Name: Cat in a Quicksilver Caper

Author: Carole Nelson Douglas
Year: 2006
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9780765352699
0765352699		 Midnight Louie, alley-cat extraordinaire and Las Vegas's hairiest, hard-boiled PI, finds himself literally walking a tightrope when a fabulous museum opening at one of Sin City's swankiest casinos is marred by a little thing like death.

Louie's loyal roommate, feisty PR freelancer Temple Barr, has snagged the commission of her career: repping the opening exhibition of the Russian Czars' priceless treasures at the New Millennium Hotel, the apex of which is the Czar Alexander Scepter, a priceless jewel-encrusted artifact.

Trouble is, the hotel has booked an aerial magic act right above the exhibition.

Temple works at a breakneck pace to coordinate this logistical nightmare. Tragedy ensues when a performer dies right above where the collection will be displayed and the police threaten to shut everything down. But the word "no" isn't one heard often in Las Vegas when money is involved and the show (or shows) must go on. Just as things seem to be working perfectly, another performer dies...and the scepter vanishes. The culprits could be international art thieves, Russian mafioso, or Chechen rebels out to embarrass the current Russian government.

Or it could be someone else, perhaps someone Temple knows all too well . . . .

Temple and Louie both have enemies in the magic act--evil magician Shangri-La and her curare-nailed performing Siamese cat, Hyacinth--and on the ground--ever-suspicious homicide lieutenant Carmen Molina, who's itching to pin the heist and murders on Temple's significant other, ex-magician and sometimes ex-spy Max Kinsella, now oddly AWOL. Worse, as Temple and Louie's separate investigations bring them both close to the truth, it's clear that someone has decided to hang them out to die too.

Can fancy footwork and detection save our intrepid duo? Find out in Carole Nelson Douglas's Cat in a Quicksilver Caper.
This book is part of the "Midnight Louie" series. Here are some other books from this series:
"Cat in an Ultramarine Scheme"
First published in 2010
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"Cat in a Hot Pink Pursuit"
First published in 2005
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"Cat in an Orange Twist"
First published in 2004
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"Cat in a Neon Nightmare"
First published in 2003
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"Cat in a Midnight Choir"
First published in 2002
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"Cat in a Leopard Spot"
First published in 2001
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"Cat in a Jeweled Jumpsuit"
First published in 1999
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"Cat in an Indigo Mood"
First published in 1999
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"Cat on a Hyacinth Hunt"
First published in 1998
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"Cat in a Flamingo Fedora"
First published in 1997
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"Cat with an Emerald Eye"
First published in 1997
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"Cat in a Diamond Dazzle"
First published in 1996
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"Cat in a Crimson Haze"
First published in 1995
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"Cat on a Blue Monday"
First published in 1994
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"Catnap"
First published in 1992
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"Pussyfoot"
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"Cat in a Golden Garland"
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"Cat in a Kiwi Con"
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"Cat in a Topaz Tango"
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"Cat in a Red Hot Rage"
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"Cat in a Sapphire Slipper"
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"Cat in a Vegas Gold Vendetta"
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"Cat in a White Tie and Tails"
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"Cat in an Alien X-Ray"
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Cat in an Orange Twist by Carole Nelson Douglas
Cat in a Jeweled Jumpsuit by Carole Nelson Douglas
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Cat in a Leopard Spot by Carole Nelson Douglas
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