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Death Swatch (2008)

by Laura Childs(Favorite Author)

3.84 of 5 Votes: 5

ISBN

0425224783 (ISBN13: 9780425224786)

languge

English

genre

Mystery & Thriller

publisher

Berkley Hardcover

series

A Scrapbooking Mystery

review 1: Jekyl Hardy hosts wonderful parties in his elegant apartment in New Orleans. Carmela Bertrand and her friend Ava attended the party. What they didn't expect was to find a dead body along with their drinks. Knowing that Carmela has helped to solve a crime in the past, Jekyl asks her to help solve the murder that has occured in his apartment. Mardi Gras is about to begin and Carmela and Ava begin to investigate. They turn up several suspects. Who is it? Will they be able to not only solve the crime but keep themselves out of harm's way?
review 2: I love to Scrapbook, in fact I have a number of albums in progress for my children and for holidays and such. I am always checking out new techniques and supplies. So I guess it comes as no surprise that I liked t... morehis book.When the author is describing Memory Mine, the Scrapbook story, I can see it clearly in my mind, and when she talks about a technique that they do in the store, I can clearly see exactly what she is talking about, and I think that is probably one reason that I really like this series.Carmela has grown in the books, less dependent on the ever-present, and still soon-to-be-ex-husband Shamus after all these books. Yes, Shamus is still dragging his heels and not settling the divorce. The longer the series goes the more party-boy Shamus becomes and the more grown woman Carmela becomes.Ava, her bet friend, is still there and more grown up and less flighty. But then again, it has been a long time since I read the first of the series. I started it when the series first came out, but then lost track of it waiting for the next book to come out, and just revisited it now while I am waiting for more books to come out in other series.I tend to do that, get interested in one series and read all that are out in that series, then move on to another series. Kinda hoping that logging the books I have read here will help to keep me from losing a series again.Anyway, the mystery revolves around Mardi Gradi, and the facts and history of the krewes that are included in the book, make it that much more fun. I find that I enjoy learning about the unquie way of life that is New Orleans, and since this book occur after Hurrcaine Katrina, and talks about the slow road back, I feel it is a great boast to the city. I think that the books have been a great resource and have given people insight into New Orleans.Carmela get talked into invetigation the murder of a friend, and as that goes, he does a good job of putting together a lot of mall clue, that finally lead to the answer and who did the murder. Although there were some dead-ends and false leads, he finally stumbles onto the correct answers. less

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