When 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:
Campari Crimson (book 4)
Galliano Gold (book 5)
Marsala Maroon (book 6)
Valpolicella Violet (book 7)
Tuaca Tan (book 8)
Nocino Noir (book 9)
Braulio Brown (Thanksgiving novella)
Sambuca Scarlet (book 10, preorder now!)
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WHAT READERS ARE SAYING:
“Quick, clever, & edgy; oddball characters; & uproariously funny situations!”
“Andrighetti’s Franki Amato series gets crisper, smarter and wittier with each installment. Her storytelling skills are superior, her characters are so vivaciously sketched they jump off the page.”
“This is the funniest series ever.”
“Laugh-out-loud humor mixed with danger and intrigue with a splash of loving but dysfunctional family thrown in for a great read and a good time — a fun series not to be missed.”
“Love Franki Amato and her craziness... Great series!!”
“I laughed over and over!”
“I LOVE this series! Ms. Andrighetti has mastered the difficult task of combining priceless comedy with chilling intrigue.”
“This is a fun series and I love Franki's grandma!”
“Voodoo, witches, the ‘family’ and New Orleans...add twists, turns, and laugh out loud funny.”
“Andrighetti is clearly a talented author. She has me wondering if she's also a comedian.”
“I love Franki who seems to not be able to keep out of trouble. Her stripper landlady, Glenda, is a hoot.”
“The books in this series are hilarious and a joy to read! The main character is fantastic, and the secondary characters are perfect in bringing out Franki’s talents! You never know what to expect, but you’ll love the crooked pathways that get you there!”
“Any writer who can make you laugh like this deserves to be read.”
Traci Andrighetti is the USA Today bestselling author of the Franki Amato mysteries and the Danger Cove Hair Salon mysteries. In her previous life, she was an award-winning literary translator and a Lecturer of Italian at the University of Texas at Austin, where she earned a PhD in Applied Linguistics. But then she got wise and ditched that academic stuff for a life of crime—writing, that is. Get news of Traci's upcoming books and latest capers at traciandrighetti.com.