Scrap-N-Craft Mystery (aka Kiki Lowestein series) by Joanna Campbell-Slan [EPUB] [MOBI]

Scrap-N-Craft Mystery (aka Kiki Lowestein series) by Joanna Campbell-Slan [EPUB] [MOBI]

Joanna Campbell Slan (St. Louis, Missouri) is an international authority in the scrapbooking community. She is the author of over ten books on the subject, and her work has appeared in all of the industry's top magazines. In 2004, Slan founded a contest for scrapbookers in the U.K called "The Best of British Scrapbooking," which still runs today. Additionally, Joanna is one of the early Chicken Soup for the Soul authors, and in 2007, she co-founded Sisters in Crime's Forensic University of St. Louis.

Genre: Cozy Mystery

1 - Paper, Scissors, Death: Every scrapbook tells a story. Memories of friends, family . . .and murder?
Mousy housewife Kiki Lowenstein has two great loves: scrapbooking and her young daughter, Anya. But her happy family album is ruined when her husband, George, is found naked and dead in a hotel room. As Kiki tracks down George's murderer, she discovers his sordid secret life. Cruel taunts by George's former flame compel Kiki to spout an unwise threat. When the woman is murdered, Kiki's scissor-sharp words make her the prime suspect. She could be creating scrapbook keepsakes for the rest of her life-behind bars. Supported by her loyal friends, along with a little help (and a lot of stomach flutters) from the dashing Detective Detweiler, can Kiki cut the true killer out of the picture and design a new life for herself and Anya?

2 - Cut, Crop & Die: All it took was one scone.
Tainted icing triggers a rare allergy, and a hobbyist croaks at a scrapbooking crop sponsored by Time in a Bottle, the store where Kiki Lowenstein works. When it comes out that someone swiped the victim's emergency medication, the scrappers realize they have a murder on their hands, and the entire community jumps to point the finger at Kiki and her coworkers. Suddenly, the one anchor in Kiki's stormy life is on the verge of sinking beneath a ruined reputation.

*NEW 3 - Ink, Red, Dead (revised): Things go from bad to worse when ace scrapbooker Kiki Lowenstein visits a customer's home, and discovers she's a cat hoarder. Not only is the place swarming with felines, but there is a corpse in the freezer. Kiki refuses to believe that the scrapbooker was involved with her neighbor's murder, and now her biggest problem is who dunnit?

4 - Photo, Snap, Shot: Old money and tradition are the hallmarks of the St. Louis prep school that Kiki's daughter Anya attends. But the elite academy is stamped with scandal when Anya finds the dead body of teacher Sissy Gilchris - and Anya might have seen the killer. Pegged as a dangerous flirt and a lousy teacher, the woman would've made everyone's "least popular" scrapbook page. Was Sissy murdered for her mixed-race romance with the basketball coach? To protect her daughter, Kiki sifts through the school community's many shocking secrets to pin down the killer.

5 - Make, Take, Murder: Dumpster diving for her lost paycheck is definitely the low point of Kiki Lowenstein's day - that is, until she finds a severed leg thrown in with the trash. Who'd toss a body part in the garbage outside the scrapbook crafts store where Kiki works?
Accompanying the grisly "gift" is a creepy computerized voice message, a warning to the store's "rich and snotty" female shoppers. Kiki soon discovers that the leg belonged to Cindy Gambrowski, a customer with a tyrannical and violent husband - who's now harassing Kiki. Combing through Cindy's scrapbook projects for hidden clues, Kiki tries to find the killer. Was it a crime of marital malice, or did someone else beat Cindy's husband to the punch?
Includes holiday-themed projects and recipes!

6 - Ready, Scrap, Shoot: For Kiki Lowenstein, only one thing is (marginally) worse than her selfish, hyper-critical mother coming for an extended visit — dodging bullets. In the merry midst of the timehonored May Day celebration at Kiki’s daughter’s private school, a sniper fires shots into the crowd, killing deep-pocketed alum Edwina Fitzgerald. Did someone want to punish the imperious, widely hated matriarch — or was Kiki the intended target all along?
Includes creative scrapbook design tips!

7 - Picture, Perfect, Corpse: Everyone says she's a hero, but Kiki feels terrible for killing the man who masterminded her husband's murder. Except for a minor head injury, she survived the deadly shoot-out - and her unborn baby is right as rain. Detective Chad Detweiler is overjoyed about becoming a father. But their good luck plummets when Brenda Detweiler is found shot to death - and police trace the bullets to Chad's revolver.

8 - Group, Photo, Grave: Pregnant scrapbook store almost-owner Kiki Loewenstein does her best for demanding mother-in-law Sheila to have special wedding to police chief Robert, while fiance Chad picks up never-known son Erik 5. But an uninvited plastic surgeon, who ruined noses of her and fellow "Jimmy Girls" (after Jimmy Durante), is killed. Includes recipes and craft tips.

9 - Killer, Paper, Cut: A Halloween charity crop planned by Kiki Lowenstein is chopped short when her employee is attacked by a knife-wielding assailant. There's blood on someone's hands-but whose? A very pregnant Kiki connects the dots and quickly discovers that she has been clueless far too long. Closely held secrets point to a web of deception, one that has Kiki tied in knots. But the spunky scrapbooker refuses to lie down and die. Bumping her snooping skills up a notch, Kiki whittles down her suspect list. Meanwhile, on the home front, she's stabbed in the back by someone she trusted. Will our intrepid crafter survive the unkindest cut of all?