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Cat In A Sapphire Slipper (2008)

by Carole Nelson Douglas(Favorite Author)

3.82 of 5 Votes: 5

ISBN

076531861X (ISBN13: 9780765318619)

languge

English

genre

Romance

publisher

Forge Books

series

Midnight Louie

review 1: 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 boo... moreks 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?
review 2: Temple's Aunt Kit is about to tie the knot to a Fontana brother and it's time to celebrate but life is never simple around Temple Barr. The bachelor's party turns out to be less tame than planned and Matt is caught in the middle of yet another murder mystery but this time he is ironically trapped in a brothel. Not only are ALL the Fontanas involved (including one from an older generation who is closer to the mob ties than the younger set) but Louie has a plethora of females helping him sleuth. Nice glimpses of the answer to the cliffhanger from previous novels and Molina is dealing with her own issues in this chapter of Louie's alphabet. less

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