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?Glitters and snaps like the town that inspired it.??NORA ROBERTS A KILLER REHEARSAL . . . AND NOW IT'S JUST MURDER The Las Vegas reunion show of a groundbreaking band revives a deadly duel between its two divas. Black & White was platinum before it imploded from an overdose of sex, drugs, and rock ?n? roll thirty years ago. Now PR whiz Temple Barr and her faithful roommate Midnight Louie, assisted by the Vegas Cat Pack, must save the hotel?s reputation and any at-risk lives, including their own. their own. For sleuths and suspects, it all comes down to the black and white lies that destroy hopes, lives, and family. ?The always engaging Midnight Louie prowls the alleys of Las Vegas solving crimes and romancing runaways like a furry Sam Spade.??People ?Nine lives wouldn't be nearly enough for this dude.??Publishers Weekly ?Wild, witty, and utterly irresistible.??San Francisco Chronicle ?Sophisticated, mainstream, and upmarket.??CAROLYN NICHOLS
Author Notes
Bestselling author Carole Nelson Douglas was born on November 5, 1944. She majored in theater and English literature in college and was an award-winning journalist for the St. Paul Pioneer Press until she moved to Texas in 1984, where she began writing fiction full time. She is the author of over fifty novels in genres including mystery, fantasy, science fiction, and romance fiction. Douglas seeks to create strong female protagonists in her works and is best known for two popular series, the Irene Adler mysteries and the Midnight Louie mystery series.
(Bowker Author Biography)
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Publisher's Weekly Review
In Douglas's 26th Midnight Louie mystery (after 2013's Cat in an Alien X-ray), Las Vegas PR guru Temple Barr takes a few days away from her ex-priest fiance, Matt, to help diffuse tensions at the reunion concert of a rock band that split up 30 years ago. Everything is going well-indeed, Temple even gets a free makeover-until a dead body turns up on stage. Frothy, fun, and charming, Temple looks like a teen, but speaks with middle-aged wisdom. Those attuned to the zeitgeist will best appreciate the many pop-culture references (e.g., teen idol Justin Bieber, the book and movie Philomena). The sections narrated by Louie the cat often feel extraneous, and previous installments' plotlines thematically linked to this entry are insufficiently explained, which will lose readers new to the series (e.g., the whole "Kitty the Cutter" theme). (Aug.) (c) Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved.
