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One of the Fontana Brothers is getting married and when the whole groom's party (including Temple's fiancé Matt and Midnight Louie, who never passes up a chance for a party) is highjacked to a brothel in the middle of the Nevada desert much merriement ens
The fur-flying 20th entry in Douglas's cat whodunit series (Cat in a Red Hot Rage, etc.) reveals that magician Mystifying Max Kinsella, Temple Barr's former sweetie, has been secretly whisked away to a European hospital, where he suffers from amnesia and is attracted to his sexy doctor. Meanwhile, Temple, who believes Max is dead, has become engaged to Matt Devine, former priest turned radio self-help guru, Mr. Midnight. Temple is also helping her romance novelist aunt, Kit Carlson, prepare to wed, but when a bachelor party prank goes awry, Matt and various members of the groom's family wind up at the Sapphire Slipper, "the finest and classiest little licensed brothel" in Nye County, Nev., where Matt stumbles on a murdered prostitute. Midnight Louie, feline sleuth, offers his considerable expertise in solving crimes of passion. Douglas explores the campy, lighter side of "chickenranches" at the same time she exposes their seamier aspects. (Sept.)
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Errika Walker
reviewed Cat in a Sapphire Slipper (Midnight Louie Series #20) on September 08, 2009
Cat in a Sapphire Slipper (Midnight Louie Series #20)
I'm a long-time fan of Carol Nelson Douglas' "Midnight Louie Mysteries," which feature an amateur detective named Temple Barr and her cat, Midnight Louie. Louie has his own first-person chapters throughout the book, and has the voice of a gangster from the pages of Dashiell Hammett.
In this particular outing, Temple's aunt Kit is marrying one of the confirmed bachelor Fontana brothers (the Fontanas are the local mafiosos). The bachelor party, including Temple's former priest fiance Matt, is hijacked to a brothel ... where Matt finds a freshly murdered woman. The Fontanas call Temple to have them help find the perpetrator before the police are involved.
Of course, Louie and his band of alley cat operatives are involved in the solution as well.
The only downside to these books is that you really need to start early in the series to understand the ins and outs of the relationships that are referred to therein or they don't make much sense. They are well-constructed and entertaining whodunnits, with a wisecracking gumshoe cat to boot. What's not to love?
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