Gossamer Ghost - (Scrapbooking Mystery) by Laura Childs (Paperback)

About the Book

"Carmela Bertrand knows that Halloween in New Orleans means a week of rabble-rousing, costumed crazinessand she cannot wait to get the party started. But when a local antiques dealer turns up dead, Carmela suddenly finds herself in a real-life danse macabre"--

Book Synopsis

The New York Times bestselling author of Gilt Trip returns to New Orleans for scrapbooking, Halloween, and homicide...

Scrapbook shop owner Carmela Bertrand is ready to head out and enjoy her night until she hears some strange noises coming from Oddities, the neighboring antiques shop, and decides to investigate. Her evening plans are abruptly put on hold when out of a curio cabinet--and into her arms--falls the bloody body of Oddities owner Marcus Joubert.

While Joubert was known for being an eccentric, Carmela never thought he could inspire the passion required to kill--until she learns a priceless death mask was also stolen. As the mystery grows, so does the list of suspects, leaving Carmela with the feeling that it will take every trick in the book to unmask the killer thief before there's another night of murderous mischief...

Scrapbooking Tips and Recipes Included!

Review Quotes

"Childs has a deft and colorful hand."--Buried Under Books
"Enjoyable...Local color is Child's strong suit, and on this romp with Carmela, the details of the Big Easy, from absinthe to étouffée, do not disappoint."--Publishers Weekly

About the Author

Laura Childs is the New York Times bestselling author of the Tea Shop Mysteries, Scrapbook Mysteries, and Cackleberry Club Mysteries, and a recent recipient of the Romantic Times Book Review's Award for Best Amateur Sleuth. In her previous life, she was CEO/Creative Director of her own marketing firm and authored several screenplays. She is married to a professor of Chinese art history, loves to travel, and has two Chinese Shar-Pei dogs.