Scrub-A-Dub Dead (Electronic book text)

Squeaky-Clean Praise for Barbara Colley and Her Charlotte LaRue Mysteries!WIPED OUT"One to add to any mystery lover's must-read list. It's a well-written, skillfully crafted story filled with everything a good New Orleans-based novel should be-vivid characters, authentic atmosphere and those details which demonstrate a novelist who knows her subject first hand."-L'Observateur NewspaperPOLISHED OFF"Full of warm Southern charm, this one's a good way to fight the winter doldrums."-Publishers Weekly"If you like Southern mysteries, warm and charming sleuths, or simply reading about New Orleans, you will enjoy Polished Off."-Cozies, Capers, and CrimesDEATH TIDIES UP"Charlotte is a keeper_Colley has created a New Orleans series in the British 'cozy' tradition_Spending a couple of hours with Charlotte is an entertaining way to put off sorting that closet or scrubbing down the tiles."-The New Orleans Times-Picayune"An appealingly down-to-earth sleuth. Fans of Southern cozies will enjoy."-Library JournalMAID FOR MURDER "An invigorating debut with a mouthy heroine who you could only wish to be real."-Mystery Lovers Bookshop News"In her series debut, Barbara Colley provides a maids' eye view of New Orleans' rich and famous, and proves that murder can't be swept under the rug."-Joanne Fluke, author of Key Lime Pie Murder FLAP COPY: Maid for a day Charlotte LaRue knows that sweeping murder under the rug is anything but simple in the Big Easy-especially since no smudge or stain is safe from her scrutiny ...Doing a favor for a friend in need has Charlotte cleaning rooms at the New Orleans Jazzy Hotel. The historic Garden District mansion is serving as a home-away-from-home for Shreveport's chapter ofthe Red Scarf Sorority, a group of socially elite women in their forties.While picking up beautiful red silk scarves from the floor of a room she's cleaning, Charlotte is startled by the sudden arrival of its ranting and raving occupant, who insists that Charlotte ignored the Do-Not-Disturb sign on the door and threatens to have her fired. Charlotte is stunned into silence, until the Red Scarf Sorority comes to the rescue. The women manage to calm Tessa Morgan, who just had a run-in with her estranged husband's much younger mistress Lisa-and learned that they plan to marry. After some of the women jokingly suggest making Lisa permanently disappear, Charlotte takes her leave. The situation gets even messier when Charlotte runs into an old flame and learns that he is Tessa's stepfather-and that Lisa may be blackmailing him. The next day, Charlotte gets back to work, only to learn that Lisa has been murdered, strangled by what could have been a red scarf. The hotel is awash in suspects, and soon Tessa is being dragged away in handcuffs. It seems Lisa had more enemies than friends, and Charlotte is convinced the police are on the wrong track with Tessa. It's time to start scouring through clues before the person who rubbed out Lisa makes a clean getaway...