[Midnight Louie 16] • Cat in an Orange Twist

Temple Barr is a sassy public relations ace in Las Vegas whose life is finally taking a turn for the better. Hard-nosed homicide lieutenant Carmen Molina is too busy chasing after her own ex-love to pursue Temple's boyfriend, sexy magician Max Kinsella, and nobody Temple knows has been murdered . . . at least, not in the past few weeks. Temple takes this downtime as a signal she should buy a new pair of Jimmy Choo spike heels and accept the job of planning a glitzy week of opening events for a trendy new furniture showroom. Dealing with temperamental dcor mavens is no problem for a woman who has saved leopards from big game hunters, tracked killers through strip clubs, and seen the ghost of Elvis-until the life of media-crowned domestic dominatrix Amelia Wong is threatened. Suddenly Temple is neck deep in trouble . . . and bodies. And Temple has one more problem-one she doesn't even know about: her roommate Louie, and his maybe--daughter Louise, have decided to make sure that Temple's search for a killer furniture arrangement doesn't mean curtains for her. Midnight Inc. Investigations, their PI firm, is on the case. The catch? Louie is Temple's cat.