<p>&ldquo;Midnight Louie is the funniest, hairiest, hard-boiled PI on the planet!&rdquo; &mdash;Janet Evanovich</p><p>&ldquo;This extraordinarily unique mystery takes a delightfully unexpected twist and blends both of Douglas&rsquo;s mystery series (Midnight Louie&rsquo;s PI Feline Noir investigations and Delilah Street&rsquo;s savvy Female Noir PI escapades) with favorite characters full of snappy noir banter and clever dialogue.&rdquo;&mdash;<em>Kings River</em><em> Life</em></p><p>&ldquo;Both of Douglas&rsquo;s mystery series are spectacular. This new combination promises to delight and intrigue just as much.&rdquo;&mdash;<em>Darque Reviews</em></p><p>&ldquo;a fresh and sassy voice, a hard-hitting noir urban fantasy heroine.&rdquo; &mdash;<em>RT Book Reviews</em></p><p>&ldquo;a saucy style and delicious sense of humor.&rdquo; &mdash;<em>The New York Times</em></p><p>Magic, mayhem and murder collide!</p><p>What happens in Vegas doesn&rsquo;t stay in Vegas when a sexy nymph in a stage magic act vanishes...permanently. It&rsquo;s just new girl in town Delilah Street&rsquo;s luck to &ldquo;appear&rdquo; onstage right in time to be suspect Number One. But she has an investigative ace up her sleeve . . . Midnight Louie on the case.<br />
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He&#39;s BACK! After completing his &nbsp;adventuresome 28-book Alphabet-titled mystery series, Las Vegas feline PI Midnight Louie has snagged a savvy new gal partner, and she&#39;s a PI fresh from a paranormal version of Louie&#39;s Vegas that gives Oz a run for its money. Crime and detection are booming everywhere, and Louie and Delilah are the new rock-star team. Of course they get a little help from Louie&#39;s favorite pro and amateur detecting friends, Matt and Temple, Max and Molina, Louie&#39;s sassy daughter, Midnight Louise, and matriarch Ma Barker, the baddest Cat Pack runner off the Strip. Not to mention an unlikely trio of dogs, Louie&rsquo;s least favorite species.</p><p><em>New York Times</em>&nbsp;Notable Book of the Year author Carole Nelson Douglas&rsquo;s cast of four human crime solvers has shifted after petite PR powerhouse&nbsp;amateur sleuth and Louie&rsquo;s faithful roommate, Temple Barr, marries ex-priest Matt Devine. Temple&#39;s ex, that wily&nbsp;magician and counterterrorist. Max Kinsella. has hit a pause in his professional and personal life.&nbsp;Will he stick around Vegas and remain a confidential informant for hard-nosed homicide lieutenant Carmen Molina? Will Delilah adapt to a normal (if it ever was) Las Vegas?&nbsp;&nbsp;<br />
&nbsp;Now that it looks like&nbsp;paranormal Vegas mob bosses are making inroads on the current version, Louie&nbsp;must contend with some 'gifted&rdquo; dogs and Big Cats.</p><p>Midnight Louie will ensure that there&#39;s no rest for the wicked in a Las Vegas with a dark underground beneath the neon-lit Vegas Strip.</p><p><strong>JANET EVANOVICH</strong>&nbsp;calls Midnight Louie &ldquo;the funniest, hairiest, hard-boiled detective on the planet.&rdquo;&nbsp;<em>The Prime Suspect&nbsp;</em>finds the series &ldquo;everything you might want in a mystery: glitzy Las Vegas, real characters, suspense, a tough puzzle, and...on top of it all, a fine sense of humor and some illuminating social commentary.&rdquo;</p><p>&ldquo;Las Vegas&rsquo;s feline detective extraordinary returns... Louie is an irresistible combination of Nathan Detroit and Sam Spade. Plenty of interest here for a lengthy, fun-filled series.&rdquo;&mdash;<em>Mostly Murder</em></p><p>&ldquo;If it&#39;s murder, it must be Midnight Louie time! Carole Nelson Douglas&#39;s cool dude feline detective pulls off some fancy footwork when he matches wits with a murderer...Written with stylish zest and irresistible panache, this clever tale operates on a multiplicity of levels.&rdquo;&mdash;Melinda Helfer,&nbsp;<em>RT Book Reviews</em>&nbsp; 4&frac12; stars</p>