Gossamer Ghost (A Scrapbooking Mystery)

Gossamer Ghost (A Scrapbooking Mystery) by Childs, Laura. paperback edition. ISBN: 9781410473776.

Carmela Bertrand knows that Halloween in New Orleans means a week of rabble-rousing, costumed craziness--and she cant 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 evenings 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, Carmelas 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 Marcuss assistant--and fiancee--Mavis reveals that a priceless death mask was also stolen, it becomes clear that murder wasnt the culprits sole intention. Carmela cant resist the urge to investigate the growing mystery, but as the list of suspects increases, she realizes itll take every trick in the book to unmask the killer thief before theres another night of murderous mischief...