A Margo Fontaine Mystery Series

Meet young Margo Fontaine—daughter of legendary Opera singer Nicola Fontaine—who comes to South Louisiana to Half Moon Bay to meet her aging relatives for the very first time. Despite all the apparent friendliness and cheer, Margo soon discovers that the sleepy, pleasant seaside town is not what it appears to be. Nor is her family. Within the walls of the decaying mansion where she's staying, greed and desire fester around her. Before long, accidents seem to multiply. But when the dead bodies start piling up around her, Margo is forced to take a closer look at her loved ones, because someone is stalking her and wants her dead. Long buried family secrets and too much money to be inherited make her realize that she's not as safe in Half Moon Bay as she had first thought. When a devastating fire destroys the old home, and several people she'd been fond of are found among the dying embers, she realizes that it's time to take matters into her own hands, because the police are convinced she's seeing conspiracies where there are none. Now it's up to Margo and her clever cats Ice and Fenway to find out whodunit—and soon—before she too becomes the prey. Follow Margo Fontaine and her cats in her Murder Mystery Series in the land of swamps, alligators, haunted hotels and plantation homes, where well-kept secrets and the stories of old Southern families will conspire to keep you reading into the night. Volume 1 of the Margo Fontaine Mysteries. 210 pages.

Welcome to Lafayette, Louisiana. The azaleas are blooming, the weather is mild, and murder is plentiful. A loving family congregates in a stately old plantation home to celebrate the 80th birthday of matriarch Carolyn Bingham-Breaux. Soon it becomes obvious that there is an undercurrent of greed and resentment that has brought friends and family together, because Carolyn Bingham-Breaux is a very wealthy woman, and without natural heirs, it's only expected that her estate will be distributed among the loved ones present. When Father Armand—guest at the celebration—sees all the tension and the bickering among the guests, he realizes that someone might want to off his old friend the birthday girl, all in the name of earthly rewards. Hoping that there's still time to save her, he enlists the help of private investigator Margo Fontaine, who soon arrives in town together with her clever cats: Ice and Fenway, to find out whodunit, and why. Before the candles have been blown out on the birthday cake, everyone will discover that: You're never too old to die! Follow Margo Fontaine and her cats in her Murder Mystery Series in the land of swamps, alligators, haunted hotels and plantation homes, where well-kept secrets and the stories of old Southern families will conspire to keep you reading into the night.

Death stalks Palmetto Bay. Welcome to the tranquil seaside town of Palmetto Bay. The violent storm that forced Margo Fontaine—Private Investigator—to seek shelter in its only hotel has abated. The sun's out again, and the birds are chirping, and Margo is ready to hit the road again. But all's not well in Palmetto Bay. An enormous live oak tree has fallen on the road, cutting off the only way out of town, and Margo is trapped. Meantime, the gruesome remnants of an ancient shipwreck have been coughed up by the angry sea, throwing the locals into a treasure-hunting frenzy. Close to the rotting ship, a young woman dressed in a soaking wet Edwardian nightgown lies in a dead faint on the sand, algae entangled in her long wavy hair and bleeding scrapes on the bottom of her feet. One of the locals swears she came walking out of the sea. Soon the inhabitants begin dying one after the other, and Margo decides to take matters into her own hands because somebody has to. With the unexpected help of Pepper Paws, a local feline, she sets out to discover whodunit, or else she fears she too will soon be dead. Follow Margo Fontaine and her cats in her Murder Mystery Series in the land of swamps, alligators, haunted hotels and plantation homes, where well-kept secrets and the stories of old Southern families will conspire to keep you reading into the night.

The Golden Gift Of Silence finds Margo Fontaine—daughter of legendary Opera singer Nicola Fontaine—settled comfortably into her South Louisiana home of Half Moon Bay with her two cats: Ice and Fenway. Nothing ever happens in the sleepy, pleasant seaside town. So, when an old man is discovered murdered on an empty stretch of beach, Sheriff Sam Stark, Margo Fontaine, and all their friends, team together to find out what happened to him. Before long, another dead body is found in an abandoned church out in swamp land. It's impossible to believe that the two deaths are connected, and yet, both victims have been murdered with the same exotic knife. Now, Margo is forced to take a closer look at the people around her. Because a long-lost treasure is waiting to be discovered, and a deadly race is on to decipher the clues that will lead to it. When a famous medium appears in town and organizes a seance, long buried Half Moon Bay old-family secrets surface. Margo is faced with a past that she's worked hard to forget. And the others at the event see with growing panic that the medium is laying their deepest secrets bare. It turns out that the woman is too talented for her own good. How much does she know? How much will she tell? But most importantly, is the murderer among the guests at the seance? Because before the medium says too much, he or she might be forced to kill again. Follow Margo Fontaine and her cats in her Murder Mystery Series in the land of swamps, alligators, haunted hotels and plantation homes, where well-kept secrets and the stories of old Southern families will conspire to keep you reading into the night.