistant. Investigators say she tricked a local man, John (Boze) Campbell, into committing the crime. Using a number of other aliases, she has perpetrated similar schemes elsewhere. Her legal name is now known to be Harriet Marie Penney. Campbell fell to his death early this morning in the shafthouse of the Big B mine, where he was in hiding.”
“Penney?… Penney?” Qwilleran exclaimed. “Koko, did you hear that?”
“Yargle,” Koko said between a yowl and a swallow.
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The Cat Who Robbed a Bank (2000)
As the Highland Games approach, Jim Qwilleran and the citizens of Pickax prepare to celebrate their Scottish heritage with such events as bagpipe skirling and tossing the caber. But the traditional revelry is marred by troublesome rumors when a visiting jewelry dealer, renowned for his romantic streak (and his mysterious cash-only policy), is found dead in his hotel room. His assistant is missing—and soon, the winner of the caber-tossing contest disappears as well. Qwill has a lot of mysteries to sort out—not the least of which is Koko’s sudden interest in photographs, pennies and paper towels.
