Jana DeLeon
Deputy Dorie Berenger knew the day would go from bad to worse when she found a stoned alligator in the town drunk's swimming pool. Then DEA agent Richard Starke shows up in Gator Bait, Louisiana, giving out orders and insults faster than you can cast a fishing line.
Dorie knows the residents of Gator Bait aren't going to talk to a stranger, especially a Yankee, but she stuck with Richard until he catches his bad guy. With no other alternative
...2) Swamp Sniper
From New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Jana DeLeon, the third book in the Miss Fortune Mystery series.
When only a crack shot will do...
In the two weeks CIA assassin Fortune Redding has been hiding in Sinful, Louisiana, she's been harassed, poisoned, and shot at...and that was the easy part. But now, she's about to face her biggest challenge since setting foot in the tiny bayou town.
When mayoral candidate Ted
...No one in Sinful liked Pansy Arceneaux, but who hated her enough to kill her?
When aspiring actress Pansy Arceneaux returns to Sinful, Louisiana to head up the beauty pageant portion of the Summer Festival, CIA assassin Fortune Redding knows she's in for trouble. Her undercover identity as a former beauty queen make Fortune the perfect choice to chair the event with Pansy, but Pansy's abrasive personality make it impossible to get through a single
...'Til death do us part?
Ida Belle, Fortune, and Gertie are gearing up for the big day—Ida Belle's wedding to Walter—but when the caterer goes missing just a week before the big day, it puts a huge black mark on the joyous celebration. Molly Broussard is no stranger to being in the limelight, so when the former cage fighter turned in her boxing gloves for pots and pans, everyone who knew her was surprised...until they ate her food.
...With Carter off on a military mission, there's a new sheriff in town, and Fortune, Ida Belle, and Gertie have been tasked with not interfering. But then a young girl is pulled out of the swamp, unconscious and with no memory of how she got there. And when no one comes to claim her, Fortune knows they have to help.
For decades, a mysterious group known only as the Brethren has been rumored to live deep in the swamp, their contact with civilization
...Scientist Maryse Robicheaux thought that a lot of her problems had gone away with her mother-in-law's death. The woman was rude, pushy, manipulative and used her considerable wealth to run herd over the entire town of Mudbug, Louisiana. Unfortunately, death doesn't slow down Helena one bit. DEA Agent Luc LeJeune is wondering what his undercover assignment investigating the sexy scientist has gotten him into — especially as it seems someone
...7) Swamp Santa
It's Christmas in Sinful and Fortune is set to participate in all the local hoopla. A Christmas gala, caroling, and a sleigh ride are on the agenda. Murder is not. But when someone bumps off Santa, Fortune is aware a killer is lurking among the holiday cheer. But with no client and no reason to interfere with a police investigation, it looks as if Fortune, Ida Belle, and Gertie will have to sit this one out.
Big and Little Hebert might be
...No smoke without a fire.
It's New Year's in Sinful, and the competition for the New Year's Queen is heating up as the warring churches go head-to-head. Fortune Redding is not the sequined dress kind of woman, but reluctantly agrees to partake in the debacle so that Ida Belle and Gertie can best their nemesis, Celia, who's put up former Sinful mean girl RJ Rogers.
RJ and her friend Brock Benoit left plenty of devastation in their wake
...9) Swamp Sweets
Just Desserts?
It's November in Sinful and everyone is gearing up for Thanksgiving. But when Fortune, Ida Belle, and Gertie bag a body on their turkey hunting trip, the quiet enjoyment of fall is over. No one really knew Miles Broussard well, and as he'd recently sold the building his business was in to retire in another state, no one could explain how he'd ended up murdered and dumped in the bayou.
Ally Lemarque has been waiting
...Rest when you're dead?
It's time for the annual Halloween festival in Sinful, and Fortune, Ida Belle, and Gertie can't wait to suit up and enjoy the food and activities. But when a dead man gallops through the park on a black stallion and slides to a decapitated stop right in front of Swamp Team 3, they know another festival is about to be turned on its head...so to speak.
Gil Forrest never won any popularity contests and his dramatic
...11) Swamp Team 3
From New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Jana DeLeon, the next installment in the bestselling Miss Fortune series.
What's a little arson between friends?
Undercover CIA agent Fortune Redding spent her first three weeks in Sinful, Louisiana dodging insults, makeup advice, guard dogs, bullets, and Deputy Carter Trahan, both professionally and personally. But just when she thinks things are going to settle down in the small bayou town,
...12) Fortune Furlough
It's not a vacation until there's a murder.
Fortune, Ida Belle, and Gertie are finally off to Florida on the vacation they've always talked about. Days filled with white sand, turquoise water, and fruity drinks are the only thing on the agenda. But when Gertie's "hot date" turns up dead and she's the number one suspect, they're forced to hang up their bathing suits and shift to investigating mode.
They soon discover that Gertie's
...Let the good times roll?
It's Mardi Gras time and Fortune is looking forward to seeing the spectacle firsthand, but when a visitor to Sinful is murdered during the celebration there, Fortune, Ida Belle, and Gertie can't help but wonder what happened. As they start looking into the woman and the family in Sinful she came to visit, their investigation sends them to New Orleans, right at the height of the Mardi Gras celebration. But instead
...15) Fortune Funhouse
Death is a roller coaster.
The traveling carnival has made its stop in Sinful and everyone is ready for thrilling rides, challenging games, and most importantly, funnel cake. But when a man is murdered in the funhouse and Emmaline LeBlanc is knocked unconscious so the killer can escape, the good times are over. Carter is beside himself wanting to hunt down the man responsible for putting his mother in the hospital, but he can't investigate
...Sabine LaVeche needs to locate a blood relative fast —her life depends on it. When Helena Henry shows up offering help, Sabine knows she's really in for trouble when it's the best idea she's heard in a while. When private investigator Beau Villeneuve takes on her case, things heat up in more ways than one, but as they begin to uncover the secrets of Sabine's past, the one thing that becomes clear is that someone doesn't want Sabine to get
...Nobody knows speed like Ida Belle.
Behind the wheel of her hopped-up Blazer, she's the queen of the back roads. But when someone tries to kill Hot Rod and steals only black SUVs from his shop, Fortune worries that excessive horsepower is the least of the trouble that comes along with her friend's new ride. When it becomes clear that the car thieves didn't get what they were looking for the first time around and Ida Belle's vehicle becomes
...19) Sinister
Street kids are disappearing, but how do you report it to the police when they don't believe you exist to begin with?
Jinx LeDoux bolts upright, gasping for air, her heart pounding. Something has happened. Something she can't quite remember.
Worse, she's surrounded by darkness.
She puts her hands on the ground, trying to grasp something familiar. The splintered wood of her abandoned apartment isn't there. It's something hard,
...20) Fortune Hunter
Someone has created a fake social media identity and is online romancing the lonely women of Sinful in order to scam them out of money. Because he always seems to pick the perfect targets, Fortune, Ida Belle, and Gertie think he must be either a Sinful resident or someone with a close association to the town.
Playing with emotions for pay is dirty pool, but the game turns deadly when one of the women is murdered. Fortune decides the victim
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