Book Notes: Cat in a Topaz Tango

Cat in a Topaz Tango is the latest in the wonderful Midnight Louie series.  If you don’t like thinking and talking animals, then this book probably isn’t for you, but if you like light-hearted fun and a bit of mystery, it’s great.  If you like cats, so much the better!

This is one of those rare series that manages to keep my attention through multiple books.  Douglas shows no inclination to “jump the shark.”  Her characters remain who they are.  Of course, they were always getting into some pretty strange messes, so perhaps that makes it easier!

In this volume, Midnight Louie is using his feline agility and general sneakiness to keep up with his human, Temple Barr, through an an unusually complex set of moves, as a murderer stalks a dance competition, and Lieutenant Molina’s young teen daughter is, well, a teenager.  (Surprise!)

We hear a bit more from Max, and we learn a bit more about Rafi Nadir.  It’s all good fun!