Midnight Louie is the savvy black tomcat who stars in his very own series by Carole Nelson Douglas. One tough hombre, he knows the score and always gets his man...or rat. Louie's hot on a new case - a whole bunch, in fact, in Midnight Louie's Pet Detectives. He's pulled together stories of mystery, murder, and mayhem to bring us some of the wildest- and furriest- cases around, written by today's most prominent authors.

With an introduction from Lawrence Block and all-new stories from such masters of the mystery as Dorothy Cannell, J. A. Jance, Nancy Pickard, and Anne Perry, as well as a story from Lilian Jackson Braun, Midnight Louie's Pet Detectives is a treat for mystery readers...and animal lovers of all flavors. (All stories copyrighted 1998 except for THE DARK ONE - 1966.)

Contents:

• Editor's Note by Midnight Louie
• Introduction by Lawrence Block
• Daisy and the Silver Quaich by Anne Perry
• Where Does a Herd of Elephants Go? by Toni L.P. Kelner
• The Dark One by Lilian Jackson Braun
• Dr. Couch Saves a Bird by Nancy Pickard
• Fetch by Dorothy Cannell
• Kittens Take Detection 101 by Jan Grape
• El Lobo Rides Alone by Bill Crider
• A Hamster of No Importance by Esther M. Friesner and Walter J. Stutzman
• Mandy: "Free to Good Home" by J.A. Jance
• On the Take by Carolyn Wheat
• Harbinger by Jean Hagar
• Final Reunion by Lisa Lepovetsky
• Go to the Devil by Barbara Paul
• A Baker Street Irregular by Carole Nelson Douglas
• Masked Marauders of the Mossbelt by Bruce Holland Rogers
• Final Vows by Elizabeth Ann Scarborough
• The Cage by Ed Gorman
• Afterword by Carole Nelson Douglas

Edited by Carole Nelson Douglas as Midnight Louie (a big black cat).