Cat In A Golden Garland ($23.95; Nov.; 384 pp.; 0-312-86386-1): Midnight Louie a star? A New York ad agency that thinks he's a cat with potential flies him and his roommate Temple Barr (Cat in a Flamingo Fedora, p. 591, etc.) from Las Vegas to the Big Apple—just in time for them to figure out who killed the substitute Santa at a holiday party.