The Lost Weekend #SampleSunday

Mary-Alice and the Sinful Ladies have to find out what Mary-Alice's cousin Celia Arceneaux is hiding, and find it fast...or Mary-Alice will pay with her freedom.
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The Pajama Murder #SampleSunday

Local businessman Buford Fontleroy Deale III is found shot dead in front of Harriet's Books in downtown Sinful. A blood-soaked pajama top is tied around his chest. And he's wearing only one shoe.
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Vampire Billionaire of the Bayou #SampleSunday

Mary-Alice preferred small-town papers to the big-city ones. The local papers featured good news, like high school valedictorians and award-winning pumpkins. The big newspapers showcased all the worst explosions, fires, famines, and murders from all over the world. Mary-Alice didn’t think human beings were intended to take on all the world’s misery at once. One town’s problems were surely enough.
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The No-Tell Motel #SampleSunday

Mary-Alice preferred small-town papers to the big-city ones. The local papers featured good news, like high school valedictorians and award-winning pumpkins. The big newspapers showcased all the worst explosions, fires, famines, and murders from all over the world. Mary-Alice didn’t think human beings were intended to take on all the world’s misery at once. One town’s problems were surely enough.
from The No-Tell Motel #SampleSunday

Black Widow Valley #SampleSunday

Althea’s children had known of Mary-Alice's arrival, and there must be dozens of rooms in this old house.  What were they hiding?
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The Two-Body Problem #SampleSunday

When the owner of the French Quarter's premier joke and novelty shop, Jape & Jest, dies, Mary-Alice and Swamp Team Three investigate. But the ladies soon find that nothing is as it seems in this case, and an unseen killer might have the last laugh. 
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The Vanishing Victim #SampleSunday

“I remember Miss Leonie Blanchard,” Gertie said. “I had to suspend her several times for smoking in school.” “I thought you taught third grade,” Fortune said. "I did."
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Bayou Busybody #SampleSunday

Mary-Alice Arceneaux settles in to Sinful, Louisiana.
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Mary-Alice Moves In. #SampleSunday

The two women headed up the street to where the Baptist and the Catholic churches faced each other across the road. Mary-Alice thought of West Side Story. She envisioned the Baptist ladies facing off against Celia and her friends, both sides snapping their fingers and menacing each other with jazz hands.
from Mary-Alice Moves In. #SampleSunday

A New Miss Fortune Mystery Novella: The Pajama Murder

Deputy Sheriff Carter LeBlanc was a fine young man, Mary-Alice thought, although a bit lacking in imagination. He seemed to believe civilians had nothing of value to contribute to murder investigations—that their place was to answer questions and otherwise stay out of things. In Mary-Alice’s opinion, he was quite mistaken. Local businessman Buford Fontleroy Deale […]
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