Cat in an Ultramarine Scheme - (Midnight Louie Mysteries) by Carole Nelson Douglas (Paperback)

Book Synopsis

Temple Barr, publicist extraordinaire, is itching to bring off her most dangerous and exciting assignment, helping to launch an endeavor that many a Vegas showmen have dreamed of: a Las Vegas mob museum/casino.

While city powers-that-be hem and haw over doing an official project on the subject, the Family Fontana plans to connect two hotels with a "Chunnel of Crime" featuring an underground speakeasy, a fast "ride" through Vegas crime history by Gangsters custom limo sevice, and other fun attractions.

Temple's grand scheme to do a live "opening Bugsy Siegel's vault" media event built around a huge safe found buried underground produces a two-day-old body wearing white tie and tails.

With Temple's magician-counterterrorist ex-lover, Max, gone missing and her new fiance, radio shrink Matt Devine, in Chicago for week-long media gig, Temple must depend on "the Vegas Strip Irregulars," a posse of cats, to solve murders old and new that smack of mobs vintage and all too contemporary. Success, or failure, could cost Temple her life, and all nine of Louie's.

Review Quotes

"Midnight Louie is a legendary sleuth who ranks right up with the greats--Travis McGee in fur!" --RT Book Reviews

"If either Mike Hammer or Columbo had a cat, it would be Midnight Louie." --Cat Fancy

"Douglas's humor and keen plot twists keep this long-running series purring." --Publishers Weekly on Cat in a Red Hot Rage

About the Author

Cat in a Ultramarine Scheme is the twenty-second title in Carole Nelson Douglas's sassy Midnight Louie mystery series. Previous titles include Cat in a Topaz Tango, Cat in a Sapphire Slipper, and Cat in a Red Hot Rage. In addition to tales of her favorite feline, Douglas is also the author of the historical suspense series featuring Irene Adler, the only woman ever to have "outwitted" Sherlock Holmes. Douglas resides in Fort Worth, Texas.