Carmela Bertrand owns a scrapbooking shop, lives in an apartment and has a sexy police detective for a boyfriend. Too bad her boyfriend is away for a seminar in D.C. when she finds a body at a party. New Orleans socialite Margo Leland is holding a party for her husband Jerry Earl who just got out of jail when Carmela stumbles upon Jerry Earl's dead body. Margo knows that Carmela has solved mysteries before and so she approaches her and asks for her help finding out who killed her husband.

Carmela along with her best friend Ava start an investigation alongside with what the police are doing. Soon another person winds up dead and Carmela fears she may be running out of time before another person becomes victim. Now Carmela must dig through all of Jerry Earl's dirty laundry and discover the killer before it's too late.

Laura Childs and Diana Orgain have created a cozy scrapbooking mystery that leads the readers on chase to find a killer. GILT TRIP provides the readers with hours of fun reading that keep you guessing until the end.