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23 books

Published 2012 to 2023

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Book 1 by Jana DeLeon • Published 2012

CIA assassin Fortune Redding hides in Sinful, Louisiana, posing as a beauty queen turned librarian. Her cover is blown the moment her dog digs up a human bone, and with Ida Belle and Gertie at her side she has to solv...

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Book 1:Louisiana Longshot
Jana DeLeon • 2012
CIA assassin Fortune Redding hides in Sinful, Louisiana, posing as a beauty queen turned librarian. Her cover is blown the moment her dog digs up a human bone, and with Ida Belle and Gertie at her side she has to solv...
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Book 2:Lethal Bayou Beauty
Jana DeLeon • 2013
No one in Sinful ever liked Pansy Arceneaux, but when the actress returns to run the town’s beauty pageant and ends up dead, Fortune becomes the prime suspect. To clear her name, she and Swamp Team 3 must untangle sec...
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Book 3:Swamp Sniper
Jana DeLeon • 2013
A mayoral candidate is gunned down at Sinful’s festival, and Ida Belle quickly lands at the top of the suspect list. Fortune and Gertie race to find the real sniper, juggling small town gossip, political grudges and F...
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Book 4:Swamp Team 3
Jana DeLeon • 2014
Fortune’s hopes for a quiet spell vanish when someone burns down her friend Ally’s house. Ordered to stay out of the investigation, she instead joins Ida Belle and Gertie to hunt an arsonist, risking both her cover an...
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Book 5:Gator Bait
Jana DeLeon • 2014
When a local man tied to Sinful’s tourist trade turns up dead in the bayou, rumors blame both gators and bad luck. Fortune and Swamp Team 3 follow a trail of grudges, money and murky alibis to uncover who is really us...
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Book 6:Soldiers of Fortune
Jana DeLeon • 2015
Celia Arceneaux’s election as mayor brings trouble to Sinful, and a Fourth of July explosion raises the stakes. Evidence of a hidden meth lab in the bayou pushes Fortune, Ida Belle and Gertie into a dangerous investig...
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Book 7:Hurricane Force
Jana DeLeon • 2015
A hurricane slams into Sinful, and afterward counterfeit money literally rains from the sky. The bills are tied to Ahmad, the arms dealer who wants Fortune dead, and when his men arrive in town she must protect her fr...
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Book 8:Fortune Hunter
Jana DeLeon • 2016
Whispers of hidden treasure bring a wave of strangers to Sinful, and trouble follows close behind. When greed turns deadly, Fortune and Swamp Team 3 dig through old legends and new lies to expose who is willing to kil...
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Book 9:Later Gator
Jana DeLeon • 2016
A suspicious death in the swamp sparks rumors of killer gators, poachers and insurance fraud. Fortune, Ida Belle and Gertie wade into muddy motives and family feuds, determined to catch a human killer hiding behind th...
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Book 10:Hook, Line and Blinker
Jana DeLeon • 2017
A big fishing tournament brings money, outsiders and plenty of grudges to Sinful’s waters. When a competitor turns up dead, Fortune and Swamp Team 3 must untangle rivalries, shady sponsorships and a few creative fishi...
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Book 11:Change of Fortune
Jana DeLeon • 2018
Sinful’s future is on the line when a development deal divides the town and a key player turns up dead. Fortune, Ida Belle and Gertie must cut through political spin, land grabs and long simmering grudges to find a ki...
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Book 12:Reel of Fortune
Jana DeLeon • 2018
A high profile fishing rodeo should bring easy tourism money to Sinful, but a body on the docks turns celebration into suspicion. Fortune and Swamp Team 3 work behind the scenes to net a murderer while the town tries...
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Book 13:Swamp Spook
Jana DeLeon • 2018
Sinful’s Halloween celebration centers on a supposedly haunted house, but when strange accidents escalate and someone ends up dead, Fortune has to decide whether she is chasing a killer, a con or something more supern...
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Book 14:Fortune Furlough
Jana DeLeon • 2019
A beach vacation is supposed to give Fortune and her friends a break from Sinful, but a dead body on the sand ruins that plan. With local law enforcement focused on the wrong suspect, Swamp Team 3 goes undercover in a...
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Book 15:Cajun Fried Felony
Jana DeLeon • 2019
Sinful’s big food festival turns deadly when a controversial judge collapses after a tasting. Fortune, Ida Belle and Gertie dig into rival chefs, sabotaged recipes and simmering resentments to find out who turned good...
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Book 16:Swamp Santa
Jana DeLeon • 2019
A string of Christmas thefts has Sinful on edge, especially when witnesses swear they saw Santa at the scene. Fortune and Swamp Team 3 follow the trail through charity drives, fake beards and holiday chaos to unmask a...
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Book 17:Bullets and Beads
Jana DeLeon • 2020
Mardi Gras in Sinful means parades, beads and barely controlled chaos. When a reveler dies in the middle of the celebration, Fortune and her partners have to sift through costumes, alibis and a storm of confetti to fi...
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Book 18:Gators and Garters
Jana DeLeon • 2020
A new entertainment venture brings sequins, drag shows and controversy to Sinful, quickly followed by murder. Fortune, Ida Belle and Gertie must navigate unfamiliar nightlife, offended locals and a swamp full of gator...
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Book 19:Fortune Funhouse
Jana DeLeon • 2021
A traveling carnival sets up just outside Sinful, complete with a creaky funhouse and a fortune teller who seems to know too much. When a worker turns up dead, Fortune and Swamp Team 3 follow the trail through rigged...
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Book 20:Frightfully Fortune
Jana DeLeon • 2021
A Halloween attraction and ghost tour promise easy thrills for Sinful’s visitors, but when a staged scare leaves a real corpse behind, Fortune has to separate special effects from genuine danger before the town’s spoo...
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Book 21:Swamp Sweets
Jana DeLeon • 2021
A dessert competition should be harmless, but a rival baker’s collapse points to sabotage instead of sugar. With reputations and livelihoods on the line, Fortune, Ida Belle and Gertie dig into recipes, resentments and...
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Book 22:Flame and Fortune
Jana DeLeon • 2022
A series of suspicious fires around Sinful has everyone on edge, and one blaze hits far too close to Fortune’s borrowed home. Tracking an arsonist forces Swamp Team 3 to look at insurance scams, revenge and secrets so...
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Book 24:Clue Krewe
Jana DeLeon • 2023
An interactive mystery event comes to Sinful, complete with costumed guests and staged clues. When a real body appears among the props, Fortune, Ida Belle and Gertie must figure out which player turned the game into m...
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