Cat in a Red Hot Rage
A Midnight Louie Mystery
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Publisher Description
Murder and Mayhem Collide with Female Empowerment in Las Vegas
In Cat in a Red Hot Rage, the nineteenth installment of Carole Nelson Douglas's sassy Midnight Louie mystery series, the tough-talking twenty-pound tomcat PI is back on the prowl, walking the walk and talking the talk on the mean streets of Las Vegas.
When the Red Hat Sisterhood convention hits town, Temple Barr and Midnight Louie find themselves entangled in a web of froufrou, chapeaux, and murder. After a woman is found strangled with an official Red Hat Sisterhood scarf, Temple's spirited landlady, Electra Lark, is accused of the crime. To clear her name, Electra begs Temple to pose as a pink-hatter, an under-fifty member of the organization.
Joining forces with his partner in Midnight Investigations Inc., Midnight Louise, Louie digs beneath the layers of makeup and shopping bags to uncover a bevy of suspects. As they navigate the cozy yet complex world of the Crystal Phoenix hotel, the duo encounters old friends, including C-movie actress Savannah Ashleigh, her Persian cats, and Louie's ex-love, the Divine Yvette, with her sister Solange.
As Temple and Louie delve deeper, they realize that a murderous rage lurks beneath the red-hot veneer of female empowerment. With a killer on the loose and the claws out, it's up to this cunning feline detective to solve the case before the final curtain falls.
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PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
In Douglas's arch 19th cat caper (after 2006's Cat in a Quicksilver Caper), feline sleuth Midnight Louie and his human companion, PR whiz Temple Barr, scramble to clear the name of their friend and landlady, Electra Lark, when Electra's wrong-place-at-the-wrong-time makes her a murder suspect. Electra had volunteered for security at the Vegas convention of the Red Hat Sisterhood, an association of aging women determined to prove their pizzazz. The crime du jour occurs when Pink Lady Oleta Lark (an under-50 Red Hatter) is strangled with a purple scarf that Electra earlier happened to help her tie. And the common last name? Oleta was another ex-wife of Electra's third ex-husband, Elmore Lark. Eager to prove Electra's innocence, Temple and Midnight Louie swing into action with the help of Electra's fellow Red Hatters and some clever cats. Douglas's humor and keen plot twists keep this long-running series purring.
Customer Reviews
Great story!
Entertaining as always.