A Supernatural Speakeasy Cozy Mystery Series by Lily Harper Hart

Life in the French Quarter is quiet…which is exactly how Ofeila Archer likes it. She’s making plans for Christmas, trying not to fixate on the fact that her mother is picking up trash as part of her community service, and otherwise just lazing about. Then life takes a turn, as it so often does in New Orleans, and her mother calls with a problem. It seems she’s found a body. Ofelia and her fiancé Zach Sully race to Bywater and are shocked to find that Ofelia knew the victim... moreLife in the French Quarter is quiet…which is exactly how Ofeila Archer likes it. She’s making plans for Christmas, trying not to fixate on the fact that her mother is picking up trash as part of her community service, and otherwise just lazing about. Then life takes a turn, as it so often does in New Orleans, and her mother calls with a problem. It seems she’s found a body. Ofelia and her fiancé Zach Sully race to Bywater and are shocked to find that Ofelia knew the victim. She went to school with him, and at one time, he was close friends with her brother Felix. When Ofelia and Sully start digging, they find that the victim was into some shady stuff, including aligning himself with the sort of voodoo queens who don’t have the city’s best interests at heart. That’s bad enough, but when the victim rises of his own volition in the morgue and lets himself out of the refrigerator, things get downright crazy. Somebody is keeping a secret…and it’s a big one. Ofelia’s biggest problem is that she doesn’t know who it is. She’s determined to find out, though. Christmas is close and Ofelia wants a happy holiday. She’s going to have to fight like spell to get it. Even then, it might not be enough. less

Carnival is just around the corner, so New Orleans is enjoying the last gasps of the off-season. It should be a quiet time in the French Quarter, but nothing is ever truly quiet on Bourbon Street. When a man and woman walking home from dinner are attacked by a monster, Zach Sully and Ofelia Archer are called to the scene. The man is dead, killed in an instant, and the woman is shaken. She also happens to be Sully’s ex-girlfriend... moreCarnival is just around the corner, so New Orleans is enjoying the last gasps of the off-season. It should be a quiet time in the French Quarter, but nothing is ever truly quiet on Bourbon Street. When a man and woman walking home from dinner are attacked by a monster, Zach Sully and Ofelia Archer are called to the scene. The man is dead, killed in an instant, and the woman is shaken. She also happens to be Sully’s ex-girlfriend. As Ofelia looks into things—monsters are her specialty after all—disturbing stories start to emerge. People who look like humans but have shadows that resemble spiders are taking over the Quarter…and they’re not friendly. The deeper Ofelia and Sully dig, the weirder things get. It seems the spider people were here before, only to disappear in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. What did they want then? Ofelia. What do they want now? It seems she’s still at the top of the list. Sully’s past is chasing him and his future is in danger. He’ll do whatever it takes to keep Ofelia safe. There’s just one little problem. The spiders are willing to use him to get to Ofelia. He’ll be the sacrifice spun in their web. It’s all hands on deck for another massive showdown. Who will come out victorious? There’s only one way to find out. less

With her wedding only a few weeks away, all Ofelia Archer wants is to slide into happily ever after. Things won’t be quite that easy for her. After a night of drinking with her family, screams draw Ofelia and her fiancé Zach Sully to an alley where a tourist is found dead. The autopsy results come back with strangulation as the cause of death. There are just two little problems. The first is that whoever did the deed had abnormally long fingers... moreWith her wedding only a few weeks away, all Ofelia Archer wants is to slide into happily ever after. Things won’t be quite that easy for her. After a night of drinking with her family, screams draw Ofelia and her fiancé Zach Sully to an alley where a tourist is found dead. The autopsy results come back with strangulation as the cause of death. There are just two little problems. The first is that whoever did the deed had abnormally long fingers. The second is that the victim’s blood has been somehow changed on a molecular level. So, what could possibly do that? Ofelia’s future father-in-law has a theory. Frog shifters. Ofelia doesn’t believe they’re real, though, and digs deeper. Her investigation leads her from the depths of the bayou to the 9th Ward in an effort to uncover the truth. What she finds, will change everything…and maybe not for the better. Some secrets are meant to stay buried. Ofelia is about to find that out the hard way. less