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Gilt Trip (A Scrapbooking Mystery Book 11) Kindle Edition

by Laura Childs (Author), Diana Orgain (Author) Format: Kindle Edition

4.3 271 ratings

Book 11 of 16: Scrapbooking Mysteries

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Louisiana businessman Jerry Earl Leland served only a fraction of his five-year sentence for white-collar crime, thanks to some political connections and a few greased palms. But he won’t have long to enjoy his freedom…

After Jerry Earl’s early release, his wife, Margo—a much-married Garden District doyenne—throws an extravagant Get Out of Jail Free Party, complete with a Zydeco band, champagne ice luge, and waiters in ties and tails. The guest list includes many prominent New Orleans socialites, as well as scrapbook shop owner Carmela Bertrand and her best friend, Ava Gruiex. But sometime during the swirl of partying and drinking, Jerry Earl is brutally murdered—then stuffed inside a clothes dryer.

Carmela has earned a reputation around town for solving murders, and when the grieving widow turns to her for help, she can’t say no. But Jerry Earl took a lot of people to the cleaners with his underhanded business tactics, so Carmela’s going to be hard-pressed to identify which of his enemies was steamed enough to kill him. As she sorts through Jerry Earl’s dirty laundry, she needs to collar the killer before another victim is set to tumble dry…

Scrapbooking Tips and Recipes Included!

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“Brilliant…From the lively imagination of Laura Childs.”—St. Paul Pioneer Press

“Scrapbook aficionados rejoice! Ms. Childs creates a charming mystery series with lively, quirky characters and plenty of how-to...Serving up some hors d’oeuvres of murder and mystery, creativity and fashion, she has a winning formula to get even the laziest of us in a scrapbooking mood.”—Fresh Fiction

“A pleasure to read.”—Mysterious Reviews

“Delves deeply into the Big Easy’s food, culture, and fashion scene.”—Kirkus Reviews

“Cleverly designed…Getting to the climax is fun, as Laura Childs is a superb cozy storyteller with this series and her Tea Shop Mysteries.”—Gumshoe Review

“Fast-paced with plenty of action…Terrific.”—Midwest Book Review

“An entertaining whodunit...The heroine is a plucky, strong, and independent woman who takes charge when necessary, as she is the original steel magnolia.”—Books ‘n’ Bytes

“These books are so great that I just couldn’t put them down. I just can’t wait for the next one to be released.”—BellaOnline

“Sure to please cozy fans.”—Publishers Weekly

About the Author

Laura Childs is the New York Times bestselling author of the Tea Shop Mysteries, the Cackleberry Club Mysteries, and the Scrapbooking Mysteries. She is a consummate tea drinker, scrapbooker, and dog lover, and travels frequently to China and Japan with Dr. Bob, her professor husband.

Diana Orgain is the author of the Maternal Instincts mystery series and the coauthor of Gilt Trip in the New York Times bestselling Scrapbooking mystery series by Laura Childs. She holds a BA and MFA in creative writing from San Francisco State University.

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ASIN ‏ : ‎ B00BDQ3AY8
Publisher ‏ : ‎ Berkley (October 1, 2013)
Publication date ‏ : ‎ October 1, 2013
Language ‏ : ‎ English
File size ‏ : ‎ 1317 KB
Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
Print length ‏ : ‎ 321 pages

Best Sellers Rank: #597,952 in Kindle Store (See Top 100 in Kindle Store)
- #3,413 in Cozy Culinary Mystery
- #6,126 in Amateur Sleuth Mysteries (Kindle Store)
- #11,401 in Cozy Animal Mysteries

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Laura Childs
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Laura Childs is the New York Times bestselling author of the Tea Shop Mysteries, Scrapbook Mysteries, and Cackleberry Club Mysteries. In her previous life she was CEO/Creative Director of her own marketing firm and authored several screenplays. She is married to a professor of Chinese art history, loves to travel, rides horses, enjoys fund raising for various non-profits, and has two Chinese Shar-Pei dogs.
Laura specializes in cozy mysteries that have the pace of a thriller (a thrillzy!) Her three series are:
The Tea Shop Mysteries - set in the historic district of Charleston and featuring Theodosia Browning, owner of the Indigo Tea Shop. Theodosia is a savvy entrepreneur, and pet mom to service dog Earl Grey. She’s also an intelligent, focused amateur sleuth who doesn’t rely on coincidences or inept police work to solve crimes. This charming series is highly atmospheric and rife with the history and mystery that is Charleston.
The Scrapbooking Mysteries – a slightly edgier series that take place in New Orleans. The main character, Carmela, owns Memory Mine scrapbooking shop in the French Quarter and is forever getting into trouble with her friend, Ava, who owns the Juju Voodoo shop. New Orleans’ spooky above-ground cemeteries, jazz clubs, bayous, and Mardi Gras madness make their presence known here!
The Cackleberry Club Mysteries - set in Kindred, a fictional town in the Midwest. In a rehabbed Spur station, Suzanne, Toni, and Petra, three semi-desperate, forty-plus women have launched the Cackleberry Club. Eggs are the morning specialty here and this cozy cafe even offers a book nook and yarn shop. Business is good but murder could lead to the cafe’s undoing! This series offers recipes, knitting, cake decorating, and a dash of spirituality.
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Diana Orgain
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Diana Orgain is the USA Today Bestselling Author of the Maternal Instincts Mystery Series: Bundle of Trouble, Motherhood is Murder, Formula for Murder, and Nursing a Grudge. She is also the Author of the Love or Money Mystery series and The Roundup Crew Mysteries (Yappy Hour and Trigger Yappy).
Diana is the New York Times Bestselling co-author of the Scrapbooking Mystery Series with Laura Childs.
To keep up to date with the latest releases and more visit Diana at www.dianaorgain.com
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Deborah A. Roberts

Gilt Trip by Laura Childs

Reviewed in the United States on June 12, 2014

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This book is fabulous and every bit as good as Laura's previous books! I couldn't put it down until I'd read the whole book! Her description of the scenes in New Orleans takes me right back there--I can almost hear the sights and sounds of the Big Easy. Her characters are colorful and well-written. The story lines are easy to read yet complex enough to keep you spell-bound throughout the entire book.

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Andrea Hall-Cuccia

Barking up Wrong Tree Spoiled ending

Reviewed in the United States on March 10, 2019

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These run to formula, and that's fine--they're light, they're fluffy, the characters are fun, and the plots are decent. However, in this one, Carmela got fixated on a character despite all evidence to the contrary, and she just came across as deranged, especially since the guy most definitely wasn't the murderer. That ran into discovering the real killer, and going from confrontation with wrong guy to looking across the room and seeing right guy caused my bad feelings at her stubborness to spill over into a hilarious, perfectly good ending. It's also making it hard to read the next book, but I keep reminding myself that's not typical and will probably be better. If not, it's another series I'm done with.

Reviewed in the United States on September 10, 2022

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One of my favorite series to read! Very quick and fun books with scrapbooking ideas and recipes from the actual story at the back of the book!

Reviewed in the United States on April 23, 2014

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One of my favorite authors! I began reading her books because my nephew lives in Charleston, and it is a wonderful place. Childs clearly gives a sense of the atmosphere of that city + a rollicking plot and great characters. Her move to include New Orleans in another part of her works and then the northern aspect of the country in her most recent works is great. Good characters all, but the setting makes them what they are.

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An ok read, but not as good as most of her other books.I we question if I will continue with these books.

Reviewed in the United States on November 6, 2013

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It was a slow moving book. I found my interest level low at several points in the book. Not as good as some of her other books were for me..

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Sherri

Could of been better

Reviewed in the United States on October 31, 2013

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The book didn't have the same feel as the first books. As with the last one I missed the crafting around the table in the store. I missed all her craft ladies, the gossiping, the all around fun light hearted parts of the story. Not to say I didn't enjoy this book, I really did. It was just all about solving the murder, there was no under story, no fun interaction between the people, just solving the murder. If you are a fan of the Scrapbooking Mysteries, then read it. But know it has a different feel.

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Laura

Gilt Trip by Laura Childs

Reviewed in the United States on January 7, 2014

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LOVE this entire scrapbooking series and although I haven't read it yet, i KNOW it will be awesome....The characters are real and funny and get into all kinds of situations....Ava compliments Carmela so well ..... I feel I personally know them (or someone in my life close to them !!)...Never tire of her adventures !!!

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Dargriff

Fun read

Reviewed in the United States on November 6, 2013

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I have read all of this series and love it. This new book is great. Keeps you wondering and excited. The characters are vivid and most quite funny. You can't go wrong with this read.

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Michael Finley

Five Stars

Reviewed in Canada on May 18, 2016

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Very good enjoyed it thoroughly

john mac

Five Stars

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on January 2, 2016

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so happy to have another scrapbooking book to read .as the others were Great

Judith Marion

Three Stars

Reviewed in Australia on January 17, 2015

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Not as good as her previous ones in this series.

nevtrav

Five Stars

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on August 14, 2017

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Casper

Will it "grab" you?

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on January 15, 2016

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This is going to sound really, really petty but there is something that is starting to annoy me about these books. I thoroughly enjoy the plot lines and the characters, and I look forward to the next installment each time I finish one. However, the grammar used in them by Laura Childs is starting to irritate me. She uses the word "grabbed" over and over again. On one page alone she uses it four times. Carmella "grabbed" an album, and later on she "grabbed" some papers from the shelf. Grabbed indicates the item was snatched or seized, in a hurry. She was taking them down to show a customer, choosing them or selecting them. She uses the word over and over again to the point of saturation, and quite often totally inappropriately. Then she used the word "caromed" to describe the way someone crossed the room. I'm sure she didn't mean in this circumstance that the character was striking and rebounding off things as she progressed across the shop. I know as I say it's a petty thing, but she's an author and supposed as a result to have a command of the English language. Perhaps a thesaurus might be in order? It's starting to spoil the enjoyment of the books for me. I loaned a copy of one of the books to a friend, and totally unprompted, she made the same observation.

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