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Before Caleb Carr and Laurie R. King, Carole Nelson Douglas gave readers a compelling look into Victoriana with a bold new detective character: Irene Adler, the only woman to ever outwit Sherlock Holmes. An operatic diva and the intellectual equal of most of the men she encounters, Irene is as much at home with disguises and a revolver as with high society and haute couture. Chapel Noir is the fifth book in Carole Nelson Douglas''s critically acclaimed Irene Adler series, which reinvents "the woman" that Sir Arthur Conan Doyle introduced in "A Scandal in Bohemia" as the heroine of her own extravagant adventures. This time readers are thrust into one of the darkest periods of criminal fact and fiction when two courtesans are found brutally slaughtered in the lavish boudoir of a Paris house. No woman should ever see such horrors, authorities declare, but a powerful sponsor has insisted that Irene investigate the case, along with her faithful companion, sheltered parson''s daughter Penelope Huxleigh. But does anyone really seek the truth, or do they wish only to bury it with the dead women--for there is a worse horror that will draw Irene and her archrival, Sherlock Holmes, into a duel of wits with a fiendish opponent. These Paris killings mimic a series of gruesome murders that terrorized London only months before, in a dangerous and disreputable part of town known as Whitechapel . . .At the Publisher''s request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.At the Publisher''s request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

A Purrfect Mystery: Midnight Louie Returns to Save a Fellow Feline in Las Vegas!In Carole Nelson Douglas''s Cat in a Leopard Spot, Midnight Louie, the lovable and feisty feline sleuth, returns once again to delight his legions of fans. This time, not only does Louie have to bail out his favorite investigative partner, public relations woman Temple Barr, but he also has to save a fellow feline from a charge of Murder One.The stakes are high when a big-game hunter is found dead with only a leopard named Osiris for company. Osiris, a performing Big Cat, was kidnapped from his magician owner just days before the murder. As Louie and Temple investigate, they encounter a cast of colorful characters: a woman surgically altered to resemble a Big Cat, Las Vegas high-rollers illegally hunting big game at the victim''s ranch, and ardent animal rights protesters secretly staking out the premises, determined to stop the killing at any cost.With suspense, humor, and a touch of feline charm, Cat in a Leopard Spot delivers a purrfect cozy mystery that will keep you guessing until the very end.At the Publisher''s request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

IRENE ADLER Operatic diva. Femme fatale. Adventuress. And one of the world''s most intriguing detectives.Before Caleb Carr, Anne Perry, and Laurie R. King, Carole Nelson Douglas gave readers a delightful look into Victoriana with one of the most impressive detective characters: Irene Adler, the only woman ever to have outwitted Sherlock Holmes, in "A Scandal in Bohemia." A charismatic performer and the intellectual equal (some would say superior) the men she encounters, Irene Adler is as much at home with a spyglass and revolver as with haute couture and gala balls.And her adventures are the stuff of legend. She has faced down sinister spies, thwarted plots against nations, spurned a monarch and lived to reap a sweet revenge...and now is on the hunt for one of the true monsters of all time-Jack the Ripper. It was she who led a most unlikely group of allies through the cellars and catacombs of 1889 Paris in the search and capture of the suspect at a horrific secret-cult ceremony held beneath the city. But disaster has scattered those allies and the Ripper has again escaped, this time from the custody of the Paris police. Sherlock Holmes has returned to London, and Watson, to reinvestigate the Whitechapel murders of the previous fall from an entirely new angle. Irene fears the Ripper will soon carve a bloody trail elsewhere and is eager to hunt this terror down. But terror has struck a little too close to home, for her own nearest and dearest are mysteriously missing--her companion/biographer, Nell Huxleigh, abducted in Paris and her barrister husband, Godfrey Norton, vanished in the wilds of Bohemia.What should Irene do first? Search for Nell, Godfrey, or the Ripper? Though Irene has many highly placed friends, the Baron de Rothschild, Sarah Bernhardt, and the Prince of Wales can only offer money and good will. For the actual pursuit, Irene must rely on an unreliable cohort, the American prostitute named Pink, who has proven to be someone with her own agenda, and Bram Stoker, the theatrical manager who was later to pen Dracula. The trail will lead back to Bohemia and on to new and bloodier atrocities before pursuers and prey reunite at a remote castle in Transylvania, where lthe Ripper is cornered and fully unveiled at last . . . a truly astounding yet chillingly logical answer to what the world has never known before: Who was Jack the Ripper?At the Publisher''s request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

Cat in a Neon Nightmare is the fifteenth Midnight Louie mystery, and this tough-talking tomcat is as feisty as ever, raising hell (sometimes literally) in Las Vegas, America''s Sin Capital.The lavish hotels and the sham of wholesome fun may soothe the tourists, but sex and greed still fuel this town, and bad guys still abound. And Midnight Louie, the feline Sam Spade has his paws full keeping those he loves safe.This time Midnight Louie treads the lurid side of mystery''s mean streets when a call girl named Vassar is found lying dead on the neon ceiling above a Las Vegas casino. Suicide or homicide? If straight-arrow radio shrink Matt Devine, the man most likely to have been Vassar''s unlikely last client, is charged for Vassar''s murder, everyone Louie knows is an accessory to the crime . . . except for his ever-loving roommate, PR whiz Temple Barr, who has been kept in the dark by both friends and enemies. To save Matt''s future, Temple will have to crack the cover-up with the unsuspected help of Midnight Inc. Investigations, now including a junior partner: Louie''s maybe-daughter, Midnight Louise. Meanwhile, a hot new club in town, Neon Nightmare, has links to the mysterious Synth, a sinister association of magicians that may lie behind the string of unsolved deaths that have haunted Louie Company for months.And with the psychotic stalker, Kitty the Cutter, still prowling, death is definitely in the cards for someone Temple knows very well, and not even Louie may be able to stop it.At the Publisher''s request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

Temple Barr is a sharp and 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-lover, rogue L.A. cop Rafi Nadir, 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 décor mavens is no problem for a woman who''s saved leopards from big game hunters, tracked killers through strip clubs, calmed the cantankerous owners of Las Vegas''s most glamorous hotel, and seen the ghost of Elvis-until the life of feng shui expert and 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.At the Publisher''s request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

Uncover the Secrets of Irene Adler, the Woman Who Outwitted Sherlock Holmes, in a Thrilling Historical MysteryFemme Fatale is the captivating sixth installment in the acclaimed Irene Adler series. Irene, the beautiful and brilliant American diva-turned-detective, has managed to conceal her mysterious background from even her closest confidants. But when she receives shocking news from daring journalist Nellie Bly that her mother is the target of an assassin, Irene must confront her shrouded past and race against time to uncover the truth.Reluctantly drawn back to her native New York City, Irene navigates a series of bizarre killings as she forges a trail into her own hidden history. With the aid of unlikely allies such as the Baron de Rothschild, Sarah Bernhardt, and Bram Stoker, Irene hunts for her enigmatic mother, a woman who may be the most notorious figure of the nineteenth century.But as Irene delves deeper into the mystery, another ace investigator is drawn into the hunt for the serial killer—the last man on earth she wants to uncover her shocking past: Sherlock Holmes. In a thrilling game of cat-and-mouse, Irene must stay one step ahead to protect her secrets and solve the mystery before it''s too late.At the Publisher''s request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

Cat in a Red Hot Rage is the nineteenth title in Carole Nelson Douglas''s sassy Midnight Louie mystery series. This tough talking twenty-pound tomcat PI is playing at the top of his game as he walks the walk and talks the talk on the mean streets of Las Vegas.Temple Barr and Midnight Louie are up to their tails in froufrou, chapeaux, and murder when the Red Hat Sisterhood convention hits Las Vegas. Electra Lark, Temple''s spirited landlady, has dragged her to the con. Accused of murder after a woman is found strangled with an official Red Hat Sisterhood scarf, Electra begs Temple to clear her name by posing as a pink-hatter, an under-fifty member of the organization.Louie and his partner in Midnight Investigations Inc., Midnight Louise, join the hunt for the killer at the Crystal Phoenix. They find old friends already there, including C-movie actress Savannah Ashleigh, and her Persian cats, Louie''s ex-love, the Divine Yvette, and her sister Solange.As Temple and Louie dig under all the makeup and shopping bags it becomes clear that a whole lot of folks want to crush or cash in on the red-hot rage of female empowerment that is the Red Hat Sisterhood.At the Publisher''s request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.At the Publisher''s request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

A catnapping in Chicago leads to a tangled tale of magic, murder, and feline mischief in Sin City.In Carole Nelson Douglas'' Cat in a White Tie and Tails, Midnight Louie accompanies PR whiz Temple Barr and her fiance, rising media star Matt Devine, to Chicago for a family meeting. But Matt''s mother has a tragic past primed to rise and bite anybody in reach, even the ex-alley cat sleuth.When Louie is snatched, the catnapping''s surprising motive loops back to Vegas and a string of unsolved murders connected to magic…and ex-magician Max Kinsella, Temple''s former flame. Skeptical homicide lieutenant C. R. Molina has commissioned the once infallible Max to investigate a cold case murder she suspects he committed. With traumatic amnesia from a recent attempt on his life, Max is more sitting duck than predator.It will take an alliance of frenemies, both human and feline, to solve the serial deaths before one of them joins the fatality list in this twisty tale of magic, murder, and furry mayhem.At the Publisher''s request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

When a handyman''s suspicious death tangles Temple Barr in a web of greedy humans and inheritances, it''s up to her feline roommate and ace detective, Midnight Louie, to untangle the mystery.Temple Barr, an ace P.R. wizard known for promoting Las Vegas'' hottest clients, takes on a case from B-movie actress Savannah Ashleigh. Savannah pleads with Temple to investigate the mysterious death of her wealthy aunt''s handyman. With her own life in turmoil - her ex-fiancé, the Mystifying Max, is back without his memory, and current fiancé Matt Devine has returned from Chicago with a surprising promise - Temple welcomes the distraction.As she delves deeper into the case, Temple discovers a host of suspicious and greedy characters swarming around Aunt Violet, who plans to leave her estate to her beloved cats. But Midnight Louie, Temple''s feline roommate and detective extraordinaire, senses that more untimely deaths are on the horizon. When a mysterious stalker from the past reappears, it''s clear that murder and mayhem are in store for Temple, Louie, and their loved ones in this gripping installment of the Cat in a Vegas Gold Vendetta mystery series.At the Publisher''s request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.