Cat in a Topaz Tango: A Midnight Louie Mystery (Midnight Louie Mysteries) [Kindle Edition]

Carole Nelson Douglas (Author)

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From Publishers Weekly

In Douglas's glitzy 21st Midnight Louie mystery (after 2008's Cat in a Sapphire Slipper), Temple Barr, Las Vegas PR whiz, goes undercover at a charity dance contest featuring celebrities like Temple's radio star fiancé, Matt Devine, while tomcat sleuth Louie provides backup. The Barbie Doll stalker has been targeting local teen talent, and soon contestants in the dance competition start to suffer accidents. Mariah, the teenage daughter of LVPD's Lt. Carmen Molina, goes AWOL to help a friend who's won a place in the contest's junior division. Meanwhile, magician Max Kinsella, Temple's ex-boyfriend, is still recovering from amnesia in Europe while romancing a mysterious blonde. Dance lovers will especially enjoy this installment, which includes an opening summary of Louie's previous outings that even series fans will find useful. (Aug.)
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“Douglas’s humor and keen plot twists keep this long-running series purring.”--Publishers Weekly on Cat in a Red Hot Rage

“Midnight Louie is a feline anyone would love to have in their lives.”--Romantic Times BOOKreviews on Cat in a Quicksilver Caper

“Midnight Louie is the funniest, hairiest, hard-boiled PI on the planet.”--Janet Evanovich, New York Times bestselling author of Fearless Fourteen

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Product Details

• Format: Kindle Edition
• File Size: 1349 KB
• Print Length: 433 pages
• Page Numbers Source ISBN: 0765358301
• Publisher: Forge Books; 1 edition (April 1, 2010)
• Sold by: Macmillan
• Language: English
• ASIN: B002LA09Z8
• Text-to-Speech: Enabled
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #48,048 Paid in Kindle Store (See Top 100 Paid in Kindle Store)

More About the Author

With her home office a Twilight Zone landscape of mannequins in vintage dress, no wonder award-winning ex-journalist and novelist Carole Nelson Douglas's 55 novels range from historical and contemporary mystery and romance to science fiction thrillers to high and urban fantasy. They include two Las Vegas-set series: the Midnight Louie, feline PI, mysteries partially narrated by a "Sam Spade with hairballs" and the Delilah Street, Paranormal Investigator, noir urban fantasies of werewolf mobsters and Silver Screen zombies in a paranormal Vegas.

Douglas was the first author of a Sherlockian series with a female protagonist, diva-detective Irene Alder, the only woman to outwit Holmes, debuting with the New York Times Notable Book of the Year, Good Night, Mr. Holmes. Rachel McAdams plays Irene in the Dec. 25 film with Robert Downey, Jr. as Sherlock. Douglas says if she has a literary muse, it's definitely feline: mysterious, wise, playful, and packing sharp shivs in velvet gloves.

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars And the Saga Continues! Will it Finally End at "Z"??, August 21, 2009

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D. Morse "adventurer" (Glendale, AZ USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Cat in a Topaz Tango: A Midnight Louie Mystery (Midnight Louie Mysteries) (Hardcover)

This series got off track a few books back but continues to regain its momentum with this entry. Temple's dithering between Matt and Max has lessened but is still there and my hope is the story comes together (i.e., ends) with its "Z" entry.

What's most new in this book is way more serious hints of sex at long last! It's also nice to see Rafi as a good guy and his relationship with Carmen improving. Zoe Chloe is most annoying and hopefully this will be her last appearance. Temple can do better. The play on "Dancing With the Stars" and "So You Think You Can Dance" is really good and explains some of the dances in an entertaining and informative fashion. It gives you a better understanding of and appreciation for the paso doble and tango and watching both dances next season should be even more enjoyable.

Oh yes... Let's not forget that Louie gets a smoldering new female friend and they do their own very descriptive tango!!!

All in all a good addition to a familiar series. Enjoy!

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Fun Read, August 30, 2009

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George Russell "Veteran" (Roseville, Ca USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Cat in a Topaz Tango: A Midnight Louie Mystery (Midnight Louie Mysteries) (Hardcover)

Midnight Louie is always a treat. This book is one of the best in the series!

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5.0 out of 5 stars Cat in a Topaz Tango, August 23, 2009

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This review is from: Cat in a Topaz Tango: A Midnight Louie Mystery (Midnight Louie Mysteries) (Hardcover)

Carole Nelson Douglas has done it again with the able assistance of Midnight Louie in Cat in a Topaz Tango. Her characters are always 3 dimensional and their personalities are never static but grow and mature with each book. She has the gift of making you care for and about them. I didn't read the book, I devoured it. Kudos to Ms. Douglas and a thousand thanks.