Cat in an Orange Twist
A Midnight Louie Mystery
Book Sixteen

by Carole Nelson Douglas (signed bookplate)
Cover by Jo Tronc

Forge First Edition

Description: Hardback book published by Forge in 2004. The copyright page states 'First Edition: August 2004' and the printing status bar is complete, making this a first printing. Bookplate inscribed 'For Ron - Glad you're such a cross-genre reader! All best wishes,' by the author laid in (not attached).

From the front flap: Temple Barr is a sharp and sassy public relations ace in Las Vegas whose life is finally taking a turn for the better. Hard-nosed homicide lieutenant Carmen Molina is too busy chasing after her own ex-lover, rogue L.A. cop Rafi Nadir, to pursue Temple's boyfriend, sexy magician Max Kinsella, and nobody Temple knows has been murdered... at least not in the past few weeks.

Temple takes this downtime as a signal she should buy a new pair of Jimmy Choo spike heels and accept the job of planning a glitzy week of opening events for a trendy new furniture showroom. Dealing with temperamental decor mavens is no problem for a woman who's saved leopards from big-game hunters, tracked killers through strip clubs, calmed the cantankerous owners of Las Vegas's most glamorous hotel, and seen the ghost of Elvis - until the life of feng shui expert and media-crowned domestic dominatrix Amelia Wong is threatened. Suddenly Temple is neck deep in trouble... and bodies.

And Temple has one more problem - one she doesn't even know about: her roommate, Louie, and his maybe daughter, Louise, have decided to make sure that Temple's search for a killer furniture arrangement doesn't mean curtains for her. Midnight, Inc. Investigations, their PI firm, is on the case. The catch?

Louie is Temple's cat.

Condition: Binding - near fine, top and bottom of spine a little bumped, page edges very slightly soiled. Dust Jacket - near fine, minor edgewear and wrinkling, not price clipped, in dust jacket protector.

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