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Parading for Mardi Gras is no party...When PI Franki Amato was invited to watch her sixty-something landlady, Glenda, compete at the French Quarter's annual kickoff to Mardi Gras weekend, she had reservations. After all, the event is called the Greasing of the Poles, and Glenda is an ex-stripper. But she never expected the fun event to turn her world upside down-and, literally, the victim's. Now instead of hunting for a wedding venue with her honey, Franki's hunting for a killer. The trail seems to lead to the wealthy board of the Krewe of Clotho, a carnival organization of women whose character is nowhere near as impeccable as their blonde hair, tan outfits, and old New Orleans ancestry. As members begin to drop like beads from Bourbon Street balconies, Franki has to crack clues as murky as the krewe's signature milk punch brunch drink. Otherwise, this parade could be her last. Tuaca Tan is book 8 in the Franki Amato Mysteries, but it can be read as a standalone. If you like zany characters and laugh-out-loud humor with a splash of suspense, then you'll drink up this fun series by USA Today Bestselling Author Traci Andrighetti. Cheers!FRANKI AMATO MYSTERIES:Limoncello Yellow (book 1)Prosecco Pink (book 2)Amaretto Amber (book 3)Campari Crimson (book 4)Galliano Gold (book 5)Marsala Maroon (book 6)Valpolicella Violet (book 7)Tuaca Tan (book 8)Nocino Noir (book 9)Sambuca Scarlet (book 10, coming in 2025!)¿To find out what Franki's up to between the books, join Traci's newsletter on her website to get the Franki Amato Mini Mysteries!

Franki's Venice vacation makes NOLA seem like Disneyland...Franki Amato is in Venice to celebrate her best friend's Christmas Eve nuptials. She's looking forward to a relaxing break from the PI grind and a romantic gondola ride with her Casanova. But when a chef goes belly up after making violet risotto for the reception, her holiday plans start sinking like La Serenissima. Dead set on finding the killer and saving her BFF's wedding, Franki navigates the city's streets and canals that are darker and more twisted than catacomb tunnels, and all while ghosts of past and present are quite literally haunting her. She has to figure out what grave robberies and an eighteenth-century nun have to do with the murder and decipher a string of clues as murky as the Venetian lagoon-a candlelit coffin, a jeweled cross necklace, and a bottle of Valpolicella. Will Franki get her gondola ride? Or will she too become a phantom of Venice?Valpolicella Violet is book 7 in the Franki Amato Mysteries, but it can be read as a standalone. If you like zany characters and laugh-out-loud humor with a splash of suspense, then you'll drink up this fun series by USA Today Bestselling Author Traci Andrighetti. Cin cin!FRANKI AMATO MYSTERIES:Limoncello Yellow (book 1)Prosecco Pink (book 2)Amaretto Amber (book 3)Campari Crimson (book 4)Galliano Gold (book 5)Marsala Maroon (book 6)Valpolicella Violet (book 7)Nocino Noir (a novella)Tuaca Tan (book 8)Sambuca Scarlet (book 9, coming in 2024!)¿To find out what Franki's up to between the books, join Traci's newsletter on her website to get the Franki Amato Mini Mysteries!

The first three mysteries in the USA Today bestselling Franki Amato series: Limoncello Yellow, Prosecco Pink, and Amaretto AmberWhen Franki Amato leaves her cheating ex and erratic job as a rookie cop in Austin, Texas, she hopes for a quieter existence at her best friend Veronica's New Orleans PI firm, Private Chicks. But life in The Big Easy is anything but quiet. Or easy. Her furnished apartment resembles an old French brothel, and her aging ex-stripper landlady has some rather odd policies. Meanwhile, Franki is hired to investigate a series of bizarre murders in a luxury boutique, a haunted plantation, and a Bourbon Street strip club, and her work puts her in contact with colorful local characters, like voodoo mambos, drag queens, and wealthy socialites, not to mention killers. While she's on the case, her meddlesome Sicilian nonna tries to crack an ongoing mystery-how to get her married, and pronto-and she might just be Franki's biggest nemesis.More Franki Amato Mysteries:Rosolio Red (holiday short story)Fragolino Fuchsia (Rome short story)Prugnolino Purple (spring short story)Campari Crimson (book 4)Cannellino Caramel (holiday short story)Galliano Gold (book 5)Cremoncello Cream (Sicily short story)Marsala Maroon (book 6)Mirto Magenta (Sardinia short story)Valpolicella Violet (book 7)Nocino Noir (a novella)Tuaca Tan (book 8)Sambuca Scarlet (book 9, coming in 2024!)