Cat on a Blue Monday
A Midnight Louie Mystery
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3.5 • 2 Ratings
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Publisher Description
“Midnight Louie is the funniest, hairiest, hard-boiled detective on the planet.” —JANET EVANOVICH
“Just about everything you might want in a mystery: glitzy Las Vegas, real characters, suspense, a tough puzzle, and...on top of it all, a fine sense of humor and some illuminating social commentary.” —The Prime Suspect
In the third Midnight Louie mystery, New York Times Notable Book of the Year author Carole Nelson Douglas pits petite PR powerhouse Temple Barr against someone stalking a convent of elderly nuns as well as purebred show cats. Is her investigation also uncovering her handsome new neighbor’s shocking past? Alley cat P.I. Midnight Louie unsheaths his shivs to help his new detecting roommate expose blackmail, extortion, and murder. Fans of foul play, feisty female detectives, and feline forensics will find Cat on a Blue Monday the perfect cat treat.
“Las Vegas’s feline detective extraordinary returns... Louie is an irresistible combination of Nathan Detroit and Sam Spade. Plenty of interest here for a lengthy, fun-filled series.” —Mostly Murder
“If it's murder, it must be Midnight Louie time! Carole Nelson Douglas's cool dude feline detective pulls off some fancy footwork when he matches wits with a murderer...Written with stylish zest and irresistible panache, this clever tale operates on a multiplicity of levels.” —Melinda Helfer, RT Book Reviews 4½ stars
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Midnight Louie, the 19-pound feline detective and self-decribed ``one cool dude,'' pads the streets of his hometown Las Vegas in his third case (after Pussyfoot ). From a psychic Birman cat named Karma, Louie hears that danger threatens a gathering of cats; the targets may be the cosseted kitties at the Las Vegas Cat Show or the 73 strays who live with elderly Blandina Tyler. Interfering in his sleuthing is Louie's ``little doll,'' diminutive publicist Miss Temple Barr, who is at the cat show when another Birman is discovered shaved. Temple's neighbor, attractive ex-priest Matt Devine, gets involved while investigating obscene phone calls directed at stone-deaf Sister Mary Monica, who lives at the convent near Miss Tyler's home. The plot thickens when the convent cat survives an attempted crucifixion on Miss Tyler's door the day before she herself is found dead at the bottom of her staircase. Are satanists responsible? Did the tippling Father Hernandez hope to secure his parish's legacy before Miss Tyler left her money to her cats? While probing these mysteries, Louie must also discover why Caviar, the hostile kitten that Temple brings home, is also called Midnight Louise. Louie sniffs through plenty of plausible red herrings and avoids getting himself tacked up on the church door before pointing a claw at the killer in this brisk tail that even mystery readers who don't love cats will relish.
