Creativity can be painful. Thinking of things to meet the daily challenge can be a challenge in and of itself. Create something from paper without using scissors or glue...and no drawing at all. That just hurts my brain. Luckily for my teachers, I was never a paper plane flying ace but in keeping with the theme "Book Road" I made the effort to create a plane. Don't judge. I am good of lots of other things.
Today we stop along the Book Road in New Orleans with a book that incorporates uses for scrap paper. Keepsake Crimes by Laura Childs is the first in her scrapbooking mystery series. Carmela Bertrand owns a scrapbooking shop in New Orleans. She has a good business that thrives particularly because she has a small group of regulars who spend lots of time and lots of money there. They also act as sidekicks in her adventures.
In Keepsake Crimes, Carmela is newly separated from her husband who has decided his stodgy banking position no longer suits him. He is off to the Bayou to photograph nature sans wife. She has been left behind to handle their friends, his family, and the police. There has been a murder and Shamus is a prime suspect. Although she is hurt and angry at his departure, Carmela can't believe he is guilty so off she goes to investigate.
In addition to the mystery, there are scrapbook tips and recipes included and there is a great picture of life in New Orleans. This particular book gives a peek at Mardi Gras from the perspective of the home town folks. Like Childs' other two mystery series, there are strong women and an assortment of kooky characters. I am well into the Tea Shop series and just started the other two. Childs hasn't let me down.
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