New Orleans Mourning Mystery Paperback Book by Julie Smith from Ivy Books 1993
(Skip Langdon #1)

MURDER, MARDI GRAS--AND MORE SECRETS THAN BEADS...
It's Mardi Gras in New Orleans, and civic leader and socialite Chauncy St. Amant has been crowned Rex, King of Carnival. 

But his day of glory comes to an abrupt and bloody end when a parade-goer dressed as Dolly Parton guns him down.

Is the killer his aimless, promiscuous daughter Marcelle? 

Homosexual, mistreated son Henry? 

Helpless, alcoholic wife Bitty? 

Or some unknown player? 

Turns out the king had enemies...

Enter resourceful heroine Skip Langdon, a rookie police officer and former debutante turned cynic of the Uptown crowd. 

Scouring the streets for clues, interviewing revelers and street people with names like Jo Jo, Hinky, and Cookie, and using her white glove contacts, the post-deb rebel cop encounters a tangled web of brooding clues and ancient secrets that could mean danger for her—and doom for the St. Amants.

Book is in acceptable condition. General shelf and corner wear. Some white marks on the front and back cover. Some fraying along the cover edges. The spine has some issues (see photo #3). Creasing on front cover. Scraping on front and back cover. Spine slanting. A solid reading copy. Please see photos for details, and let me know if you have any questions.

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