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All it took was one scone. When hot-tempered (and widely hated) hobbyist Yvonne Gaynor eats a tainted pastry at Kiki's scrapbooking crop party, it triggers an allergic reaction that leads to her death. Even worse, the police suspect foul play when they realize that someone tampered with the treats and swiped the victim's allergy medication. Yvonne had enough enemies to fill a memory album and -- despite help from the handsome yet annoyingly coy Detective...
2) Death swatch
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Scrapbook shop owner Carmela Bertrand teams up with handsome detective Edgar Babcock to investigate the strangling death of Mardi Gras float designer Archie Baudier, whose body was found on the balcony of his neighbor Jekyl Hardy's French Quarter apartment, and the hunt becomes urgent when Carmela realizes she is the killer's next target.
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Dumpster diving for her lost paycheck is definitely the low point of Kiki Lowenstein's day-that is, until she finds a severed leg thrown in with the trash. Who'd toss a body part in the garbage outside the scrapbook crafts store where Kiki works? Accompanying the grisly "gift" is a creepy computerized voice message, a warning to the store's "rich and snotty" female shoppers. Kiki soon discovers that the leg belonged to Cindy Gambrowski, a customer...
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"A shocking murder strikes a sour note during Jazz Fest in the latest New Orleans Scrapbooking Mystery from New York Times bestselling author Laura ChildsIt'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, down...
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Kiki Lowenstein has two great loves-scrapbooking and her young daughter, Anya. But the pages of her family album are stained when her husband, George, is found naked and dead with a silk scarf stuffed in his mouth. And his parnter claims George embezzled company money before he died. When George's former flame is murdered, Kiki's scissor-sharp words make her a prime suspect.
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Old money and tradition are the hallmarks of the St. Louis prep school that Kiki's daughter Anya attends. But the elite academy is stamped with scandal when Anya find the body of a teacher in the elegant theater-- and may have seen the killer. Fearing Anya is in danger, Kiki sifts through the school's many shocking secrets to pin down the murderer.
7) Glitter bomb
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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...
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Police detective Chad Detweiler is overjoyed to learn he's having a baby with Kiki Lowenstein. But when his estranged wife, Brenda, is found shot to death with bullets from his revolver, the proud papa-to-be finds himself up the creek without a lawyer. Meanwhile, Kiki and Dodie Goldfader are in for a surprise when an unidentified young woman bursts into their craft store claiming to have killed Dodie's son. Embarking on a memorial scrapbook project...
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Kiki Lowenstein volume 12
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IN SUB-ZERO JANURARY, AN INFANT IS ABDUCTED . . . AND KIKI MIGHT BE THE ONLY PERSON WHO CAN TRACK DOWN THE CULPRIT.
The arrival of Kiki's baby is cause for celebration, but Kiki herself suffers from a severe case of post-partum blues. Her mood darkens further when she learns that her friend Bonnie's newborn infant has been stolen from a local hospital. Bonnie is too grief-stricken to help the authorities. Can Kiki pull herself together long enough...
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Kiki Lowenstein volume 11
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INSTEAD OF CHURCH BELLS, SHOTS RING OUT AT KIKI'S WEDDING . . .
"Till death do us part" comes way too soon for newlywed Kiki Lowenstein. A very pregnant Kiki Lowenstein and her fiance Detective Chad Detweiler are trying to race the stork to the altar, when their vows are interrupted by a shoot-out.
Kiki and the children hide in the shed with their local neighborhood donkey! When the all-clear sounds, everyone's worried about the expectant mother....
11) Photo finished
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When her late-night "Crop Till You Drop" session is interrupted by the murder of a neighboring shop owner, scrapbooking queen Carmela Bertrand finds herself, as well as her customers, under the scrutiny of the police, forcing her to carefully assemble the clues to solve the crime.
12) Bound for murder
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Carmela is creating custom place settings for a wedding party when she discovers the groom with a knife protruding from his body. Carmela must help the bride pick up the pieces while wrapping up a murder with more than one lethal loose end.
13) Motif for murder
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Scrapbooking mysteries volume 4
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In the terrible wake of Hurricane Katrina, scrapbooking shop owner Carmela Bertrand has her hands full getting Memory Mine back in business, and her relationship with her ex-husband, Shamus, back on its feet. But the reconciliation is shattered when Shamus is kidnapped from their home. And when Carmela hurries to tell Shamus's Uncle Henry, she finds him sitting in his library with a bullet through his forehead. As a memorial to Uncle Henry, Carmela...
14) Keepsake crimes
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On the fringe of New Orleans's French Quarter sits Carmela Bertrand's little scrapbooking shop, Memory Mine. Business is booming and life is cozy . But when one of the city's elite dies during Mardi Gras, the police tag Carmella's estranged husband, as their number one murder suspect. Even though the memory of how he scrapped their marriage hasn't faded, Carmela doen't think that Shamus is cut out to be a killer. She's and expert at framing things...
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Kiki Lowenstein volume 08
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The wedding should have been perfect. Kiki Lowenstein certainly did her part to make everything just right for her mother-in-law Sheila's special day. But the discovery of a corpse can put a damper on any festivity. Why did somebody want to cut a retired plastic surgeon out of the big picture? --
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Kiki Lowenstein volume 09
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"A Halloween charity crop planned by Kiki Lowenstein is chopped short when her employee is attacked by a knife-wielding assailant. There's blood on someone's hands--but whose? A very pregnant Kiki connects the dots and quickly discovers that she has been clueless far too long ... Will our intrepid crafter survive the unkindest cut of all?"--
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