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The last thing Carmela Bertrand and her friend Ava expected to bear witness to in St. Tristan's Church was a crime. But now a beloved member of their scrapbooking circle is lying lifeless next to a smashed statue of St. Sebastian- and a mysterious hooded figure has absconded with an antique silver-and-gold crucifix. With the church open to the public and a popular tourist attraction, it looks like the police don't have a prayer of finding the killer....
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There's a Mardi Gras parade rolling through the French Quarter, and Kimber Breeze is broadcasting live from a fourth floor hotel balcony, interviewing locals and capturing the spectacle. Her next subject will be Carmela Bertrand, owner of Memory Mine scrapbooking shop. But before Carmela's interview a killer slips onto the balcony and strangles Kimber. Carmela is horrified, but the nightmare isn't over. Someone is leaving strange postcards at Carmela's...
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"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...
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Scrapbooking mysteries volume 6
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Berkley Prime Crime
Pub. Date
2008
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English
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Jekyl Hardy is hosting a Mardi Gras party in his French Quarter apartment, amid Zydeco rhythms and popping champagne corks. On a wild night like this, anything can happen. The guests--including scrapbook-store owner Carmela Bertrand--never imagine it will be murder. But as the evening progresses, Jekyl's neighbor, float designer Archie Baudier, is found on the balcony choked to death with a barbed wire garrote. Buried up to her neck in strange clues,...
5) Frill kill
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Scrapbooking mysteries volume 5
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Berkley Prime Crime
Pub. Date
2007
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English
7) Tragic magic
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Carmela, owner of the Memory Mine scrapbook shop, and her best friend, who owns JujuVoodoo, have a big project. Melody Mayfeldt needs their help converting an old mansion in the Faubourg-Marigny district into an unforgettable haunted house for New Orleans' upcoming horror convention. But the haunting turns serious when Melody's flaming body comes crashing through a tower window to "welcome" them to the job. Somebody wanted Carmela's client dead, and...
8) Gilt trip
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Scrapbooking mysteries volume 11
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Berkley Prime Crime
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2013.
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"Louisiana businessman Jerry Earl Leland served only a fraction of his five-year sentence for white-collar crime, thanks to some political connections and a few greased palms. But he won't have long to enjoy his freedom... After Jerry Earl's early release, his wife, Margo--a much-married Garden District doyenne--throws an extravagant Get Out of Jail Free Party, complete with a Zydeco band, champagne ice luge, and waiters in ties and tails. The guest...
11) Bound for murder
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Scrapbooking mysteries volume 3
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Berkley Prime Crime
Pub. Date
c2004
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12) Photo Finished
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Scrapbooking mysteries volume 2
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New Orleans scrapbooking shop owner Carmela Bertrand is hosting a late-night "Crop Till You Drop" session--when a neighboring antique-shop owner winds up murdered in the alley. Now, the scrapbooking expert must rearrange the jumble of clues and pick out the killer.
13) Death by design
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Berkley Prime Crime
Pub. Date
2006
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Scrapbooking shop owner Carmela Bertrand turns sleuth when her estranged husband is accused of murdering a New Orleans businessman in Keepsake Crimes, probes the killing of a neighboring shop owner in Photo Finished, and investigates the murder of a groom with a deadly secret in Bound for Murder, in an omnibus edition containing the three Scrapbooking Mysteries. Original. 25,000 first printing.