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The next Scrapbooking mystery takes readers back to New Orleans, where there are spookies, foodies-and crafty killers.

Carmela, owner of Memory Mine scrapbook shop, and her best friend, owner of Juju Voodoo, have a big project. Melody Mayfeldt is converting an old mansion in the Faubourg-Marigny district into an unforgettable haunted house for those who flock to New Orleans for a creepy fix. She needs Carmela's crafty touch to make the Medusa Manor come to life in time for the upcoming horror convention.

But Melody takes her house haunting too seriously-especially when her flaming body comes crashing through a tower window to 'welcome' them to the job. Sure there's been an increased trend in murder lately, but someone specifically wanted Carmela's client very dead. Carmela's in some deep gumbo again and needs to crop out a killer from the throngs of people flocking to New Orleans. Then maybe it won't be so hard living in the Big Easy.



About the Author

Laura Childs is the bestselling author of the Tea Shop mysteries and the Scrapbooking mysteries. In her past life she was a Clio Award-winning advertising writer and the CEO of her own marketing firm.

Product Details

  • Hardcover: 320 pages
  • Publisher: Berkley Hardcover (October 6, 2009)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0425229890
  • ISBN-13: 978-0425229897
  • Product Dimensions: 7.9 x 5.4 x 1.4 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 14.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Average Customer Review: 2.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.com Sales Rank: #17,739 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Wonderful cozy to read, October 18, 2009
I really enjoyed this mystery cozy. The heroines,
Carmela and Ava, make this book an enjoyable read for me.
Those two ladies know how to find trouble.
Visiting graveyards, designing haunted houses, finding dead bodies,
are all in a "days work" for them.
The location, New Orleans, is perfect for this mystery.
Bring out your Mari Gras beads, and sit back for an enjoyable cozy read.
The recipes and scrapbook ideas are wonderful too.

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2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars terrific amateur sleuth, October 10, 2009
After three long years wrangling over a divorce, Carmela Bertrand and Seamus are near a settlement if his sister Gloria minds her business. In the meantime, four years since Katrina, Carmela, owner of Memory Mine scrapbook shop, is finally finding her customers coming back and making money. Her friend, Melody Mayfeldt is up against a deadline to convert an old mansion Medusa Manor into a haunted house that will attract customers from all over the country. When Carmela and her friend Ava Gruiex, owner of Juju Voodoo, are near Medusa Manor, they hear a loud explosion and see a fiery body flying through a window.

The victim is Melody; a shaken Carmela and Ava are accosted by Melody's silent partner Olivia Wainwright who pleads with them to get the haunted house ready in time for the horror convection DiscordaCon. Carmela's significant other Detective Edgar Babcock tells her that Melody's husband Garth, owner of the Fire and Ice high end jewelry store, is the prime suspect; as the shop is bankrupt and he recently took out insurance on his late wife. Carmela and the cops have other suspects, but as each investigates separately increasingly Garth looks guilty.

New Orleans is still trying to return to normal as the Big Easy, but there is plenty left to do. Although fans will have to accept Carmela's need to sleuth, as part of her being a strong independent person who refuses to let neither Seamus nor Edgar bully her; ironically their motives on the altruism scale are wide apart. Fast-paced with plenty of action, TRAGIC MAGIC is terrific scrapbooking amateur sleuth mystery in which the audience will enjoy stomping through the mud while trying to determine who killed Melody before the heroine can.

Harriet Klausner
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1 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars bad editing and research, November 7, 2009
By Sarah S. "SAS" (Massachusetts) - See all my reviews
There is no such place as "Wooster, Massachusetts". There is however, a "Worcester" and a "Worcester County". It's the largest county in Mass. There is no excuse for that type of mistake. Also, Navy SEALS do a lot more than blow up things.

The characters have developed from the first few books, but they are still not believable. I skimmed most of the book.
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