Opening sentences in a book can give readers a sense of the style of writing and can influence their decision on whether or not to read a book. Here are the beginning sentences for Cat in a Vegas Gold Vendetta, a mystery featuring the cat Midnight Louie, by Carole Nelson Douglas.
Temple's fingers were doing the flamenco across her laptop keyboard, writing an e-mail press release, with Midnight Louie, her twenty-pound black cat, playing his usual role of paperweight beside her, when her phone rang.
She jumped.
Midnight Louie growled in alarm and rose up on his forelegs.
Temple wasn't the skittish type. You had to have nerves of steel to deal with the emergencies and sudden zigs and zags that a freelance public-relations person had to control, particularly in Vegas, and particularly in these Internet character-assassination days. (ch. 1)
Title: Cat in a Vegas Gold Vendetta: A Midnight Louie Mystery
I'm getting used to the idea of a cat being a sleuth, so I will be reading this book and hoping it will get me interested in the previous Midnight Louie mysteries. After all, this is the 23rd in the series!! I also think I may have won this book as it has been hiding on my shelves, waiting like a cat to pounce, to get my attention.
I've never been drawn to these cat mysteries, but I do like that opening.
ReplyDeleteI have never read a cat mystery, but this opening paragraph makes me want to seek out the first in this series. I do love a good mystery, and I do love cats, so combining the two seems like a great treat for me! I hope you love the book!
ReplyDeleteHow are you doing with this one so far? I like the idea of a cat being the sleuth!!
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