Reviewed By: Harriet Klausner
Cat in an Indigo Mood
Amazon US PB Amazon US HC Amazon Canada PB Amazon Canada HC
Carole Nelson Douglas
Class/Genre: Mystery Cats
Series: Midnight Louie # 10
Forge, Apr 1999, $24.95, 384 pp.
Hard nosed Las Vegas police lieutenant Carmen Molina just left the club in the early morning hours after enjoying a night of performing as a singer. However, her secret night life becomes jeopardized when she finds the murdered corpse next to her car. Not too long after that, a second victim surfaces, leaving Carmen to wonder if a serial killer stalks her city's streets.
Though it absolutely kills her internal organs, Carmen decides that she needs to enlist the help of that flighty public relations guru, Temple Barr. She turns to hone in on one of Barr's male interests, Matt Devine to intercede. However, unbeknownst to Carmen, she has also enlisted the aid of that brilliant feline sleuth Midnight Louie and his equally ingenious daughter Midnight Louise in an effort to stop a brutal killer from a three-peat.
The tenth Midnight Louie novel retains all the freshness of the previous books as the characters continue to be interesting and entertaining. CAT IN AN INDIGO MOOD has a crisp story line, highlighted with new insights into several of the secondary protagonists, especially Carmen. Temple and her two males come across as warm players (in spite of Louie's opinion). Vegas continues to provide a warm backdrop and the who-done-it is cleverly developed and dispatched. However, as with the previous nine novels, no question that Louie and to a lesser degree Louise remain the stars.
Harriet Klausner
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