"Hilariously outrageous cozy mystery featuring former spy turned Girl Scout Troop leader"
Mardi Gras Murder
By: Leslie Langtry
Genres: Mystery Cozy | Mystery Woman Sleuth
Posted: April 26, 2022
Taking the Girl Scout group to Louisiana for a Mardi Gras celebration isn’t one of Merry Wrath’s better ideas. However, Merry isn’t known for great ideas as her Girl Scout group is known for their ingenuity and trouble-making ideas, never mind that one of her 11-year-old members is now the mayor of their town, Who’s There, Iowa. Merry’s co-leader, Kelly Albers, protests the idea and so the troop instead heads to their sister city, Who Dat, in Louisiana for Spring Break and Mardi Gras. Merry knows the trip will have difficulties because she knows her troop, but she senses something else is amiss with Who Dat. Now, Merry is accused of murder and it’s up to her and her friends to uncover the real murderer in a town full of secrets.
MARDI GRAS MURDER is the 22nd book in the Merry Wrath Mysteries but can be read as a standalone. However, I suspect that once readers get a taste for the humorous antics of this ex-spy and her trouble-making Girl Scouts, they will want to read the whole series! The story is full of hilariously outrageous antics, particularly by Girl Scout member, Betty, and I hope when Betty grows up she gets a series of her own.
I’m still laughing over some of the situations in MARDI GRAS MURDER! Whether it’s Princess Pelican, Tarzan, or the room full of taxidermy, every moment in MARDI GRAS MURDER has humor infused within the mystery. Leslie Langtry throws out red herrings galore as Merry tries to untangle what the heck is going on and who is behind the murders. I love all the references to the outrageous incidents in Merry’s past almost as much as I love Betty!
And oh, Betty! What can I say other than this girl is already a devious handful! Her mind is primed for the spy world and not even Merry can get anything past Merry. Betty rallies the troop around her misadventures, leaving me laughing even as I question her parents and how they handle her. And yes, Leslie Langtry even throws some hints about that as well in MARDI GRAS MURDER.
MARDI GRAS MURDER is the latest installment in the hilariously outrageous but oh so addict Merry Wrath Mysteries. Readers who love their cozy mysteries on the quirky side will relish the antics of Merry and her trouble-making Girl Scout Troop. I look forward to seeing what these ambitious girls and their ex-spy leader will get into next!
Book Summary
From USA Today bestselling author Leslie Langtry comes the next laugh-out-loud Merry Wrath Mystery!
Let the good times roll!
It’s Spring Break, and ex-CIA agent Merry Wrath decides to take her precocious scout troop to a small town in Louisiana for Mardi Gras. Who Dat, LA is Who's There, Iowa’s sister city, so naturally the whole town turns out to greet them with carriage rides, a swamp tour, and a cake party. Unfortunately for them, someone isn’t happy they’re in town…
Bring the big guns—we’ll have some fun on the bayou!
Strange stories of a local half-gator/half-man, a weird ritual at a voodoo queen’s grave, and a tea room filled with taxidermy make Who Dat seem like it’s another planet, but Merry’s gut tells her there’s something unnervingly familiar about this town. Southern hospitality gives way to suspicion when two people are murdered and Merry was the last to see them alive. Is the killer really a vampire, like the police believe? What is their Bed and Breakfast host hiding in the locked third floor? How is Merry going to explain to the girls that they can’t name the pelican that follows them around Deep Throat?
Merry doesn’t have any answers, but when someone close to her is arrested, and a dangerous threat is revealed, she has to find the killer quickly, before Fat Tuesday becomes Fatal Tuesday!
by: Leslie Langtry
Merry Wrath Mysteries #22 Gemma Halliday Publishing
April 1, 2022
On Sale: April 12, 2022
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ISBN: 8442452792
EAN: 9798442452792
Kindle: B09V3GHXQ5
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