Scrapbooking mysteries
Author
Author
Series
Scrapbooking mysteries volume 2
Publisher
Berkley Prime Crime
Pub. Date
2004.
Language
English
Description
New Orleans scrapbooking shop owner Carmela Bertrand is hostinga 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.
Author
Series
Scrapbooking mysteries volume 3
Publisher
Berkley Prime Crime
Pub. Date
2004.
Language
English
Description
Scrapbooking shop owner Carmela Bertrand is in the middle of creating custom place settings for a friend's pre-wedding party when she stumbles upon a pattern for murder and discovers the dead body of the groom, who, unbeknownst to his bride-to-be, has a shady past that places all of their lives in danger.
Author
Series
Scrapbooking mysteries volume 4
Publisher
Berkley Prime Crime
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
5) Frill kill
Author
Series
Scrapbooking mysteries volume 5
Language
English
Formats
Description
With Halloween barely a week away, Carmela must discover what's lurking in the shadows of the French Quarter, or she'll get the fright of her life.
6) Death swatch
Author
Series
Scrapbooking mysteries volume 6
Publisher
Berkley Prime Crime
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
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,...
7) Tragic magic
Author
Series
Scrapbooking mysteries volume 7
Publisher
Berkley Prime Crime
Pub. Date
c2009
Language
English
Description
"Design-wise Carmela Bertrand of Memory Mine scrapbook store is tapped to create spooky set decorations for Medusa Manor, a new haunted house attraction in New Orleans. But a flaming body hurled from the third-floor tower might just put a damper on the project" -- from author's web site.
Author
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
It's Halloween in New Orleans. Ava and Carmela overhear an argument between Jekyl Hardy and Brett Fowler just minutes before they find Fowler's dead body. After another victim is discovered--who also had an unfriendly relationship with Jekyl--Carmela is convinced someone is framing her friend
Author
Series
Scrapbooking mysteries volume 9
Publisher
Berkley Prime Crime
Pub. Date
c2011
Language
English
Description
Carmela and Ava delve into the murder of a member of their scrapbooking circle who was found in church beside a smashed St. Sebastien statue.
Author
Series
Scrapbooking mysteries volume 10
Publisher
Berkley Prime Crime
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
After postcards signed by a murdered reporter begin showing up at her store, scrapbook shop owner Carmela Bertrand searches for the killer.
11) Gilt trip
Author
Series
Scrapbooking mysteries volume 11
Publisher
Berkley Prime Crime
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
"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...
12) Gossamer ghost
Author
Series
Scrapbooking mysteries volume 12
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"An evening's work deciding on the class schedule for her scrapbooking shop has put Carmela in the mood to kick up her heels. But after some strange noises draw her into Oddities , the neighboring antiques shop, Carmela's night is abruptly put on hold when a bloody body falls out of a curio cabinet --and into her arms. While shop owner Marcus Joubert was known for being an eccentric with a penchant for eclectic merchandise, Carmela never thought he...
Author
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
"The New York Times bestselling author of Gossamer Ghost returns to the Big Easy and the historic Garden District, where scrapbook shop owner Carmela Bertrand discovers a bride-to-be murdered in the legendary Lafayette Cemetery... Carmela couldn't imaginea finer evening than dinner at Commander's Palace with her beau, Detective Edgar Babcock. The food and the company are equally divine--with the exception of Isabelle Black's stopping by to brag about...
14) Crepe factor
Author
Series
Scrapbooking mysteries volume 14
Publisher
Berkley Prime Crime
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
"The holidays are a busy time for scrapbook shop owner Carmela Bertrand--but not so hectic that she doesn't have time to enjoy browsing the booths at the Winter Market with her best friend Ava. The last thing the ladies expect to see is a thrashing man stabbed by a serving fork, dying in front of them. The victim is loathed restaurant critic Martin Lash, who posted his scathing reviews on the Glutton for Punishment website. And the prime suspect is...
15) Glitter bomb
Author
Series
Scrapbooking mysteries volume 15
Publisher
Berkley Prime Crime
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
An exploding Mardi Gras float has got to be the strangest murder weapon scrappy sleuth Carmela Bertrand has ever encountered in this latest Scrapbooking Mystery from the New York Times bestselling author. It's Mardi Gras in New Orleans and scrapbook shop owner Carmela Bertrand is excited to be attending the Pluvius Parade along with her best friend Ava. Carmela's ex-husband Shamus rides by the duo on his float at the head of the parade, when suddenly...
Author
Series
Scrapbooking mysteries volume 16
Publisher
Berkley Prime Crime
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
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,...