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Title Page
Copyright Notice
Dedication
Previously in Midnight Louie’s Lives and Times …
Chapter 1:
Conduct Unbecoming
Chapter 2:
Phoning Home
Chapter 3:
Ménage à Murder
Chapter 4:
Home Alone
Chapter 5:
Wynning Number
Chapter 6:
Louie Has His Ups and Downs
Chapter 7:
Stunted!
Chapter 8:
Unlawful Entry
Chapter 9:
Close Encounter
Chapter 10:
Mother Ship
Chapter 11:
Nightcrawlers
Chapter 12:
Open Arms
Chapter 13:
Graveyard Shift
Chapter 14:
The Thin White Line
Chapter 15:
Slugfest
Chapter 16:
Dead on Paradise
Chapter 17:
Short Stack
Chapter 18:
Law and Order: Crimeshoppers
Chapter 19:
Honeymooners
Chapter 20:
The French Connection
Chapter 21:
Let Them Eat Crow
Chapter 22:
A Fine and Secret Show
Chapter 23:
All at Sea
Chapter 24:
Law and Order: Truce or Consequences
Chapter 25:
Romance on the Rocks
Chapter 26:
Going, Going, Going, Gone … Viral
Chapter 27:
We Are Not Alone
Chapter 28:
The Unusual Suspects
Chapter 29:
Fringe Benefit
Chapter 30:
Fallout
Chapter 31:
Short Stuff
Chapter 32:
Identity Crisis
Chapter 33:
Synth You’ve Been Gone
Chapter 34:
Law and Order: LVMPD
Chapter 35:
Black Ops
Chapter 36:
Stunt Double
Chapter 37:
Bad News Bearer
Chapter 38:
Body Double
Chapter 39:
Murder Ménage II: Naked Came the Clue
Chapter 40:
Frank Talk
Chapter 41:
Northern Exposure
Chapter 42:
Track of the Cat
Chapter 43:
Cat Tails
Chapter 44:
Cop Shop Talk
Chapter 45:
Murder Ménage III: The Thirteenth Sign
Chapter 46:
Max’s Midnight Hour
Chapter 47:
Falling for You
Chapter 48:
After the Fall
Chapter 49:
Left Behind
Chapter 50:
Night Stalkers
Chapter 51:
Hit Me with Your Best Shot
Chapter 52:
Astral Protection
Chapter 53:
Two Close for Comfort
Chapter 54:
Cat and Mouser
Tailpiece:
Midnight Louie Discusses Alien Species
Tailpiece:
Carole Nelson Douglas Goes to the Dogs
By Carole Nelson Douglas from Tom Doherty Associates
About the Author
Copyright
Previously in
Las Vegas is my beat.
I love this rambling, gambling entertainment capital with its super-sized dose of lights, action, and cameras—security or otherwise.
The lights … the security and tourist cameras … and the action remain as bright and frenetic as always. Our landmark hotel-casinos and allied institutions are still puttin’ on the glitz.
For a Las Vegas institution, I have always kept a low profile.
You do not hear about me on the nightly news. That is how I like it. That is the way any primo PI would like it. The name is Louie, Midnight Louie. I am a noir kind of guy, inside or out and about. I like my nightlife shaken, not stirred.
Being short, dark, and handsome … really short … gets me overlooked and underestimated, which is what the savvy operative wants anyway. I am your perfect undercover guy. I also like to hunker down under the covers with my little doll. So would some other guys, but they do not have my lush hirsute advantages.
