Book Review: Cat in a Jeweled Jumpsuit

Reviewed By: Harriet Klausner

Cat in a Jeweled Jumpsuit     Amazon US PB Amazon Canada PB
Carole Nelson Douglas
Class/Genre:   Mystery   Cats
Series: Midnight Louie # 11
Forge, Nov 1999, $24.95, 384 pp.

The construction crew remodeling the Las Vegas' Crystal Phoenix Hotel refuses to continue their work because they believe the place is haunted. Temple persuades the workers to return to the job because the ghost is only Elvis.

Merle begs Temple to watch out for her daughter Quincy who is playing the part of Priscilla Presley at the Kingdome Hotel and Casino Elvis impersonation contest. The place is a shrine to Elvis. Many of the worshippers feel Priscilla is Judas and so Quincy receives some threatening experiences. Temple agrees to act as a bodyguard. However, with Louie at her side, Temple soon finds herself competing and cooperating with the FBI as two homicides occur.

CAT IN A JEWELED JUMPSUIT is an excellent addition to the Midnight Louie tales. There is a vein of mysticism running throughout the story line that leaves readers wondering if Elvis is on the scene. The fascinating mystery is augmented by the glimpse inside the Elvis cult. However, the irascible Midnight Louie steals the show (as usual), leaving even a living, ghostly, or is it an impersonator Elvis to know that even the great one cannot compete with a feline animal star.

Harriet Klausner

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