Mumbo Gumbo Murder by Laura Childs & Terrie Farley Moran

Author:Laura Childs & Terrie Farley Moran
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
Published: 2019-09-30T16:00:00+00:00

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Carmela touched a finger to her plate. Good. It was drying. By the time her class rolled around at Blush and Brush, it’d be perfect.

Now all she had to do was . . .

“Carmela.”

She whirled around to find Jekyl Hardy standing in her doorway.

“Jekyl! What are you doing here?” Then she smiled and said, “Did you miss my class?” It was meant as a joke since Jekyl was one of the most talented and artistic people she knew. How he kept coming up with all those fabulous designs for Mardi Gras floats, year after year, she’d never know.

But Jekyl was looking serious, not his usual devil-may-care self.

“I’ve got something for you,” he said.

“What’s that?”

He arched a single eyebrow. “Information.”

“Maybe you better come in and sit down,” Carmela said. Jekyl was suddenly looking super serious. When they’d both plunked down in facing chairs, she said, “What’s up?”

“You know that Devon lives—well, lived—in the same building that I do.”

“Napoleon Gardens,” Carmela said. It was a red brick, rehabbed warehouse.

“And that my friend Misty Haworth has the apartment next to him.”

Carmela suddenly felt nervous. Like the room was about to tilt on its axis.

“What are you getting at?”

“Misty thinks somebody broke into Devon’s apartment last night.”

“What!”

“She thinks she heard them moving around inside.”

“She thinks she did or she really did?”

“She did,” Jekyl said.

Carmela touched a hand to her forehead. “Holy shit.”

“Keep in mind that Misty is also a big believer in ghosts and spooky haunts, so she also thought it could have been Devon’s spirit, come back to set things right.”

“It wasn’t Devon’s spirit,” Carmela said.

“No,” Jekyl said. “I doubt it was.” He steepled his fingers together and stared at her. “The thing is . . . why would someone break in?”

“Because they’re looking for something,” Carmela said immediately. “Something they didn’t find at Devon’s shop.”

“Such as?” Jekyl said.

Carmela exhaled slowly. “I have no idea.”

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