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The Bestselling MIDNIGHT LOUIE Feline PI series
“…just about everything you might want in a mystery; among other things, glitzy Las Vegas…real characters, suspense, a tough puzzle… On top of it all, a fine sense of humor and some illuminating social commentary.”
—The Prime Suspect
“Las Vegas’ feline detective extraordinary returns…an excellent follow-up…and Louie is an irresistible combination of Nathan Detroit and Sam Spade. There is plenty of interest here for a lengthy, fun-filled series.”
—Mostly Murder
Cat in an Alphabet Soup [formerly Catnap]…Cat in an Aqua Storm [formerly Pussyfoot]…Cat on a Blue Monday…Cat in a Crimson Haze…Cat in a Diamond Dazzle…Cat with an Emerald Eye…Cat in a Flamingo Fedora…Cat in a Golden Garland…Cat on a Hyacinth Hunt…Cat in an Indigo Mood…Cat in a Jeweled Jumpsuit…Cat in a Kiwi Con…Cat in a Leopard Spot…Cat in a Midnight Choir…Cat in a Neon Nightmare…Cat in an Orange Twist…Cat in a Hot Pink Pursuit…Cat in a Quicksilver Caper…Cat in a Red Hot Rage…Cat in a Sapphire Slipper…Cat in a Topaz Tango…Cat in an Ultramarine Scheme…Cat in a Vegas Gold Vendetta…Cat in a White Tie and Tails…Cat in an Alien X-Ray…Cat in a Yellow Spotlight…Cat in a Zebra Zoot Suit…(forthcoming) Cat in an Alphabet Endgame
ALSO BY CAROLE NELSON DOUGLAS
“Her fine Sherlockian novels and her Midnight Louie books have turned her into a genuine mystery star. Pick one up and you’ll see why.”
—Ed Gorman, Mystery Scene magazine
Enjoy Sherlock Holmes, historical mystery, and adventure? Try the globe-trotting New York Times Notable IRENE ADLER Series featuring the only woman to outwit Holmes doing it again…
Good Night, Mr. Holmes
The Adventuress [previously Good Morning, Irene]
A Soul of Steel [previously Irene at Large]
Another Scandal in Bohemia [previously Irene’s Last Waltz]
Chapel Noir and Castle Rouge: The Jack the Ripper duology
Femme Fatale
Spider Dance
Urban fantasy your favorite flavor of fiction? You might want to join DELILAH STREET, Paranormal Investigator, rounding up romance and rogue supernaturals in post-monster apocalypse Sin City
(See the Delilah titles’ namesake cocktails)
Dancing with Werewolves
Brimstone Kiss
Vampire Sunrise
Silver Zombie
Virtual Virgin
Neon Noir [anthology]
Stories and Novellas in eBook
Alice Holds the Cards
Monster Mash [Delilah]
Neon Noir [Delilah, 5 stories]
Once Upon a Midnight Noir: [also in print: Delilah & Louie]
The Private Wife of Sherlock Holmes [Irene]
Christmas Stories
The Rakehell’s Christmas Angel
A Wall Street Christmas Carol [including SCROGGED]
SCROGGED: A Cyber Christmas Carol
This book is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents are either the product of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, events, or locales is entirely coincidental.
CAT IN A ZEBRA ZOOT SUIT: A MIDNIGHT LOUIE MYSTERY Copyright 2015 © Carole Nelson Douglas.
Digital ISBN-13: 978-1-943175-03-1
Print ISBN-978: 1-943175-02-4
All rights Reserved.
Published in the United States by Wishlist Publishing
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Copy Editor: Mary Moran
Formatting by Author E.M.S.
Images Copyright © iStock.com
Author photo Copyright © Sam Douglas
Cover and book interior design by Carole Nelson Douglas
Model for interior images: Midnight Louie III
Printed in the United States of America
Library of Congress Control Number: 2015910881
Audio book ISBN 9781681413785
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Dear Readers
Dedication
Previously in Midnight Louie’s Lives and Times
1 ~ Off-Black
2 ~ Off-Guard
3 ~ Off the Map
4 ~ Off-Base
5 ~ Off-Beat
6 ~ Off-Campus
7 ~ Off-Color
8 ~ Off Market
9 ~ Girls Club
10 ~ Off-Strip Joint
11 ~ Off Leash
12 ~ Guardian Angle
13 ~ Call Girls Inc.
14 ~ Ride and Seek
15 ~ Cat Track Fever
16 ~ Off, Off and Away
17 ~ The Midnight Louie Boogie
18 ~ Family Matters
19 ~ In Dublin’s Fair City
20 ~ Driven to Murder
21 ~ Vegas Blues
22 ~ Off Duty
23 ~ Just Hanging Around
24 ~ Counting Sheep
25 ~ A Valentine Surprise
27 ~ Send Off
28 ~ Laid Off
29 ~ To The War Has Gone
30 ~ Paid Off
31 ~ Sleepless After Sunset
32 ~ Show Off
33 ~ Thrill and Quill
34 ~ Cat and Mouse
35 ~ A Pool of Suspects
36 ~ In the Ranks of Death
37 ~ Ghost Stalking
38 ~ Psychrisis
39 ~ Gloves Off
40 ~ You Will Find Him
41 ~ Face Off
42 ~ Killer Karma
43 ~ License to Lose
44 ~ Instant Redial
45 ~ Last Acts
Tailpiece ~ Midnight Louie Sounds Off
Tailpiece ~ Carole Nelson Douglas on Where
About the Author
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