Download or read book Mardi Gras Murder written by Ellen Byron and published by Worldwide Library. This book was released on 2021-04-06 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A SIMMERING WHODUNIT It's Mardi Gras season on the bayou, which means parades, pageantry and gumbo galore. But when a flood upends life in the tiny town of Pelican, Louisiana--and deposits the body of a stranger behind the Crozat Plantation B and B--the celebration takes a decidedly dark turn. Maggie Crozat is determined to discover the man's identity and find out why he was murdered. Then a judge for the Miss Pelican Mardi Gras Gumbo Queen pageant is shot, and Maggie is convinced that the deaths are connected. Does someone covet the pageant crown enough to kill for it? Or could the deaths be related to the opening of a controversial exhibit about the historic Louisiana Orphan Train? The leads are thin on this Fat Tuesday--and until the killer is unmasked, no one in Pelican is safe.
Download or read book The Mardi Gras Mystery written by Carolyn Keene and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2013-07-30 with total page 145 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When Nancy and her friends travel to New Orleans for Mardi Gras, Nancy is confronted by a baffling art theft—and exposes a terrible secret.
Download or read book The Mardi Gras Mystery written by Louise Munro Foley and published by Bantam Books. This book was released on 1987 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: After accompanying your uncle to a ball at the mysterious House of Blood, you're left in the ballroom alone. You decide what happens next.
Download or read book Randolph Solves the Mardi Gras Mystery written by Pat Hornsby Crochet and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2021-09-20 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Randolph is back, and this time it's to save Mardi Gras! It's Randolph's first time at a Mardi Gras parade, and the little coonhound and his best friend, Olivia, are having the time of their lives. Until . . . Oh no! Disaster strikes! A masked bandit tries to ruin Mardi Gras, and Olivia is sure her outing to the parade is over. Randolph, the cutest, most curious puppy, would do anything to see his best friend smile. He knows that it's up to him to save the day! Together the pair takes off in search of the only thing that can get the parade back on track. What's that thing, you ask? Follow along to see if the Mardi Gras mystery gets solved! Randolph learns lessons about friendship, intertwined with a little Louisiana tradition in this adventure that will have readers exclaiming, "Laissez les bons temps rouler!"
Download or read book The Mardi Gras Mystery written by H. Bedford-Jones and published by Good Press. This book was released on 2021-04-26 with total page 162 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Mardi Gras Mystery is a mystery novel by author H. Bedford-Jones. Ever since the first ball of the year by the Twelfth Night Club, the Midnight Masquer, as he was termed, had held New Orleans gripped in terror, fascination, and vivid interest with his holdups and subsequent robbery of partygoers. Until a month previous to the week of Mardi Gras he had operated rarely; he had robbed with a stark and inelegant forcefulness, a brutality. Suddenly his methods changed—he appeared and transacted his business with a romantic courtesy, a daredevil gaiety; his robberies became bizarre and extraordinary. But the Midnight Masquer now fears that the wealthy lawyer and astute chess player, Jachin Fell might be on to him and he moves to protect his secret...
Download or read book Mardi Gras Masquerade written by Carolyn Keene and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2012-05-29 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Everyone thinks a ghost is the thief, but Nancy is on the case! A masked Mardi Gras ball turns spooky when revelers are tormented by a what they think are ghosts. When Deirdre Shannon’s antique tiara is snatched Nancy is certain the crook is a guest--not a ghoul.
Download or read book Mardi Gras Mysteries written by Robert Allen Lupton and published by . This book was released on 2021-01-03 with total page 262 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: By popular demand, we present the sequel to Mardi Gras Murder. Mardi Gras Mysteries offers seventeen tales of crime, mayhem, and murder set during the celebration and licentiousness of Carnival.For a savory sample of New Orleans lore, take a sip of "A Prayer to Momus" by DJ Tyrer or "Carnival Carnage" by John Kiste. For a dish of redemption and revenge, returning author and Louisiana native Nathan Pettigrew serves up "The Steel Pelican." Is a mystery with a literary flavor more to your taste? Try "The Brass Menagerie" by DG Critchley. If you prefer a racier seasoning, there's "Unholy Beads" and "Gussy Saint and the Case of the Three-Boobed Woman." For the deepest bowl of intrigue, we end with "Keep Your Head Up," a thriller by Tom Andes.
Download or read book The Mardi Gras Mystery written by and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Dinosaur Mardi Gras written by Dianne de Las Casas and published by Pelican Publishing Company, Inc.. This book was released on 2011-11-29 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dinosaurs parade down the streets of New Orleans during the Mardi Gras carnival. Includes glossary and related craft activity.
Download or read book Mardi Gras Mystery written by Louise Foley and published by Skylark. This book was released on 1987 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book 12 Days of Mardi Gras written by Melissa Thibault and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2021-10-11 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Repetition, alliteration, and visual humor abound in this Mardi Gras themed riff on the iconic holiday song, perfect for emerging readers and early counters. As each day of the Mardi Gras season passes, a gift is given. Each of the many, many, many gifts is familiar to those who embrace the season's traditions. Coming in twos, twelves, fives and fours, the gifts include majestic masks, floats a rolling, golden shoes, and cherished cups. Colorful illustrations provide lots of additional hijinks and engagement in this soon-to-be-classic holiday tale!
Download or read book New Orleans Mourning written by Julie Smith and published by Fawcett. This book was released on 1991 with total page 351 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When the smiling King of Carnival is killed at Mardi Gras, policewoman Skip Langdon is on the case. She knows the upper-crust family of the victim and that it hides more than its share of glittering skeletons. But nothing could prepare her for the tangled web of clues and ancient secrets that would mean danger for her--and doom for the St. Amants.... "Smith is a gifted writer." THE WASHINGTON POST BOOK WORLD
Download or read book Lords of Misrule written by James Gill and published by Univ. Press of Mississippi. This book was released on 1997 with total page 316 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Mardi Gras remains one of the most distinctive features of New Orleans. Although the city has celerated Carnival since its days as a French and Spanish colonial outpost, the rituals familiar today were largely established in the Civil War era by a white male elite." -- back cover.
Download or read book Fatal Cajun Festival written by Ellen Byron and published by Crooked Lane Books. This book was released on 2019-09-10 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: USA Today bestselling and award-winning author Ellen Byron cranks it up to eleven in the fifth fast and funny Cajun Country mystery. Louisiana B&B owner Maggie Crozat kicks up her heels at a country music festival--but she'll have one foot in the grave if she can't bring the killer of a diva's hanger-on to heel. Grab your tickets for Cajun Country Live!, the pickers' and crooners' answer to the legendary New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival. Maggie Crozat, proprietor of the Crozat Plantation B&B, plans to be in the cheering section when her friend Gaynell Bourgeois takes the stage with her band, Gaynell and the Gator Girls. The festival's headliner, native daughter Tammy Barker, rocketed to stardom on a TV singing competition. She has the voice of an angel...and the personality of a devilish diva. But Maggie learns that this tiny terror carries a grudge against Gaynell. She's already sabotaged the Gator Girls' JazzFest audition. When a member of Tammy's entourage is murdered at the festival, Tammy makes sure Gaynell is number one on the suspect list. Gaynell has plenty of company on that list--including every one of Tammy's musicians. Posing as a groupie, Maggie infiltrates Tammy's band and will have to hit all the right notes to clear her friend's name.
Download or read book The Mardi Gras Mystery written by Henry Bedford-Jones and published by Garden City, N.Y. ; Toronto : Doubleday, Page. This book was released on 1921 with total page 332 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Mardi Gras Madness written by Honey Broussard and published by A Roxy Reinhardt Cozy Mystery. This book was released on 2019-09-29 with total page 230 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A timid traveler. A New Orleans adventure. A Mardi Gras murder...Roxy believed that life never gives you more than you can handle. But when she's fired from her wage-slave job, bullied by her co-workers, and her boyfriend abandons her, she decides she's handled quite enough. Eager for a change of scene, Roxy with her white Persian cat Nefertiti head off to New Orleans.The exotic sights, smells, and food of Mardi Gras coax the shy young woman out of her shell. Booking a room at a rundown guesthouse, Roxy is surrounded by a colorful cast of local characters. From tattooed waitresses to mystical tarot card readers, she quickly makes new friends and leaves her old life behind.But she soon discovers that the Big Easy isn't all beignets and jambalaya. A wealthy developer is eager to buy the guesthouse where Roxy lives and tear it down... until he turns up dead as a doornail! Before she can say 'Mon Dieu!', Roxy is caught up in a diabolical murder mystery... and her new friends are the prime suspects!Roxy is determined to protect her pals, and save her new home. But is this anxious adventurer up to the challenge of solving a murder? Or will she become the killer's next victim...Cozy mystery fans will love this delicious new series from author Alison Golden. No foul language, no sex, and no gore...Just quirky characters, Cajun food, and a puzzling mystery that will keep readers guessing. Mardi Gras Madness is the first book in the Roxy Reinhardt series. Grab your copy today!
Download or read book Mardi Gras Almost Didn t Come This Year written by Kathy Z. Price and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2022-02-22 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lala, Babyboy, and their parents struggle to cope with the loss of their home to Hurricane Katrina, but find joy again in the celebration of Mardi Gras. Includes facts about Hurricane Katrina and glossary.
