Author: colleenmooney

While walking their dogs, Brandy and Jiff stumble upon an alligator who might be an accomplice to murder! There’s no limit to the number of suspects with all the festivals and events going on in the area where the body was found. Their wedding is only four weeks away when surprise issues cause problems for the happy couple. Will Brandy accept help from Frank and Julia, or her great aunt who has … has Voodooeinne for a housekeeper? Can she manage to solve the murder for the victim and handle all the problems with her upcoming wedding? There’s no place…

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Fireworks on the 4th of July are not the only sparks flying.When Brandy and Jiff get invited to a 4th of July barbecue they don’t bargain for the host and hostess to get blown up only seconds apart but miles away from each other. What does a Schnauzer, a baby squirrel, a motorcycle gang, a homeless man and a million-dollar life insurance policy have in common? Sounds humorous doesn’t it?It’s … in common? Sounds humorous doesn’t it?It’s Brandy’s job to see the connection and solve the crime before one of Jiff’s friends is wrongly accused of murder and faces serious…

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‘No good deed goes unpunished as they say.’ In Brandy Alexander’s case, no good deed goes without finding a body and a crime to solve. After work she joins her friend, Whit, to celebrate his Judge of the Year nomination. When she goes to return his jacket he left in the bar she finds herself smack in the middle of a crime scene. The doors to his home and security gates are wide open, his dog is … and security gates are wide open, his dog is nowhere to be found, the safe is empty, an ex-wife is standing at…

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A Much Needed Vacation Turns Deadly A weekend getaway at the beach with Jiff was just what they both needed, but their plans for a relaxing escape are ruined when Brandy discovers a dead body under a pier. ˃˃˃ Does A Dog Hold The Key To Solving The Case? There’s a leash wrapped around the dead woman’s wrist and no dog. Brandy finds the missing dog and more than she bargained for with flash … more than she bargained for with flash drives sewn in the dog’s collar. Brandy learns the murdered woman’s ex-husband is connected to the sleepy little…

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Flying Solo, Brandy Is Still Determined To Make The Best Of The HolidaysThis will be Brandy’s first Christmas without Dante, but she is determined to enjoy the holiday going to parties and even a “Yappy Hour” with Jiff and both of their schnauzers. Brandy stops to deliver mistletoe for Julia’s party that night when Frank, Julia’s handyman, drags her into the mayhem surrounding the guest list. It … the guest list. It seems everyone Julia invited has a grudge against her, and they all confirmed they are coming to her party. ˃˃˃ Why Is Everyone Suddenly Out To Get Julia?It…

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Brandy Alexander expected to order a box of CLUCK IT! — CHICKEN BY THE BUCKET when she pulled into the drive-thru. Instead she hears gunshots and sees someone in high heels wearing a black leather mini skirt climb out the pick-up window dragging a body. Her boyfriend, New Orleans detective Dante Deedler, is on the case and hers when bodies keep turning up and she knows something about them … before the police do. Her new neighbor has visions of Brandy’s future and past leaving more questions than answers especially when she learns Sandra’s other job is a phone sex…

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Dead In Bed! Who You Gonna Call?Good Catholic school girl that she is, Brandy Alexander’s a true and trusted friend, not to mention something of a detective. So when Brandy’s best friend Julia, the ex-stripper-turned hotelier, finds her first guest covered in blood, lying half on and half off a broken bed, with Julia’s panties swinging from the chandelier, she gets Brandy on the horn. Cool-hand … the horn. Cool-hand Brandy assesses the situation, and carries out the only sensible course of action: first she makes a pot of coffee, then she calls the police.˃˃˃ A Big, Fat, Pouffy-Skirted Italian…

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Romantic intrigue at a New Orleans parade goes awry when a harmless kiss turns deadly. The Right Place at the Right Time: Brandy Alexander is watching a Mardi Gras parade with everyone from her Irish Channel neighborhood where a relative or lifelong friend lives in every house on the block. Everything changes in one dramatic moment when she kisses a handsome stranger in a marching group. He … marching group. He whispers in her ear and asks her to meet him at the end of the parade. The kiss makes her realize she is in an unfulfilling relationship that seems…

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