About the Author

CAROLE NELSON DOUGLAS is the award-winning author of sixty-three novels in the mystery/thriller, romance/women's fiction, and science fiction/fantasy genres. She is noted for the long-running Midnight Louie, feline PI, cozy-noir mystery series and she writes the Delilah Street, Paranormal Investigator, noir urban fantasy series (Dancing with Werewolves, etc.). Midnight Louie prowls the "slightly surreal" Vegas of today, narrating interlarded chapters in his alley-cat noir voice. Delilah walks the mean streets of a paranormally post-apocalyptic Sin City, fighting supernatural mobsters with Louie's wile, wit and grit. Douglas was the first author to make a Sherlockian female character, Irene Adler, a series protagonist, with the New York Times Notable Book of the Year, Good Night, Mr. Holmes, and the first woman to write a Holmes spin-off series. Her award nominations run from the Agatha to the Nebula, including Lifetime Achievement Awards from RT Book Reviews for Mystery, Suspense, Versatility, and as a Pioneer of Publishing for her groundbreaking multi-genre work. She has won a clowder of Catwriters' Association first place Muse awards, and is a four-time finalist for the Romance Writers of America's Rita award in four different categories. An award-winning daily newspaper reporter and editor in Minnesota, she moved south to write fiction full-time and was recently inducted into the Texas Literary Hall of Fame. She does a mean Marilyn Monroe impersonation, collects vintage clothing and homeless cats, and enjoys Zumba, but has never danced with werewolves. (That she knows of.)

Reviews

"Midnight Louie's contributions to the book are insightful, humorous, and imaginative... Along with all these wonderful offbeat characters, Douglas has an interesting plot, good story, and an intriguing mystery. If you are looking for something fun to read, this is the book for you."-Affaire de Coeur on Cat in an Alphabet Soup "...just about everything you might want in a mystery: glitzy Las Vegas, real characters, suspense, a tough puzzle. On top of it all, it has a fine sense of humor and some illuminating social commentary."-The Prime Suspect on Cat in an Aqua Storm "Midnight Louie sniffs through plenty of plausible red herrings...before pointing a claw at the killer in this brisk tail that even mystery readers who don't love cats will relish." -Publishers Weekly on Cat on a Blue Monday "...the best Louie adventure yet, full of intricate plotting and sharp characterization. And Louie? Nine lives wouldn't be nearly enough for this dude." -Publishers Weekly on Cat in a Crimson Haze "Feline PI Midnight Louie prowls the alleys of Las Vegas, solving crimes and romancing runaways like a furry Sam Spade. This time out, the always engaging Louie stalks a serial killer."-People magazine on Cat in an Indigo Mood Cat in a Yellow Spotlight "fun, frothy, and charming."-Publishers Weekly Cat in a Zebra Zoot Suit "Never fear, amateur detective Temple Barr is on the job, along with her feline roommate Midnight Louie, with an assist from his Vegas Cat Pack... Louie is as charming and debonair as always, and this reader, for one, wishes the alphabet had more letters! The savviest feline detective around, Midnight Louie shines, unequaled!" ―T. C. LoTempio, national bestselling author of the Nick and Nora mysteries