Carmela Bertrand knows that Halloween in New Orleans means a week of rabble-rousing, costumed craziness and she can’t 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? 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 was the kind of man who could inspire the passion required to kill. But when Marcus’s assistant and fiancée Mavis reveals that a priceless death mask was also stolen, it becomes clear that murder wasn’t the culprit’s sole intention. Carmela can’t resist the urge to investigate the growing mystery, but as the list of suspects increases, she realizes it’ll take every trick in the book to unmask the killer thief before there’s another night of murderous mischief
My review;
First of all I have to say that Laura Childs is one of my favorite authors. Each of her books are wonderful with great storylines and fun characters. This is the perfect mystery to read this time of year, around Halloween. I also enjoyed the skull candles. There is a point in the book where the author describes the smell of herbs and how they would smell all together, It was interesting and funny. Especially since I knew the herbs and have smelled them before. Just not all at once. Carmela has had a mystery fall into her hands when a body falls out of a cabinet. As much as she tries to not start trying to solve the murder she cannot help herself. This book has recipes and ideas to help with scrapbooking. I give this book a 4/5. I was given this book for the purpose of a review and all opinions are my own.
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