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Photo Finished (2004)

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0425194345 (ISBN13: 9780425194348)
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berkley prime crime

Photo Finished (2004) - Plot & Excerpts

The more I think about this book the more I wonder whether just because readers like light frothy entertainment, editors assume they can drop the ball. On page 32, our heroine and friend are having an expensive restaurant meal, (which in itself is odd fifteen hours after a murder outside her shop, but we'll let that go by in the spirit of cozy fantasy) and said heroine declines dessert "nothing for me", emphasised by an aside on how hard it is for the poor darling to stay a size eight. Turn the page and "their bread pudding is delivered to their table", and "more than once she had to put down her fork and indulge in a good belly laugh". Did the editor think nobody would notice?There were also lots of loose ends, and suspicious characters whose very guilty behaviour is never explained away when we find out who the murderer actually was...

Cozy mysteries are not for me, and the sooner I realize that the less time, I will spend with books that aren't my style.Here are the biggest mysteries in the book: How can Carmela afford a Scrapbooking Shop in the high rent French Quarter when she doesn't even show up for work half the time? Why does she spend so much time with stereotypical southern caricatures with names like Tandy, Quigg, Babe, JadeElla, Sweetmomma, Glory, and Ava. And why is she wandering around on a dark, rainy night in an old manufacturing plant by herself?Anyway, the recipes in the back of the book look pretty good, so I just need to read a cookbook instead of a mystery next time I get nostalgic about New Orleans. After all, there are plenty of cookbooks to choose from.

What do You think about Photo Finished (2004)?

Carmela is hosting an "all night scrap scession" that ends much earlier then planned, when the dead body of one of her business neighbors is found in the alley. Carmela has stumbled upon evidence that has her confused about who the culprit may be, and what their motivation for murder is. As she unknowingly gets closer to the murderer, the murderer is getting closer to her.
—Alexandrea

I pegged the killer when "they" where first introduced! Lucky guess. I love these cozy mysteries. The setting in New Orleans along with the the setting details and all the food makes me want to jump on a plane and head for the Big EZ!Another reviewer had pointed out that after discovering the body of Barty Hayward in her back ally, with in hours Carmela and Ava were out at a fancy resturant. True. But there is no sex and violence in these series...(well, graphic violence. O'le Barty did get killed)what else is there to do but scrapbook and eat. And anyone that has amassed more paper and rubberstamps that she has the overflow in her cartrunk, and goes to bed with glitter in her hair can atest, there is a lot of snacking and munching at these all night crops!
—Toni

Loved it. This is Book Two in Laura Childs' Scrapbook Mysteries. I read it early last year and just had to read the enire series except for book 11 which I had to wait til year end to get. Like Childs' Tea Shop Mystery Series, these are cozies (think "Murder She Wrote" but with a younger protagonist and a love interest here and there).The mysteries are well-plotted and the characters evolve with each new book which is akin to meeting someone new that you know can become a friend s you get to know them. Perle Champion at Perle’s Ink, freelance words & art
—Perle Champion

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