Motif for Murder
Laura Childs

In the terrible wake of Hurricane Katrina, scrapbooking shop owner Carmela Bertrand has her hands full getting Memory Mine back in business—and her relationship with her ex-husband, Shamus, back on its feet. But the reconciliation is shattered when Shamus is kidnapped from their home. And when Carmela hurries to tell Shamus's Uncle Henry, she finds him sitting in his library—with a bullet through his forehead.

As a memorial to Uncle Henry, Carmela puts together a sentimental scrapbook of memories and keepsakes. What she doesn't realize is that her book holds a clue that could identify the fiend behind the kidnapping and killing. And when the murderer finds out that she may be on to him, he's going to try to close the book on Carmela once and for all.

(A Scrapbooking Mystery #4)
Berkley (Prime Crime), September 2006
Featuring: Carmela Bertrand
288 pages ISBN: 0425212041
Hardcover
$22.95

Also by Laura Childs:
Eggs in Purgatory, December 2008
Frill Kill, October 2008
Death Swatch, September 2008
Dragonwell Dead, March 2008
The Silver Needle Murder, March 2008
Frill Kill, October 2007
Motif for Murder, October 2007
Blood Orange Brewing, March 2007
Dragonwell Dead, March 2007
Death By Design, July 2006
Blood Orange Brewing, April 2006
Chamomile Mourning, March 2006
The Jasmine Moon Murder, August 2005
Chamomile Mourning, May 2005
Bound for Murder, November 2004
The Jasmine Moon Murder, September 2004
Photo Finished, January 2004
The English Breakfast Murder, August 2003
Keepsake Crimes, May 2003
Shades of Earl Grey, January 2003
Gunpowder Green, March 2002
Death by Darjeeling, May 2001

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