Tag: Bayou | Frankie Bow

July 7, 2019July 14, 2019

Aloha, Yall #SampleSunday

Mary-Alice Arceneaux just got a big surprise for her 70th birthday--a trip to Hawaii, courtesy of young Fortune Morrow. But with bounty hunters on their trail, and family secrets lurking in the unlikeliest of places, the southernmost state has a few surprises in store.

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June 2, 2019June 4, 2019

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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May 26, 2019June 2, 2019

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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May 19, 2019

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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May 5, 2019

The No-Tell Motel #SampleSunday

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April 28, 2019

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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April 21, 2019

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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April 7, 2019

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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March 31, 2019

Bayou Busybody #SampleSunday

Mary-Alice Arceneaux settles in to Sinful, Louisiana.

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March 24, 2019

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.

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