Cat in a White Tie and Tails - A Midnight Louie Mystery

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Includes TWO MUSE MEDALLION-WINNING STORIES from USA TODAY bestselling author Carole Nelson Douglas, and features mystery icons Sam Spade and Edgar Allan Poe.

Urban fantasy paranormal investigator Delilah Street and contemporary feline sleuth Midnight Louie team up for a trio of noir tales, including one based on an Edgar Allan Poe story fragment found after his death. From Sam Spade's "black bird"—the priceless Maltese Falcon—to Poe's "The Raven," Louie and Delilah keep up with their noted detective forebears.

Stories published previously in anthologies and collected here for the first time: "Bogieman" from Unusual Suspects; "Butterfly Kiss" from The Mammoth Book of Vampire Romance 2: "The Riches That There Lie" from Poe's Lighthouse. Interior illustrations by the author.

With a fast-paced plot and intriguing characters, this story is a charmer.”—Best Fantasy Stories on "Bogieman."

"Butterfly Kiss" involves the attempted murder of a vampire, and is a Cat Writers’ Association Muse Medallion first place winner. “Douglas deftly combines the elements of fantasy, mystery, and romance to the well sated delight of the reader.”—Midwest Review of Books on Dancing with Werewolves, the first Delilah Street novel.

“a delicious tongue-in-cheek narrative...allows the story to unfold through the wonderfully skewed vantage only a cat's—a singularly erudite cat's—understanding could provide... shows an abiding love of Poe's source material, capturing the feel of his work, and referencing several other of Poe's celebrated works, to create a sense of a continuing narrative through which her long-suffering, ever-seeking feline wends.”—Michael Matheson on "The Riches There That Lie," a Cat Writers’ Association Muse Medallion first place winner.

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The beautiful, serene village of Molena Point, California is the type of place where people go to get away from the harsher realities of life––which is what attracted classic film star Patty Rose to buy the village inn, and settle down to enjoy her golden years. But as the town gathers to celebrate and honor the beautiful, aging actress with a festival of her old films, Patty is brutally murdered––to the horror and shock of this peaceful burg.

A gentle tortoiseshell cat, Kit, has been enjoying a retreat to the animal–loving actress's inn, where she's spending time with her feline friends Dulcie, and the slick tomcat sleuth, Joe Grey. But her relaxation is cut short when she hears the gunshots that end Patty's life, and sees her dead body sprawled on the inn's front steps. She glimpses the killer racing into the parking garage, and soon follows his trail.

Joe and Dulcie must now follow the naïve Kit's trail, and keep her from getting into serious trouble. To complicate matters, Joe discovers that Dulcie has been hiding a runaway child––one of the lucky humans that these special cats choose to talk to––who has now been kidnapped, likely by the same man who killed their famous friend. In the end, the little girl's abduction leads them to Patty's killer, and the feline friends are all united––but they all must mourn a departed friend as they stand beside the newly laid grave of Patty Rose.

Fans of Lillian Jackson Braun and Rita Mae Brown and cat lovers everywhere will delight in this newest mystery featuring two furry felines on the scent of a killer.

Famous novelist Elliot Traynor is temporarily living in Molena Point. He and his wife don't have much to do with the villagers, which is fine with them since no one particularly likes Vivi. But their arrival has coincided with some peculiar happenings in the town, culminating with a botched burglary in the home of 60–something Susan Brittian. Susan is a friend to feline detectives Joe Grey and Dulcie and they aren't going to let this crime go unpunished. With whiskers twitching they investigate the crime and soon find themselves on the scent of a killer.