OBD Mardi Gras - Adult | Indian Prairie Public Library District

1) Fat Tuesday fricassee

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Biscuit Bowl Food Truck novels volume 3

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Mardi Gras. Two weeks of carnival celebrations has got Zoe running ragged. By day, she charms hungry tourists with authentic Southern cuisine. At night, she accompanies her father to one masquerade ball after another, hobnobbing with the high rollers of the secret cabal known as the Mistics of Time. But the fun turns frightening when Zoe stumbles across "Death's" dead body. Journalist Jordan Phillips attended the Mistics' latest bash in a traditional...

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La Plante, Lynda

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Lorraine Page mysteries volume 2

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Prime Suspect, the enormously successful two-time Emmy Award-winning television series, established its writer and creator, Lynda La Plante, as one of the preeminent originators of realistic crime drama. Turning her talent from the screen to the page,

La Plante has crafted an intelligent, hard-hitting thriller featuring a female lead every bit as compelling and complex as her Prime Suspect heroine played by Helen Mirren. Lorraine is a three-time

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3) The Heaven on Seven cookbook: where it's Mardi Gras all the time!

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Patterson, Jame

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Police detective by day, celebrity food truck chef by night, now Caleb Rooney has a new title: Most Wanted. In the Carnival days leading up Mardi Gras, Detective Caleb Rooney comes under investigation for a murder he is accused of committing in the line of duty--as a Major Crimes detective for the New Orleans Police Department. Has his sideline at the Killer Chef food truck given him a taste for murder? While fighting the charges against him, Rooney...

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Wheeler large print book

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"Burke Basile is a cop with nothing left to lose. Haunted by his partner's death, his marriage and his career over, he focuses on his nemesis, Pinkie Duvall, a flamboyant attorney who helps killers evade justice. Burke's shocking revenge centers around kidnapping Remy, the lawyer's trophy wife. But Burke hasn't planned on the electric attraction he'll feel for this desperate woman, who rose from the slums of New Orleans to marry a man she can never...

6) Glitter bomb

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Scrapbooking mysteries volume 15

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An exploding Mardi Gras float has got to be the strangest murder weapon scrappy sleuth Carmela Bertrand has ever encountered in this latest Scrapbooking Mystery from the New York Times bestselling author. It's Mardi Gras in New Orleans and scrapbook shop owner Carmela Bertrand is excited to be attending the Pluvius Parade along with her best friend Ava. Carmela's ex-husband Shamus rides by the duo on his float at the head of the parade, when suddenly...

7) Sunny Chandler's return

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Rumors abound when Sunny Chandler makes an appearance in her hometown to attend her best friend's wedding. She's passed the last three years in New Orleans, and her sophisticated new look catches the eye of everyone she meets--especially Ty Beaumont, the town's sexy sheriff.

8) Listen to your heart

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Wheeler large print book

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With her parents gone, her twin sister, Kitty, about to be married, and no hint of Mr. Right on the horizon, Josie Dupré is lonesome. Luckily, she has her booming New Orleans catering business, and her fluffy white dog, Rosie, to keep her company. Then with all the subtlety of Bourbon Street at Mardi Gras, a jumbo-sized Boxer destroys Josie's flowering window boxes, and in the process, brazenly captures petite Rosie's undying devotion. Now that Rosie...

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Eyewitness travel guides

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New Orleans remains one of the most visited destinations in the U.S., and this new guide is timed perfectly for the city's brilliant resurgence following Hurricane Katrina. Completely rewritten and lavishly illustrated, this book brings to life all that the city still has to offer.

10) Keepsake crimes

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Scrapbooking mysteries volume 1

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From the author of the popular Tea Shop Mysteries comes the first in a cozy crafting mystery series!
New Orleans scrapbooking shop owner Carmela Bertrand delights her customers with her stunning arrangements of their scrapbooks. But among her clients’ keepsakes she finds a tip of her own—about a murder...
Business is booming and life is cozy for Carmela at her scrapbooking shop, Memory Mine. But when one of the...

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A now former thief frantically searches for his missing daughter, who has been kidnapped and locked in the trunk of a taxi by a former partner who believes he has hidden ten million dollars. Montgomery must partner up with another old partner to pull off one more heist to get his daughter back. All this takes place during ten frantic hours on Mardi Gras day.

12) A free man of color

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Hambly, Barbara

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Benjamin January mysteries volume 1

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A lush and haunting novel of a city steeped in decadent pleasures . . . and of a man, proud and defiant, caught in a web of murder and betrayal.

It is 1833. In the midst of Mardi Gras, Benjamin January, a Creole physician and music teacher, is playing piano at the Salle d'Orleans when the evenings festivities are interrupted—by murder.

Ravishing Angelique Crozat, a notorious octoroon who travels in the city's finest...

13) Wicked river: the Mississippi when it last ran wild

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A chronicle of the Mississippi River in the first half of the nineteenth century--before it was tamed by commerce and technology--draws on first-hand accounts to describe life along the river, natural and man-made disasters, acts of piracy, and cultural celebrations.

14) Bullets and beads

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Miss Fortune mysteries volume 17

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It's Mardi Gras time and Fortune is looking forward to seeing the spectacle firsthand. When a visitor to Sinful is murdered during the celebration there, Fortune, Ida Belle, and Gertie start looking into the woman, and the family in Sinful she came to visit. The investigation sends them to New Orleans, right at the height of the Mardi Gras celebration. But instead of relaxing a little and enjoying the festivities, Fortune can't shake the feeling that...

15) Frommer's easyguide to New Orleans 2019

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Schwam, Diana K

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Frommer's easyguide

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"Few cities anywhere are as vibrant, historically rich, and just plain fun as New Orleans. But it's not a 'dummy proof' destination. Too many travelers leave town wondering what all the fuss is about. That doesn't happen to those carrying this book. Written by frequent Frommer author and journalist, Diana K. Schwam, Frommer's EasyGuide to New Orleans 2019 introduces travelers to the experiences other visitors miss; and has the type of insightful commentary...

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Frost, Jeaniene

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In New Orleans, a pair of undead serial killers is about to turn Mardi Gras into a horror show—unless the immortal hitman Bones can hunt them down first. From Jeaniene Frost comes a thrilling novella featuring characters from her New York Times bestselling Night Huntress series. Originally appeared in the anthology Unbound.

17) New Orleans

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Lonely Planet guidebooks

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Lonely Planet's New Orleans is our most comprehensive guide that extensively covers all the city has to offer, with recommendations for both popular and lesser-known experiences. Indulge in delicious Creole cuisine, catch a jazz show and embrace the hedonism of Mardi Gras; all with your trusted travel companion.

18) City of eternal night

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Painter, Kristen L

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Crescent city novels volume 2

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"Still coming to terms with their unexpected partnership, Augustine and Harlow have a tentative truce. Although with Harlow slowly working to accept being fae, Augustine still learning how to be Guardian, and feelings growing on both sides, they do not have an easy road ahead. But when a young girl is stolen from the Mardi Gras Exemplar Ball -- the biggest fae event of the year -- Harlow and Augustine must put all their issues aside to bring her home...