Cat in a Hot Pink Pursuit (Midnight Louie Series #17)
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What's a Girl to do when she's forced to be, well, a girl?That's what's hot shot freelance PR woman and amateur detective Temple Barr has to do when as a favor to top cop Carmen Molina she goes undercover at Teen Queen, the newest pop star-search reality TV show, all in the hopes of protecting Molina's 13-year old daughter. It's no picnic trying to be a teenager again, even after a punk makeover. To make matters worse, Temple's in danger of being uncovered by the show's celebrity judges, including her romance novelist aunt and her arch-enemy, Crawford Buchanan. And just to make life more interesting there are her fellow contestants, unnatural blondes aplenty who are all too willing to sabotage and backstab their way to the top. Unfortunately, someone has a real knife out for Las Vegas's young women, and it's up to Temple and her underfoot undercover partner, Midnight Louie, to ferret out the killer.Publishers WeeklyThirty-year-old Temple Barr, Las Vegas PR whiz and amateur sleuth, goes undercover as 19-year-old Xoe Chloe Ozone on a reality TV show, Teen Idol, in Douglas's 17th Midnight Louie caper (after 2004's Cat in an Orange Twist), one of the stronger, leaner entries in this crime-solving cat series. Declining to compete for Teen Pet Idol, feline PI Midnight Louie decides to help Temple protect homicide lieutenant C.R. Molina's 13-year-old daughter, Mariah, who's competing for the Tween division title, from a stalker. Held at a spooky mansion, scene of an old unsolved crime, the contest features eccentric judges, Paris Hilton wannabes, a ghostly Elvis and witty reflections on beauty/reality showbiz. Amid multiple murders, Douglas hints at complications to come for Molina as she deals with a new admirer and her ex-lover, Mariah's dad. Meanwhile, Temple struggles to resolve a deliciously romantic dilemma that should thrill fans of Matt, the divine ex-priest, and worry devotees of her other major suitor, Mystifying Max, "stage magician on hiatus." Agent, Howard Morhaim. (May 15) Copyright 2005 Reed Business Information.
Previously in Midnight Louie's Lives and Times ...13Chapter 1Hello Kitty17Chapter 2Spooks21Chapter 3Swinging for It30Chapter 4Male Call37Chapter 5Mail Call42Chapter 6Undercover Chick45Chapter 7Bait Boy52Chapter 8Separate Lies, Part II56Chapter 9Bling-Bling Babies61Chapter 10Louie Goes Ape68Chapter 11Good Golly, Miss Goth Girl70Chapter 12Turnabout Foul Play78Chapter 13Macho Nachos85Chapter 14Bad Daddy91Chapter 15Sweet Tooth96Chapter 16Monday Morning Coming Down99Chapter 17Mr. Chaperon103Chapter 18Pretty Putrid in Pink108Chapter 19Chicklets114Chapter 20Whipped Scream121Chapter 21Hanky Panky127Chapter 22A Meeting of Minds135Chapter 23Exercised to Death138Chapter 24Great Big Beautiful Doll142Chapter 25Close Encounters of the Weird Kind146Chapter 26Midnight Attack153Chapter 27Midnight Assignation161Chapter 28Contingency Plan165Chapter 29Home Sweet Harassment177Chapter 30The Extent of the Law180Chapter 31Kissing Cousins189Chapter 32The Wig Is Up194Chapter 33Upping the Auntie201Chapter 34Two-Faced204Chapter 35Diet of Worms208Chapter 36Diet Drinks218Chapter 37American Tragedy224Chapter 38North into Nowhere227Chapter 39Awful Unlawful233Chapter 40American Idle239Chapter 41Wolfram and Heart245Chapter 42Feline Shepherd249Chapter 43In Old Cold Type253Chapter 44Old Tyme Revival257Chapter 45Past Tense260Chapter 46Closet Encounter of the Third Kind266Chapter 47Filing Their Nails272Chapter 48Recipe for Murder279Chapter 49Conscentual Adults284Chapter 50A Hasty Hand289Chapter 51Heartfelt and Red-Handed292Chapter 52Dress for Success299Chapter 53Tailings303Chapter 54No Glimpse of Stocking311Chapter 55Shoe Biz315Chapter 56As Blind as Bast322Chapter 57The Past Is Prologue325Chapter 58Showdown332Chapter 59An Invitation She Can't Refuse340Chapter 60Caught in the Crossfire344Chapter 61The World His Oyster355Tailpiece: Midnight Louie, Paterfamilias360Carole Nelson Douglas Makes Room for Daddy363
