Murder at Morningside
by Sandra
Bretting
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GENRE: Cozy Mystery
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BLURB:
Hat designer Missy DuBois opened her shop, Crowning Glory, along
Louisiana's Great River Road to cater to the sophisticated Southern bride. But
bless her heart, who knew creating stylish wedding veils would lead to murder?
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EXCERPT:
Time rewound with each footfall as I began to climb
the grand outer staircase at Morningside Plantation. The limestone steps,
burdened with the history of five generations, heaved their way toward heaven.
At the top lay a wide-plank verandah supported by
columns painted pure white, like the clouds. By the time I took a third step,
the digital camera in my right hand began to dissolve into the sterling silver
handle of a ladies parasol. The visitors’ guide in my left hand magically
transformed into a ballroom dance card bound by a satin cord.
Another step and the Mississippi River came into
view as it flowed to the Gulf, languid as a waltz and the color of sweet tea.
Could that be a whistle from a steamboat ferrying passengers past the
plantation? If so, a turn and a wave wouldn’t be out of the question once I
reached the top of the stairs, and good manners would dictate it.
I was about to do that when I realized the whistle
was only my friend’s cell and not a Mississippi riverboat. “Ambrose! Turn that
thing off. Honestly.”
“Sorry.” He shrugged. “I always forget you were
Scarlett O’Hara in a past life.”
The mood was broken, though, and the sterling
silver in my hand returned to plastic while the linen dance card hardened to a
glossy brochure.
AUTHOR Bio and
Links:
Sandra
Bretting works as a freelance feature writer under contract to the Houston
Chronicle. She received a journalism degree from the University of Missouri
School of Journalism and wrote for other publications (including the Los
Angeles Times and Orange Coast Magazine) before moving to Texas.
Her
Missy DuBois Mysteries series debuts from Kensington/Lyrical Underground in May
2016. Bretting’s previous mysteries include Unholy Lies (2012) and Bless the
Dying (2014). Readers can reach her online at www.sandrabretting.com and
through Facebook at www.facebook.com/sandra.bretting.
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ReplyDeleteThank you for hosting me. Writing this series was fun because it gave me the perfect excuse to tour the "haunted" mansions along the Great River Road. Can't decide if they're really haunted?
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