- Taschenbuch: 416 Seiten
- Verlag: Tor Books; Auflage: Mass Market. (Februar 1997)
- Sprache: Englisch
- ISBN-10: 0812555066
- ISBN-13: 978-0812555066
- Größe und/oder Gewicht: 17,2 x 10,4 x 3 cm
- Durchschnittliche Kundenbewertung: 5.0 von 5 Sternen Alle Rezensionen anzeigen (4 Kundenrezensionen)
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Nr. 531.249 in Englische Bücher (Siehe Top 100 in Englische Bücher)
- Nr. 49 in Englische Bücher > Krimis & Thriller > Krimis > Cat Sleuths
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It's amore for Midnight Louie, coolest cat in Las Vegas, as he continues to court the Divine Yvette, a beautiful Siamese, and ends up solving a murder at the G.R.O.W.L.?Great Readers of Wonderful Literature?convention of romance writers. Louie's human companion, freelance publicist Temple Barr, is hardly in the mood for romance. Mystifying Max, her erstwhile boyfriend, has reappeared and complicated her budding relationship with Matt Devine, an indecisive former priest. The attentions of super-hunk Fabrizio, who enjoys literally picking up the diminutive Temple, annoy her further. But she's determined to win the contest to find the pair of high-heeled shoes decorated with crystal cats?Midnight Louie shoes, she calls them?hidden somewhere in one of the hotels. When one of the male models assembled for the convention's Incredible Hunks pageant is murdered during a dress rehearsal, Temple's instinct for snooping goes into high gear, putting her own life in jeopardy. But Louie saves the day again, drawing on his linguistic skills?in this case, pigeon-English?to prove whodunit. While her prose and plotting are sometimes overwrought, Douglas (Cat in a Crimson Haze) tells her tale with such good humor that readers are likely to forgive her the occasional excess.
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This romance and mystery veteran adds a fifth to her series in the cute-cat category (Cat in a Crimson Haze, 1995, etc.) starring Las Vegas p.r.-expert Temple Barr and her pet Midnight Louie. This time out, Temple is torn between two lovers--a martial-arts instructor ex-priest and a suddenly reappearing magician with an Interpol record--so a neighbor invites her to forget her troubles at a romance writers' convention at the Crystal Phoenix Hotel. There, authors of all stripes tout their wares and flaunt their tulle, and Temple discovers a hip, long-lost aunt with a pseudonym. Subplots involve: Midnight Louie's reunion with his inamorata, the Divine Yvette, during a cat food commercial; Temple's search for a prize pair of pumps coated with Austrian crystals; an unknown amateur contributing chapters of a steamy pastiche; the murder of two cover hunks who are traced, thanks to Midnight Louie, to a money-laundering scam. Finally, the adequate mystery is adequately resolved with the help of macha Lt. Carmen Molina, who moonlights- -we're not surprised--as a torch singer. Douglas's grandmotherly-like grip on her material is weakened by an intensely coy style that is to true wit as Austrian crystals are to diamonds. The convention send-up has a ``been there'' authenticity and works well, but cat, romance, and shoe fanciers are most likely to enjoy this silly celebration of conventional enthusiasms. (Author tour) -- Copyright ©1996, Kirkus Associates, LP. All rights reserved.
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Murdered Hunks,
Von Patricia Mattos pmattos@compuserve.com (Minneapolis, USA) - Alle meine Rezensionen ansehen
Rezension bezieht sich auf: Cat in a Diamond Dazzle (Midnight Louie Mysteries) (Taschenbuch)
With the return of her ex-lover, magician Max Kinsella to the Circle Ritz, home of her new beau, Matt Devine, ex-priest and hotline counselor, Temple Barr finds herself in need of a refuge. Accompanied by the colorful Electra Lark and Temple's aunt, romance novelist, Kit Carlson, Temple attends a romance writers convention at the Crylstal Phoenix. However, Temple once again finds herself embroiled in murder as entries in the Incredible Hunk contest begin turning up dead. That ever reliable feline, Midnight Louie springs to the assistance of his favorite roommmate as they work to uncover clues to the identity of the killer. Louie must contend with his spitfire daughter, Midnight Louise, who has little use for ther father, while Temple faces Lt. Carmen Molina who not only searches for the killer of the hunks, but continues her search for the elusive Kinsella, a suspect in yet another murder. All the while, Temple searches for the Midnight Louie shoe which promises its own reward for the high heeled heroin. With each novel, Douglas draws us further into the lives of her charachers and weaves internal mysteries that carry through from book to book. We await the next book to find out more about Matt Devine, Max Kinsella, and the rest of the human characters as well as Louie's romantic and family entanglements.
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what fun!,
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Rezension bezieht sich auf: Cat in a Diamond Dazzle (Midnight Louie Mysteries) (Taschenbuch)
This book was simply fun to read.
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If the shoe.... or title fits....,
Rezension bezieht sich auf: Cat in a Diamond Dazzle (Midnight Louie Mysteries) (Taschenbuch)
The title in this one is extremely apropos, as the dialogue sparkles and flashes without getting cutesy or self-concious. A large number of sly little asides add to the humor; I frequently found myself laughing at a bit of dialogue, or at Temple's internal thought proccesses. Louie himself is an elegant Greek chorus of one, while behaving at all times like a real live cat. Matt and Max are superb foils for each other in all aspects, and the supporting characters (Fontana Inc, Danny Dove) are delightful while avoiding two-dimensionality. All of her books give a quick, in-depth sketch of life in the real world of various trades or professions...people wanting to become published authors could do worse than to read this particular one.
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