Cat in White Tie and Tails (Thorndike Press Large Print Mystery Series)

Midnight Louie goes along as chaperone when PR whiz Temple Barr and her fiancé, rising media star Matt Devine, head to Chicago so she can meet his family. Matt's mother has a tragic past primed to rise and bite anybody in reach, even the ex-alley cat sleuth. When Louie is snatched, the catnapping's surprising motive loops back to Vegas and a string of unsolved murders connected to magic. . . and ex-magician Max Kinsella.