Jana DeLeon
Author
Series
Miss Fortune mystery volume 2
Publisher
[publisher not identified]
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
"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 makes Fortune the perfect choice to chair the event with Pansy, but Pansy's abrasive personality makes it impossible to get through a single rehearsal without a fight. When Pansy turns up dead, Fortune is the prime...
Author
Series
Miss Fortune mystery volume 1
Publisher
[Jana DeLeon]
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
CIA assassin Fortune Reading is about to undertake her most difficult mission ever -- in Sinful, Louisiana, With a leak at the CIA and a price on her head, Fortune never expected to be this far out of her element: posing as a former beauty queen turned librarian in a small bayou town!
3) Swamp team 3
Author
Series
Miss Fortune mystery volume 4
Publisher
[publisher not identified]
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
"Undercover CIA agent Fortune Redding spent her first three weeks in Sinful, Louisiana dodging insults, makeup advice, guard dogs, bullets and Deputy Carter LeBlanc, both professionally and personally. But just when she thinks things are going to settle down in the small bayou town, someone sets her friend Ally's house on fire."--Back cover.
4) Swamp sniper
Author
Series
Miss Fortune mystery volume 3
Publisher
[publisher not identified]
Pub. Date
©2013.
Language
English
Description
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 Williams is murdered, everyone is surprised. Ted was a blowhole and a Yankee, but those usually weren't good reasons to kill someone. When Sinful Ladies Society leader Ida Belle...
Author
Series
Miss Fortune mystery volume 10
Publisher
J & R Publishing
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
Behind the wheel of her hopped-up Blazer, Ida Belle is 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, Ida Belle's vehicle becomes their next target. Fortune Redding and...
6) Gator Bait
Author
Series
Miss Fortune mystery volume 5
Publisher
[publisher not identified]
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
"Things are starting to look up for Fortune Redding. Even though her life was at stake, the CIA assassin had balked at taking on a new identity in Sinful, Louisiana. But instead of hating it like she'd thought she would, Fortune now has friends she cares about and just finished up an incredible first date with the sexiest deputy in the state. Sure, there's been a murder or two that she's gotten mixed up in since she arrived in town, but she's hoping...
Author
Series
Miss Fortune mystery volume 17
Pub. Date
2020
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
It's Mardi Gras time and Fortune is looking forward to seeing the spectacle firsthand. When a visitor to Sinful is murdered during the celebration there, Fortune, Ida Belle, and Gertie start looking into the woman, and the family in Sinful she came to visit. The investigation sends them to New Orleans, right at the height of the Mardi Gras celebration. But instead of relaxing a little and enjoying the festivities, Fortune can't shake the feeling that...
Author
Series
Miss Fortune mystery volume 24
Publisher
Jana DeLeon
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
Beckett Rousseau is the firstborn son of one of New Orleans' most prominent families. He's the quintessential golden boy--great looks, money, and a political career in his future--until his wife murders him. Or at least that's what everyone thinks. Athena Durand is still reeling from her murder conviction but now that it's overturned, she's at a loss on how to proceed with her life. As long as people still believe she's guilty, she has no future in...
Author
Series
Miss Fortune mystery volume 22
Publisher
Jana DeLeon
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"It's New Year's in Sinful. 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 when they fled Sinful after high school....
Author
Series
Miss Fortune mystery volume 19
Publisher
Jana DeLeon
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"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 when he's related to one of the victims....
Author
Series
Miss Fortune mystery volume 15
Publisher
[Jana DeLeon]
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
"Venus Thibodeaux had a reputation for being trouble. When she finally left Sinful shortly after turning eighteen, everyone breathed a sigh of relief. When she blew back into town four years later, no one was happy about her return. She immediately launched into her same old scams, picking off Sinful residents with ease before disappearing again as quickly as she'd appeared. But when an accident at the annual Thanksgiving Turkey Run uncovers her body,...
12) Swamp Spirits
Author
Series
Miss Fortune mystery volume 23
Publisher
[Publisher not identified]
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
Ghost of a chance? Fortune is thrilled when Ben Harrison, her former CIA partner, and his fiancée, Cassidy, decide to leave DC and move to the Louisiana bayous. They've already secured jobs and are only lacking a place to live, so everyone is excited when they quickly find a home. There's only one problem--the house has a reputation. It's haunted. Fortune doesn't believe in ghosts, but when Cassidy starts seeing a woman in white inside her house...
Author
Series
Publisher
J & R Publishing
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
Worth dyeing for.
Ten years ago, Ryan Comeaux was convicted of killing his girlfriend and was sentenced to life in prison. Now a witness has come forward who claims she was with Ryan the entire night and it's not possible that he was the killer. But the local police assume she's mistaken and aren't interested in reopening what they view as an open-and-shut case.
The witness, Kelsey Spalding, has her own reasons for wanting Ryan's
...Author
Series
Miss Fortune mystery volume 20
Publisher
Jana DeLeon
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
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! When a dead man gallops through the park on a black stallion and slides to a decapitated stop in front of them, the festival is about to be turned on its head ... so to speak. Gil Forrest's body was supposed to be at the funeral home, so how did it end up on a horse in the middle of the festival? It may...
Author
Series
Miss Fortune mystery volume 25
Publisher
Jana DeLeon
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"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...
Author
Series
Miss Fortune mystery volume 18
Publisher
[Jana DeLeon]
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"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. From all appearances, Molly took her...
17) Swamp sweets
Author
Series
Miss Fortune mystery volume 21
Publisher
Jana DeLeon
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
Everyone in Sinful is gearing up for Thanksgiving -- until Fortune, Ida Belle and Gertie bag a body on their turkey hunting trip! No one knew Miles Broussard well, and he had recently retired with plans to move to another state. Ally Lemarque had purchased his building, with plans to open a bakery. But when Ally visits the site and interrupts an intruder, she comes away with a crack on her head. Why would someone break into an empty building? And...
Author
Publisher
Dorchester Publishing Co
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Description
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
...Author
Series
Ghost-in-law mystery romance volume 2
Publisher
[publisher not identified]
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
Family can be the death of you.... Fortune-teller Sabine LaVeche needs to locate a blood relative fast-- her life depends on it. Then the ghost of Helena Henry shows up offering to help, and Sabine knows she's really in trouble when it's the best idea she's heard in a while. As the secrets of Sabine's past are uncovered, one thing becomes clear-- someone doesn't want her to get the answers she seeks.