Sometimes, I believe, it is good for humans to not know the answer to every question. Life, and often death, as I tell Louise, is like that.
She is not impressed.
Louise is like that too.
Very best fishes,
Midnight Louie, Esq.
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Carole Nelson Douglas Explains
In my defense, Louie, even I did not know that Kathleen O’Connor was leaving Las Vegas, and in a fatal state.
In books, as in life, as you point out, accidents will happen. If you miss her forbidding presence, it’s partly your own fault for putting Max wise to the tiger on his tail.
In fact, since you are the only individual (I will not say “person”) in Las Vegas who knows what really happened to Vassar and the only one who knows why Kitty the Cutter crashed and died, I should think you’d be pretty pleased with my most recent portrayal of your detecting skills, even if you have to keep them to yourself.
I am also pretty sure, though, that your new-found maturity won’t outlast the inbred charm of your big bad attitude, anymore than Kitty’s death will end the mayhem, murder, and ongoing angst that Las Vegas is famous for.
This is a work of fiction. All the characters and events portrayed in this novel are either fictitious or are used fictitiously.
CAT IN A NEON NIGHTMARE: A MIDNIGHT LOUIE MYSTERY
Copyright © 2003 by Carole Nelson Douglas
All rights reserved, including the right to reproduce this book, or portions thereof, in any form.
Edited by Claire Eddy
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Published by Tom Doherty Associates, LLC
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Douglas, Carole Nelson.
Cat in a neon nightmare : a Midnight Louie mystery / Carole Nelson Douglas.—1st ed.
p. cm.
“A Tom Doherty Associates book.”
ISBN: 978-0-7653-0680-7
1. Midnight Louie (Fictitious character)—Fiction. 2. Barr, Temple (Fictitious character)—Fiction. 3. Public relations consultants—Fiction. 4. Women cat owners—Fiction. 5. Las Vegas (Nev.)—Fiction. 6. Magicians—Fiction. 7. Cats—Fiction. I. Title.
PS3554.O8237C2768 2003
813'.54—dc21
2002045491
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