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Kensington
December 2006
On Sale: December 5, 2006
Featuring: Charlotte LaRue
288 pages ISBN: 0758207654 EAN: 9780758207654 Paperback (reprint)
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Mystery Woman Sleuth
As owner of Maid for a Day, Charlotte LaRue is cleaning up New Orleans house by house. When it comes to hired help, sheβs the best there is, especially if murder runs in the family... Though sheβs short two employees, Charlotte answers a desperate plea the weekend before Mardi Gras. A woman named Emily Rossi is hosting a huge bash for out-of-town guests, and just lost her maid to a family emergency. And Charlotte soon learns why. Emilyβs husband, Robert, just happens to be the most ruthless crime boss in the country. Nevertheless, Charlotte agrees to help at the Rossi familyβs costume ball when one of the servers comes down with the flu. Sheβs beginning to think that the party is a cover for Robertβs illegal activities, when the man himself is found dead in the library. The case seems cut-and-driedβto anyone but Charlotte, that is. Although Emily looks guilty as sin, Charlotte has seen enough of the Rossi familyβs dirty laundry to suspect everyone. But sheβd better tread carefully if she doesnβt want to spend Fat Tuesday in the bayou, sleeping with the catfishβ¦
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