Cat in a Kiwi Con (Midnight Louie #12)

424 Pages·2001·44.578 MB·English

by  Carole Nelson Douglas

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MidnightLouie, the purring PL, isa jet-blackfelinesleuth
making his twelfth outing in Carole Nelson Douglas's
acclaimed cozy-flairmysteryseries.Thistime "thealways
engaging Louie" {Peoplemagazine) ison hisown and on
the prowl, lured into the toils ofa feline fatale.
While his human partner, public relationswhizTemple
Barr, and hersignificantother, ex-magician Max Kinsella,
are bespelled by murder most magical on the Las Vegas
University campus, Louie has followed the lethal and
lovely Siamese, Hyacinth, into the alien territory of the
world's largest science fiction and fantasy convention,
GigantiCon.
They'reallthere: HerculesandXena, elvesandaliens,
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Star Trek captains and crew, actors, writers, readers,
and Godzillions offans, both in costume as theirfavorite
fantasyfigures and out. Newto the milieu isTemple and
Louie'sradio-shrinkneighbor, ex-priestMattDevine, chap-
eroning Mariah, a pre-teen dazzled by the multimedia
entertainment world that soon will turn from a wonder-
land into the perfect landscape for violence and murder.
Lucky that Mariah's mother is homicide lieutenant C. R.
Molina.
Or is it? When a prominent player is horribly mur-
dered, not only is the method of death perplexing, but
the usual suspects in this case are a very unusual castof
thousands. Many ofthe actors andfans are so immersed
intheiralternateworldsofrealitythattheywon'torcan't
"break" character even to answer a police interrogation.
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Cat
in a
Con
Kiwi
By Carole Nelson Douglas fromTom DohertyAssociates
MYSTERY
MidnightLouieMysteries:
Catnap
Pussyfoot
Catona Blue Monday
Cat ina Crimson Haze
Cat ina Diamond Dazzle
CatwithanEmerald Eye
Cat ina Flamingo Fedora
Cat ina Golden Garland
Catona Hyacinth Hunt
Cat inan Indigo Mood
Cat ina Kiwi Con
Midnight Louies Pet Detectives (editor ofanthology)
IreneAdlerAdventures:
GoodNight, Mr. Holmes
GoodMorning, Irene
Irene at Large
Irene's Last Waltz
Marilyn: Shades ofBlonde (editor ofanthology)
HISTORICAL ROMANCE
Amberleigh*
Lady Rogue*
FairWind, Fiery Star
SCIENCE FICTION
Probe*
Counterprobe*
FANTASY
Taliswoman
Cup ofClay
Seed upon the Wind
SwordandCirclet
Keepers ofEdanvant
HeirofRengarth
SevenofSwords
*also mystery
Cat
a
in
Con
Kiwi
A MIDNIGHT LOUIE MYSTERY
Carole Nelson Douglas
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ATom DohertyAssociates Book
NewYork
This is a work offiction. All the characters and events portrayed in this novel are
eitherfictitiousorareusedfictitiously.
CATINAKIWICON
Copyright©2000byCaroleNelsonDouglas
All rights reserved, including the right to reproduce this book, or portions thereof, in
anyform.
Thisbookisprintedonacid-freepaper.
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PublishedbyTomDohertyAssociates,LLC
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ISBN0-312-86955-X
FirstEdition:May2000
PrintedintheUnitedStatesofAmerica
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For Scott Merritt,
with thanks for unflagging, sometimes nagging
devotion to Midnight Louie and all his works.
Live long and prospurr!
And for Kim Innes,
with thanks for the aid ofher many computer and design skills.
May the digital Force always be withyou!