Martini Mystery series by Marci Darling (#1-2)
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Overview: Marci Darling is a sassy bon vivant whose previous careers include: belly dancer, showgirl, circus acrobat, burlesque dancer, and preschool teacher. She has performed around the world and danced on tour with the Go-Go’s, the B-52’s, and Paul McCartney. She has performed and lived all over the world including Paris, Florence, Hollywood, New Orleans and Boston. Seguing from a professional belly dance career, Marci Darling received her BA from UCLA in 2000 and her Masters Degree from Harvard in 2001, after which she lived out her Tolstoy adventure of teaching and running a nature-based preschool on Martha’s Vineyard. Additionally, Marci Darling is a respected and widely read blogger; having interviewed, among others fashion icons and world renowned authors Cameron Silver, Leslie Zemeckis, and Ken Downing. She is also a member of the Mystery Writers of America, the Boston MFA Fashion Council, and has written for numerous publications including Oprah Magazine, Louisiana Homes and Gardens, NOLA Baby, and the Martha’s Vineyard Times. She lives in a cottage by the sea with her magical family: two kids, three cats, and two dogs.
Genre: Fiction > Mystery/Thriller
1. Martini Mystery: A Love Letter to New Orleans
Martini Mystery is Bridget Jones stumbles into the DaVinci Code, has an affair with Confessions of a Shopaholic, all while drinking with Nick and Nora Charles on the streets of New Orleans. One winter night in New Orleans, ex-showgirl and romance novelist Ellington Martini heads to the French Quarter where she is swept into a mysterious New Orleans parade. A man grabs her and whispers, “Stop the killing of the king,” in her ear before collapsing on her, dead. Now Ellington’s Chanel-and-cream-puff world collides with the dark and violent underbelly of her beloved city. Uncovering the truth thrusts her into a game of cat and mouse with one of the most dangerous secret societies in the world. Now she and her band of Irregulars must stop the “killing of the king,” all while keeping their Louboutins clean amidst the detritus of the streets of the French Quarter.
2. The Champagne Scandal: The Spirits Are Calling
It’s a dark and stormy night when Ellington’s sister, Callie, returns from France, where she has procured the priceless jewels and costumes of several iconic showgirls, including Josephine Baker, for Callie’s upcoming exhibition at a New Orleans museum. Ellington is hosting one of her legendary “Storm Parties”, where her guests are local burlesque legends. The storm has upgraded to hurricane status when a bloodcurdling scream interrupts their wine-filled evening, sending Ellington and her Band of Irregulars into a swirling adventure of glittering showgirls, suspicious guests, a portly magician, flowing champagne, an oversized bedazzled champagne glass, a rope made of Frette sheets, and even a séance, where the spirits are indeed calling. But are the spirits the ghosts of deceased performers, or just Patron and Don Julio? In order to save Callie and her irreplaceable historical treasures, Ellington must discover which of her guests committed the crime before the storm is over.
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