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Death By Design (A Scrapbooking Mystery, #1-3)
by
Laura Childs
Keepsake Crimes introduces Carmela Bertrand and her booming scrapbooking shop, Memory Mine, on the fringe of New Orleans's French Quarter. When Carmela's estranged husband is named a suspect in a Mardi Gras murder, it is Carmela who must find the clues to the real killer-in one of her customer's scrapbooks.
In Photo Finished, Carmela is hosting a late-night "Crop Till You D...more
In Photo Finished, Carmela is hosting a late-night "Crop Till You D...more
Paperback, 480 pages
Published
June 27th 2006
by Berkley Trade
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A fun three books to read. Anyone into scrapbooking would love the helpful hints as the main character is Carmela who owns a Scrapbooking shop. Book was written prior to Hurricane Katrina. The setting is New Orleans at Mardi Gras time in the first book. Anyone who has visited New Orleans will recognize some of the famous restaurants. At the end of each book, recipes and scrapbooking tips are included.
This book contains the first 3 books in Laura Childs scrapbooking series. It is set in New Orleans, and while not all the details may be true to life, it sets a nice atmosphere. These are light mysteries, focused around Carmela, the owner of a scrapbooking store. She is recently separated from her husband and is working to manage on her own. I liked these stories, but not as much as the Tea Shop series. It may be because I don't know as much about scrapbooking. It is an easy read and includes bo...more
Just finished book 1. How did this book get 4 out of 5 stars? Inane, repetitive and unsatisfying. I'll read the other two stories to see if she can do better, but my initial impression is pretty negative.
Having now read all three, I can't really give any of the three stories a glowing recommendation, but they do get progressively better. At least after reading all of them, I give the series itself an "ok" rating, up from "I didn't like it."
Having now read all three, I can't really give any of the three stories a glowing recommendation, but they do get progressively better. At least after reading all of them, I give the series itself an "ok" rating, up from "I didn't like it."
I didn't really didn't care for this author. I had to read it for a book club I was in.
As always, a fun, entertaining read!
another great series from laura childs
fun mystery to read
A friend practically forced me to read this ... since two of my cares in this world are New Orleans and scrapbooking. I'm definitely enjoying the French Quarter setting more than the scrapbooking shop (especially since those two don't seem to fit very well together). ;)
I got through the first book in this series, and can't bring myself to keep reading. Despite the author's too-detailed accounts of almost everything, the book was only 142 pages long. The 'climax' came at page 140 and boom! All done! I enjoyed the New Orleans setting, that was at least fun...
A trilogy of cozy mysteries seemed like a good idea for packing for vacation. The problem was reading three by this author so close together that I can too easily recognize her outline and style.
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Laura Childs is a pseudonym for Gerry Schmitt and she is the best-selling author of the Tea Shop Mysteries, the Scrapbook Mysteries, and the Cackleberry Club Mysteries.
Laura Childs is the New York Times bestselling author of the Tea Shop Mysteries, Scrapbook Mysteries, and Cackleberry Club Mysteries. In her previous life she was CEO/Creative Director of her own marketing firm and authored several...more
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Laura Childs is the New York Times bestselling author of the Tea Shop Mysteries, Scrapbook Mysteries, and Cackleberry Club Mysteries. In her previous life she was CEO/Creative Director of her own marketing firm and authored several...more
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