Gossamer Ghost by Laura Childs

Gossamer Ghost; a Scrapbooking Mystery by Laura Childs - 322 page

Halloween in the Big Easy.  A week of celebration, wild times and murder in the French Quarter. Carmela Bertrand, the owner of Memory Mine Scrapbook Shop fines Marcus Joubert, neighbor and owner of Oddities Antique Shop, stuffed into a cabinet, when she investigates strange noises in Oddities as she passes on her way home.  She continues to stick her noise in the murder investigation when Marcus's assistant/ fiancé Mavis asks Carmela to help locate Napoleon’s stolen death mask.

In addition to being a quick, cozy read, you’ll find several favorite New Orleans recipes, costume and scrapbooking and craft ideas with directions.  Want to make a death mask?