New Orleans scrapbooking shop owner Carmela Bertrand delights her customers with her stunning arrangements of their scrapbooks. But among her clients' keepsakes she finds a tip of her own--about a murder...

Business is booming and life is cozy for Carmela at her scrapbooking shop, Memory Mine. But when one of the city's elite dies during Mardi Gras, the police name Carmela's estranged husband as their number one suspect. Although Carmela hasn't forgotten how he scrapped their marriage, she doesn't think he is cut out to be a killer. And if Shamus is being framed, Carmela might be the only one who can find the pattern and solve the case in time...