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Louisiana Setting
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items These books and movies are set in Louisiana. Take a quick staycation each time you read or watch a movie by traveling through books.
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Set in Louisiana, Viva is spending the summer with her Gram and following clues about an entertainer. Viva learns a lot about her including a well kept secret of Gram's. #youngadult #blackauthors #womenauthors
Viva Durant & Secret of Silver Buttons
Set in Louisiana and especially Charity Hospital, the main character is a doctor that moves to Louisiana and discovers interesting things about her family. #blackauthors #womenauthors
Voodoo Dreams: A Novel of Marie Laveau
Spanning centuries and across continents, this book discusses the Mayfair family of witches and how they became filthy rich. #womenauthors
The Witching Hour: A Novel (Mayfair Witches)
Interesting book about Ms. Tina, how she grew up and the life she lived before everyone knew her as a Mother of a celebrity. Even though she is associated with Texas, she was born and raised in Louisiana. #womenauthors
Matriarch: Oprah's Book Club Memoir
If you like scrapbooking and recipes inspired by Louisiana cooking, you'll love these books. Set in New Orleans amongst cemeteries and the French Quarter bodies are always dropping in this series.
Laura Childs Scrapbooking Mysteries Series
Anther good book in this series about Viva and her Gram.
Viva Durant and the Mystery at the Masquerade Ball
The doctor is at it again. Come with the doctor while she serves at Charity Hospital in New Orleans discovering her family.
Voodoo Season: A Marie Laveau Mystery
Go down memory lane in this book. Making a will is usually a run of the mill type of thing unless there is some voodoo involved.
The Voodoo Queen: Time Travel Romance 2
A good tv show that talks and showcases a lot solved and unsolved murders. Some of the episodes will let you follow along while investigating the case.
Cajun Justice (TV Series 2012
A very detailed and informative book about Louisiana. It starts before the state became a part of the USA and goes all the way to modern times.
History of Louisiana: A Captivating Guide to Everything from Native ...
Another in the series of Viva and her Gram in Louisiana.
Viva Durant and the Madness of Madame Bouchard
Another interesting book in the scrapbooking series. Carmela gets involved in another murder. I'm always amazed how people like her always find bodies. But here we go again with Carmela and Ava. Scrapbooking ideas and recipes based upon Louisiana...
Postcards from the Dead (Scrapbooking Mystery)
Yep Carmela and another body. This time her boyfriend is caught up in it with her. Recipes inspired by Louisiana cooking and scrapbooking ideas are of course at the end.
Parchment And Old Lace (A Scrapbooking Mystery)
As usual Carmela is involved in investigating a murder. This time though her ex husband is one of the suspects. I don't know if I woul help or not but as usual Carmela comes to his aid. As always scrapbooking ideas and recipes are at the end.
Glitter Bomb (A Scrapbooking Mystery)
Having a bookstore is not boring especially when items come up missing and the person thought to be doing the stealing comes up dead. #Louisiana #recipes
Bayou Book Thief: A Vintage Cookbook Mystery
Running a bed and breakfast isn't easy but murder makes it more difficult. Main character Maggie and family are accused of murdering guest so of course she has to investigate.
Plantation Shudders: A Cajun Country Mystery
Set in Louisiana around Mardi Gras time, this book is exciting. It is so true when they say it be your own.
Death of a Voodoo Doll: Penny Spring & Sir Toby
This movie was scary and the set doing make it less so.
The Skeleton Key
This movie was so good I had to watch it more than one time. A lawyer gets caught up in some mess as usual and his past comes back to haunt him.
A Murder of Crows (1998)
These murders are still unsolved and I just couldn't help but put these cases on here. Jefferson Parish, Louisiana is where these murders took place hence the reason for the name. It is thought the victims knew their assailant.
INFAMOUS: The Jeff Davis 8