By Carole Nelson Douglas from Tom Doherty Associates
MYSTERY
MIDNIGHT LOUIE MYSTERIES
IRENE ADLER ADVENTURES
HISTORICAL
ROMANCE
SCIENCE
FICTION
FANTASY
TALISWOMAN
Seed upon the Wind
SWORD AND CIRCLET
A MIDNIGHT LOUIE MYSTERY
Carole Nelson Douglas
A Tom Doherty Associates
Book New York
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This is a work of fiction. All of the characters, organizations, and events portrayed in this novel are either products of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously.
CAT IN A TOPAZ TANGO
Copyright © 2009 by Carole Nelson Douglas
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Douglas, Carole Nelson.
Cat in a topaz tango : a midnight Louie mystery / Carole Nelson Douglas. —1st hardcover ed.
p. cm.
“A Tom Doherty Associates book. ”
ISBN-13: 978-0-7653-1862-6
ISBN-10: 0-7653-1862-8
1. Midnight Louie (Fictitious character)—Fiction.
2. Barr, Temple (Fictitious character)—Fiction. 3. Women cat owners—Fiction. 4. Cats—Fiction. 5. Las Vegas (Nev. )—Fiction. I. Title.PS3554. o8237c27698 2009
813'. 54—dc22
2009012866
First Edition: August 2009
Printed in the United States of America
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