Halloween in New Orleans means a week of costumed craziness, and after preparing her scrapbooking class schedule Carmela Bertrand is in the mood to kick up her heels. When some strange noises draw her into Oddities, the neighboring antiques shop, a bloody body falls out of a curio cabinet and into her arms. Who would want to kill eccentric shop owner Marcus Joubert? Then his assistant and fiancée reveals that a priceless death mask was stolen. -- from the publisher.