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Gossamer Ghost

By Laura Childs

By Laura Childs

By Laura Childs

By Laura Childs

Best Seller

Part of A Scrapbooking Mystery

Part of A Scrapbooking Mystery

Category: Cozy Mysteries

Category: Cozy Mysteries

Mass Market Paperback $7.99

Oct 06, 2015 | ISBN 9780425266670 *This format is not eligible to earn points towards the Reader Rewards program

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Oct 07, 2014 | ISBN 9781101617557

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    About Gossamer Ghost

    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…

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    About Gossamer Ghost

    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…

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    About Laura Childs

    Laura Childs is the New York Times bestselling author of the Tea Shop Mysteries, the Scrapbooking Mysteries, and the Cackleberry Club Mysteries. In her previous life she was CEO of her own marketing firm, authored several screenplays, and produced a reality TV show…. More about Laura Childs

    About Laura Childs

    Laura Childs is the New York Times bestselling author of the Tea Shop Mysteries, the Scrapbooking Mysteries, and the Cackleberry Club Mysteries. In her previous life she was CEO of her own marketing firm, authored several screenplays, and produced a reality TV show…. More about Laura Childs

    Product Details

    Category: Cozy Mysteries

    Mass Market Paperback | $7.99
    Published by Berkley
    Oct 06, 2015 | 336 Pages | 4-3/16 x 6-3/4 | ISBN 9780425266670

    Category: Cozy Mysteries

    Ebook | $7.99
    Published by Berkley
    Oct 07, 2014 | 336 Pages | ISBN 9781101617557

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    Praise

    “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

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