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 the revelry turns to disaster. Shamus' float crashes and explodes, and although Shamus escapes unhurt, a member of his krewe is killed. Carmela and Ava plunge into an investigation of the krewe-member's death, but as they dig deeper it starts to look less like an accident and more like a murder....and Shamus seems less like a victim, and more like a suspect.
I played catch up to review this one in time before it published. So i binged read from number 11 but that makes it all the better. I have loved this series for a long time as it the perfect mix of Nancy Drew from my childhood and my love of scrapbooking. I love how the author is able to weave amazing details about projects that are taught at memory mine, in with a scary heart wrenching moments of detective work that Carmela gets herself wrapped up in. I am eager with each book to see how the lives of the characters change as each mystery is solved. I also eagerly hope that in the next book Carmela and Babcock finally get married as this one ends with a alligator getting a rich desert. This is a wonderful series and i also happy to see more from it.
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