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Curl up by the fire, and dive into this cozy murder mystery with old friends Byrd Jeffcoast and Emmaline Beard, as they work to discover the truth behind the death of an old high school chum. For decades, it has been believed by most that their friend, David, had driven to the river and jumped in, never to be seen again. As fortune would have it, Emmaline's purse, left at a long-closed amusement park, turns up with a mysterious note, and the pieces of the truth begins to unfold.

The antebellum spring mansion tours are in full swing in the little South Louisiana town of Ville Nouvelle. Emmaline Beard, local leading citizen and theatrical producer, is tour hostess at LeFevre House, an ancestor’s former home. Emmaline is astonished when an old friend’s granddaughter, Carol Powell, arrives and thrusts a package into her hands and then flees as hastily as she arrived. Emmaline chases after her unsuccessfully. The package contains valuable black pearls.

Claire, a divorced Atlanta psychologist travels to Louisiana with her rag doll cat, Samantha. The property is in poor condition. Soon Claire experiences visitors from another realm whose long fingers reach through time with agendas of their own. She acquires a housekeeper, Voodoo Mamou, adept in the dark arts.With Mamou's help, Claire battles spirits and ghosts.

Lady Mariana Belmont has just arrived at her family's townhome in Dublin. She is greeted unceremoniously by her father's art protégé, Thomas O'Geary. Realizing she has been mistaken for one of O'Geary's models, Mariana retaliates by playing along with the case of mistaken identity. Her surprise encounter with Thomas is just the first in a whirlwind of events that culminate in a tale of murder, romance, and mystery as Mariana learns more about her father, and about her own rumor-filled origins at the dark castle named Thornywilde....

Claire Sherril, a psychologist, refurbishes Chartres House, her antebellum mansion into a Bed and Breakfast. On opening night, seven guests arrive. Is the number seven unlucky? The evening progresses. After dinner, a scream pierces the genteel air. Someone kills the house hostess by impaling a fork into her neck and leaving her body in a powder room. Police arrive. There is no settling down for the night only fearful retreats as the sheriff orders the guests into their rooms.