![]() ![]() Like a master seamstress herself, Douglas threads these elements-and the flashing exchanges between Holmes and Norton, whose mutual antipathy is somewhat reduced here-into a credible and finely crafted whole. Gothic atmosphere and political intrigue abound as scenes shift from castle to graveyard. They arrive in a city that is being haunted by the Golem, the mythical clay monster, and find the King in the clutches of a mysterious and beautiful woman named Tatyana. The manager of the Crystal Phoenix, one of Las Vegass premier vacation spot, has hired Temple Barr to help. They begin their journey to Prague with Sherlock Holmes, who is investigating the bead-girl's death, only a half-step behind. Midnight Louie, the best tomcat in the crime-solving business, and his human partner, petite redheaded publicist Temple Barr, are once again in the thick of things in the city of sin. Midnight Louie, cat detective, falls under the spell of an exotic feline fatale in his latest adventure. Shortly thereafter, Irene, her husband Godfrey and Nell are summoned to the estate of the Rothschilds and engaged to act as ``eyes and ears'' for the prominent banking family-in Bohemia. Cat on a Hyacinth Hunt Carole Nelson Douglas. On their second visit they are asked to investigate the murder of one of the 1200 ``bead-girls'' who are employed by the designer. On their first visit to Maison Worth, Irene and her companion, narrator Nell Huxleigh, are implored by the Queen of Bohemia to determine why Wilhelm, King of Bohemia (who once sought Irene as his mistress), is ignoring her. Hill and Carole Nelson Douglas both pen quirky, humorous. Victorian sometime-sleuth Irene Norton begins her fifth adventure, following Irene at Large, in a Paris fashion salon. Cat in a diamond dazzle (Midnight Louie mysteries Volume 5) Cover.
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