Cat in a Leopard Spot
By Carole Nelson Douglas from Tom Doherty Associates
MYSTERY
MIDNIGHT LOUIE MYSTERIES
Catnap
Pussyfoot
Cat on a Blue Monday
Cat in a Crimson Haze
Cat in a Diamond Dazzle
Cat with an Emerald Eye
Cat in a Flamingo Fedora
Cat in a Golden Garland
Cat on a Hyacinth Hunt
Cat in an Indigo Mood
Cat in a Jeweled Jumpsuit
Cat in a Kiwi Con
Cat in a Leopard Spot
Midnight Louie’s Pet Detectives (anthology)
IRENE ADLER ADVENTURES
Good Night, Mr. Holmes
Good Morning, Irene
Irene at Large
Irene’s Last Waltz
Marilyn: Shades of Blonde (anthology)
HISTORICAL ROMANCE
Amberleigh*
Lady Rogue*
Fair Wind, Fiery Star
SCIENCE FICTION
Probe*
Counterprobe*
FANTASY
TALISWOMAN
Cup of Clay
Seed upon the Wind
SWORD AND CIRCLET
Keepers of Edanvant
Heir of Rengarth
Seven of Swords
Cat in a Leopard Spot
A MIDNIGHT LOUIE MYSTERY Carole Nelson Douglas
A Tom Doherty Associates Book
New York
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For all defenders and rescuers of creatures great and small.
You know who you are, and you know what you do, and why it matters so much.
And the animals know it too.
Contents
Previously in Midnight Louie’s Lives and Times…
Prologue: Caged Heat
Chapter 1: Caged
Chapter 2: Bad News Breakfast
Chapter 3: News Flush
Chapter 4: A Wolf in Sheep’s Clothing
Chapter 5: Magic Act
Chapter 6: Sister Act
Chapter 7: A PR in PI Clothing
Chapter 8: Portrait
Chapter 9: Heads or Tails?
Chapter 10: Animal Instincts
Chapter 11: Portrait of a Shady Lady
Chapter 12: Caged Meat
Chapter 13: Trial and Error
Chapter 14: Heaven Scent
Chapter 15: Hussy Fit
Chapter 16: Hissy Fit
Chapter 17: Judgment Day
Chapter 18: Day of the Jekyll
Chapter 19: Sketched in Suspicion
Chapter 20: Feast
Chapter 21: Taxidermy Eyes
Chapter 22: Likely Suspects
Chapter 23: Déjà Vu
Chapter 24: Chuck Wagon
Chapter 25: Guilt-Edged Invitation
Chapter 26: Polishing Off the Past
Chapter 27: Cousins Under the Skin
Chapter 28: K as in Karrot Stick
Chapter 29: Damage Control
Chapter 30: Ringed In
Chapter 31: Elvis Leaves the Building
Chapter 32: Animal Wrongs
Chapter 33: Track of the Cat
Chapter 34: Calling on Agatha
Chapter 35: Tiger Paws
Chapter 36: Synth You Went Away…
Chapter 37: Human Error
Chapter 38: Murder Wears a New Face
Chapter 39: Collusion Course
Chapter 40: Calling the Cops
Chapter 41: Hunt Club
Chapter 42: Secret Witness, Silent Witness
Chapter 43: The Black and Blue Max
Chapter 44: Pretty Please Don’t!
Chapter 45: The Most Dangerous Dame
Chapter 46: Stalemate
Chapter 47: Dead Ahead
Chapter 48: Men in Beige
Chapter 49: Bless Me, Mother
Chapter 50: Action Traction
Chapter 51: Cops in Khaki
Chapter 52: AnticliMax
Chapter 53: Cat Burglar
Tailpiece: Midnight Louie Enjoys Being a Pussycat
Carole Nelson Douglas Considers Louie’s Future
Cat in a Leopard Spot
Previously in Midnight Louie’s Lives and Times…
As a serial killer-finder in a multivolume mystery series (not to mention a primo mouthpiece), I want to update my readers old and new on past crimes and present tensions.
None can deny that the Las Vegas crime scene is a pretty busy place, and I have been treading these mean neon streets for thirteen books now. When I call myself an “alphacat,” some think I am merely asserting my natural feline male dominance. But no, I refer to the fact that since I debuted in Catnap and Pussyfoot, I then commenced to a title sequence that is as sweet and simple as B to Z.