Cat in a
Quicksilver
Caper
By Carole Nelson Douglas from Tom Doherty Associates
MYSTERY
MIDNIGHT LOUIE MYSTERIES
Catnap
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
Midnight Louie’s Pet Detectives
(anthology)
IRENE ADLER ADVENTURES
Good Night, Mr. Holmes
The Adventuress* (Good Morning, Irene)
A Soul of Steel* (Irene at Large)
Another Scandal in Bohemia* (Irene’s Last Waltz)
Chapel Noir
Castle Rouge
Femme Fatale
Spider Dance
Marilyn: Shades of Blonde (anthology)
HISTORICAL
ROMANCE
Amberleigh†
Lady Rogue†
Fair Wind, Fiery Star
SCIENCE
FICTION
Probe†
Counterprobe†
FANTASY
TALISWOMAN
Cup of Clay
Seed upon the Wind
SWORD AND CIRCLET
Six of Swords
Exiles of the Rynth
Keepers of Edanvant
Heir of Rengarth
Seven of Swords
* These are the reissued editions.
† Also mystery
Cat in a
Quicksilver
Caper
A MIDNIGHT LOUIE MYSTERY
Carole Nelson Douglas
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CAT IN A QUICKSILVER CAPER: A MIDNIGHT LOUIE MYSTERY
Copyright © 2006 by Carole Nelson Douglas
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Douglas, Carole Nelson.
Cat in a quicksilver caper / Carole Nelson Douglas. —1st ed.
p. cm. — (A Midnight Louie mystery)
“A Tom Doherty Associates book. ”
ISBN-13: 978-0-765-31400-0
ISBN-10: 0-765-31400-2 (acid-free paper)
1. Midnight Louie (Fictitious character)—Fiction.
2. Barr, Temple (Fictitious character)—Fiction. 3. Public relations consultants—Fiction. 4. Las Vegas (Nev. )—Fiction. 5. Women cat owners—Fiction. 6. Cats—Fiction. 7. Art thefts—Fiction. I. Title.PS3554. O8237C2769 2006
813’. 54—dc22
2005032801
First Edition: July 2006
Printed in the United States of America
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For Janice Carlson-Buffie aka Ashland Price,
my longtime great and foresighted friend
through all the thick and thin of writing