Cat in an Orange Twist

Midnight Louis is on the case again, in tandem with his human Temple Barr. This time out he is being assisted by Miss Midnight Louise, a recent associate of his in his P.I. business.

A new high-end furniture store has come to Las Vegas. For their opening they are having a glitzy week of events featuring Amelia Wong, the darling expert of feng shui. Temple Barr has been hired as their public relations ace to organize and promote the multiple events. Not a hard gig as Temple is an expert at P.R. It does get hard when shattered show windows and dead bodies start appearing in the showrooms. Now Temple has the added job of finding out who is behind all the mayhem.

With Midnight Louie and Louise working behind the scenes the clues come show more together. The tough part is how Louie passes on his findings to Temple. Did I mention the Midnights are cats....black cats?

A fun read with lots of twists and turns, sort of light the layout of the showrooms. Some strange characters are to be had, such as the the rainbow hued Harley biker gang with name such as Peter Rabid, Psycho Punk, Killer Tomato and such....scary and threatening. Temple is able to disable them with aerosol olive oil and make a get-away. Then there are the Fontana brothers; smooth dressing, sexy looking guys who provide security for those that need it. The fact that it takes place in Las Vegas may give an idea to some of the crazy stuff that happens.

I've read Carole Nelson Douglas before and enjoyed the books. Fun, light and humorous. show less

Cats talk with each other, but act like cats with humans, but leave pointing trails of evidence when they solve crimes. Fun and romantic.