Description
Blackmail in the Big Easy turns to cold-blooded murder in this debut cozy mystery perfect for fans of Jane K. Cleland.
When the mysterious letter arrives by courier, Valerie Cooper doesnt know what to make of it. Shes become the beneficiary of her late husbands estranged uncles willa man she never knewand inherited a majority partnership in the familys company, New Orleans Fine Antiques. Valerie knows nothing about antiques, but she decides to learn the business and become an active partner. Shes also got her hands full fending off Collette, a woman who wants to sell the huge old house in the Irish Channel neighborhood Valerie and her husband painstakingly renovated.
Valerie isnt interested in sellingbut when her best friend Lauren, drags her to a costume party for the womens Mardi Gras club, the Krewe of Athena, she stumbles over Collettes body, a jeweled dagger sticking out of her chest. In a rush of panic, Valerie recognizes the dagger from her shopand before she knows it, shes become murder suspect number one.
Egged on by Lauren, she starts digging into Collettes business dealings, and the deeper she digs, the dirtier it gets. Now all fingers are pointing at Valerie. In a desperate bid to clear her name, Valerie frantically tries to find who could have gotten hold of the dagger. But among a cadre of guests in full costume, it could be impossible to find the thiefand unmask the real killer.
Author: T. G. Herren
Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: Crooked Lane Books
Published: 12/06/2022
Series: A New Orleans Mystery
Pages: 304
Weight: 0.85lbs
Size: 8.30h x 5.60w x 1.20d
ISBN: 9781639101320
Language: English
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