Mumbo Gumbo Murder
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Publisher Description
A shocking murder strikes a sour note during Jazz Fest in the latest New Orleans Scrapbooking Mystery from New York Times bestselling author Laura Childs.
It's Jazz Fest in New Orleans, and the giant puppets from the Beastmaster Puppet Theatre are parading through the French Quarter. Some are very spooky and veiled, others are tall and gangly, like strange aliens.
As the parade proceeds, Carmela Bertrand and her best friend, Ava, follow behind, down Royal Street and past the food booths. Suddenly, they hear a terrible crash from Devon Dowling's antiques shop. They rush inside to find Devon collapsed with blood streaming down the side of his face. Has he been shot? Stabbed? 911 is hastily called, and the police and EMTs show up. After the police examine Devon's body, they tell Carmela and Ava that their friend was murdered with an icepick. They're shocked beyond belief—and now Mimi, Devon's little pug, is left homeless.
Carmela and Ava are determined to catch the murderer, but the list of suspects is long. How long do they have before they find themselves on the killer's list?
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Set in New Orleans, Childs's busy 18th Scrapbooking mystery (after 2018's Glitter Bomb, also with Moran) offers murder, romance, recipes, and scrapbooking tips. One evening during Mardi Gras, scrapbooking storekeeper Carmella Bertrand and her free-spirited best friend, Ava Grieux, are strolling along Royal Street, the home of many high-end shops, when they hear a terrible crash. Carmella realizes that someone has shattered the front window of Dulcimer Antiques, which is owned by their friend Devon Dowling. Inside, Devon is lying on the floor with an ice pick through his ear. Carmella shifts into amateur sleuth mode, and though she's engaged to police detective Edgar Babcock, she would rather take matters into her own hands, even when her life is in peril, than call on her fianc for help. Meanwhile, Carmella is distracted by an ex-boyfriend who wants her to become a partner in the new shop he's opening. Childs captures the energy of Mardi Gras and does a nice job taking the reader on a tourist's holiday. Cozy fans won't mind that much of the action has little to do with solving the crime.
