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My rating: 5 of 5 stars


“Supposing is good, but finding out is better.”
----Mark Twain

Traci Andrighetti, the national bestselling author, is back again with an all-new adventure-cum-mystery in her Franki Amato Mystery series, called, Prosecco Pink .

Synopsis: 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 is 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 is back with a bang, with a new boyfriend in her tow, she is currently floating over the cloud 9. However, things go haywire when her banker boyfriend hires a new assistant who is perfect in every way, which will make you love-to-hate-her- quote "bitch". Her happily sailing ship of love almost drowns and that is when she devotes herself to another new mystery- the murder of Ivanna Jones, owner of Lickilious Lips- a cosmetic brand, at the Oleander Place antebellum plantation, which is notoriously famous for its haunting ghost stories. Poor Franki- seems like Traci left her in knots in Prosecco Pink . Franki's phobia is not helping her at all in solving this mystery. Thereby, she meets a psychic named, Chandra, who guides her all the way with her visions.

This time too Traci used her Italian flair in the narrative tone, to make her plot interesting, jazzy with a lot of spunk. Prosecco Pink immediately picks up where Limoncello Yellow ends. Once again, I loved Traci's style of unfolding the mystery. Piece-by-piece, with no twists or hints and that might disappoint you to some extent, since you are only made to see the dark until the very end. However, I feel this is Traci's strongest aspect- to keep her mystery well wrapped until the very end. The chemistry portrayed between Franki and her banker boyfriend, Bradley, is passionate, steamy and adorable

The characters are once again so well crafted from being hilarious to scandalous to serious to dangerous. Nonna- she is the star of this book! I never knew that even nosy characters could impress me so much. Franki is same in her demeanor, only sounded bit more mature enough to handle her own shit. The rest of the cast are fresh, new and highly relatable with our every day characters.

This time, New Orleans enchanted me- crescent moons, psychic mantras, glittering and pink scenes. Traci's description is vivid and intricately laid out for her readers and that made me see things strikingly. However, I think Traci's evocative prose kept me glued until the very end where I finally get to see the light and that my friends, will completely astound you.

Verdict: With a glass of red wine on one hand, and this book on the other, will be a perfect read for any lazy, Winter evening.

Courtesy: I feel so grateful to the author, Traci Andrighetti, for giving me an opportunity to read and review Franki Amato's adventures and mysteries series. 
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Author Info:
Traci Andrighetti is the national bestselling 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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