Thirteen tales of crime set during the bacchanalia that is Mardi Gras. Featuring stories from Harriette Sackler, Marian Allen, Debra H. Goldstein and Nathan Pettigrew. The mayhem of Mardi Gras is served with a healthy dose of Cajun dishes and an unhealthy number of deaths. Dig into Bourbon Street Lucifer, Voodoo Honeymoon, a dish of Red Beans and Ricin, and other deadly treats.
Sarah E. Glenn has a B.S. in Journalism, which is a great degree for the dilettante she is. Later on, she did a stint as a graduate student in classical languages. She didn’t get the degree, but she’s great with crosswords. Her most interesting job was working the reports desk for the police department in Lexington, Kentucky, where she learned that criminals really are dumb.
Her great-great aunt served as a nurse in WWI, and was injured by poison gas during the fighting. A hundred years later, this would inspire Sarah to write stories Aunt Dess would probably not approve of. She is co-author of the Three Snowbirds mysteries with Gwen Mayo.
Sarah belongs to Sisters in Crime, the Short Mystery Fiction Society, and the Historical Novel Society. She lives in Safety Harbor, Florida.
Mardi Gras Murder is a rich, vivid, vibrant anthology of thirteen crime stories, all of which take place during New Orleans’ – frankly, bonkers sounding – Mardi Gras festival.
There are some great titles – Krew Of Bayou Black, Voodoo Honeymoon, Bourbon Street Lucifer, Red Beans and Ricin – and some cracking yarns too.
Stand out stories from me were Daniel Moore’s Even, Nathan Pettigrew’s Krew Of Bayou Black, Paul Wartenburg’s Why the Mask and Sarah E Glenn’s Red Beans and Ricin but there is lots of good stuff in this tasty gumbo of pulp fiction, cozy mystery, horror, black humour and more. Check it out!