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Married to the Mop: A Charlotte Larue Mystery (Wheeler Large Print Cozy Mystery)
Married to the Mop A Charlotte Larue Mystery - Wheeler Large Print Cozy Mystery Author:Barbara Colley As owner of Maid for a Day, Charlotte LaRue is cleaning up New Orleans house by house. When it comes to hired help, shes the best there is, especially if murder runs in the family... Though shes short two employees, Charlotte answers a desperate plea the weekend before Mardi Gras. A woman named Emily Rossi is hosting a huge bash fo... more »r out-of-town guests, and just lost her maid to a family emergency. It seems an acquaintance of hers from the society set highly recommended Charlottes servicesso she makes Charlotte an offer she cant refuse And Charlotte soon learns why. Emilys husband, Robert, just happens to be the most ruthless crime boss in the country. The number-one suspect in the murder of his own father, hes taken over the reins of the "family business." As usual, Charlotte keeps her nose to the grindstonebut that doesnt stop her from seeing the dysfunctional Rossi clan in all its glory. Roberts mother is seemingly senile, his daughter hates him, he quarrels with his brothers, and Charlotte suspects him of abusing his wife. She also gets a front-row seat to an explosive display of Roberts hair-trigger temper when he finds some of his priceless Faberge eggs missing. Nevertheless, Charlotte agrees to help at the costume ball when one of the servers comes down with the flu. Shes beginning to think that the party is a cover for Roberts illegal activities, when the man himself is found dead in the library. And theres Emily, standing over her husband with a bloody knife in her hand. The case seems cut-and-driedto anyone but Charlotte, that is. Although Emily looks guilty as sin, Charlotte has seen enough of the Rossi familys dirty laundry to suspect everyone. And the Faberge eggs continue to disappear. If theres a crack in the killers plan, Charlotte will find it, because she wont stand for anythingleast of all, murderbeing swept under the rug. But shed better tread carefully if she doesnt want to spend Fat Tuesday in the bayou, sleeping with the catfish « less