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my stop on the Virtual Book Tour, presented by Great Escapes Virtual Book Tours, for
Prosecco
Pink by Traci Andrighetti. Please leave a comment or question for Traci
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Prosecco Pink
By Traci Andrighetti
Franki Amato Mystery, Book 2
Publisher: Gemma Halliday Publishing
Release Date: October 30, 2014
Genre: Cozy Mystery/Female
Sleuth
Length: 274 Pages
ISBN: 978-1502974945
ASIN: B00P1HZTYO
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About the book:
**Now in development
for a TV movie!**
For Franki
Amato, life in New Orleans is anything but “The Big Easy.” When she met
handsome bank executive Bradley Hartmann, she knew she’d finally found a man
she could trust. But she can’t say the same for his sexy new secretary, who is
about as trustworthy as Mata Hari and every bit as seductive. Meanwhile,
Franki’s best friend and employer, Veronica Maggio, has named her the lead
investigator in the murder of a gorgeous cosmetics CEO who was found lying dead
in the master bedroom of a historic plantation home.
Now the
pressure is on Franki to figure out what a bottle of pink lip gloss and the
legend of a pink diamond have to do with the bizarre killing. The problem is
that the plantation is notorious for being haunted, and Franki is less than
enthusiastic about the prospect of meeting a ghost. Adding to her stress, her
Sicilian grandma is up to her usual meddling antics—this time planning Franki’s
engagement to Bradley before he’s even considered popping the question. As
Bradley grows distant and plantation employees begin dropping like Southern
belles during a sweltering summer, Franki turns to a psychic with a phobia of
ghosts to solve the mysterious murders and her own relationship fears.
Franki Amato Mysteries:
Limoncello Yellow (book #1)
Prosecco Pink (book #2)
Limoncello Yellow (book #1)
Prosecco Pink (book #2)
About Traci Andrighetti
Traci
Andrighetti is the author of the Franki Amato 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.
If she’s not
hard at work on her next novel, Traci is probably watching her favorite Italian
soap opera, eating Tex Mex or sampling fruity cocktails, and maybe all at the
same time. She lives in Austin with her husband, young son (who desperately
wants to be in one of her books) and three treat-addicted dogs.
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Colorful characters, antebellum mansions and life in the Big Easy take center stage in Prosecco Pink, Traci Andrighetti’s newest addition to the Franki Amato Mystery series. Picking up shortly where the first book, Limoncello Yellow, left off, we find Franki knee deep in mud and fending off alligators while keeping an eye on Bradley Hartmann, new boyfriend and bank executive. When Franki’s boss, and best friend, Veronica Maggio puts her in charge of solving the murder of a cosmetics CEO, Franki finds herself on a haunted plantation fending off ghosts and trying to solve a crime involving pink lip gloss and employees dropping like flies.Ms. Andrighetti does a good job continuing to develop characters in this series; while Franki is a little bit odd, she’s a fun character who always gets herself in outrageous situations and you can’t help but like her. She also has an obsession with eating and food, something I can relate to. I also enjoyed how Ms. Andrighetti continues to develop the secondary characters in this series; especially Nonna, Franki’s matchmaking grandma and Glenda, Frank’s sixty something landlady, who has some of the best dialogue in the entire book.While Franki’s love life with Bradley should be stable and secure; we see Franki’s insecurity kicked into high gear because of his new sexy secretary. While she swears she trusts Brad, she admits she just can’t trust a secretary who’s too perfect to be true. While dealing with her emotional issues, Franki refuses to deal with a haunted mansion and hires Chandra, a medium, to deal with the ghost. Only this being Franki, she’s hired a medium who’s afraid of ghosts. Fortunately they do find a way to work together and I really enjoyed meeting Chandra.Will Franki discover who killed the CEO and what the pink lip gloss and legend of the pink diamond have to do with her case? Will Franki’s Nonna and her romantic meddling send Bradley running for cover? You’ll have to read Prosecco Pink to find out. I enjoyed it and look forward to reading Franki’s next case.My Rating: 4.5 out of 5 Crowns
Prosseco Pink looks like a fun cozy mystery. Look forward to reading it.
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