It’s a dark and stormy night when Ellington’s sister, Callie, returns from France, where she has procured the priceless jewels and costumes of several iconic showgirls, including Josephine Baker, for Callie’s upcoming exhibition at a New Orleans museum.

Ellington is hosting one of her legendary “Storm Parties”, where her guests are local burlesque legends. The storm has upgraded to hurricane status when a bloodcurdling scream interrupts their wine-filled evening, sending Ellington and her Band of Irregulars into a swirling adventure of glittering showgirls, suspicious guests, a portly magician, flowing champagne, an oversized bedazzled champagne glass, a rope made of Frette sheets, and even a séance, where the spirits are indeed calling.

But are the spirits the ghosts of deceased performers, or just Patron and Don Julio? In order to save Callie and her irreplaceable historical treasures, Ellington must discover which of her guests committed the crime before the storm is over. Catch all of these and more with The Champagne Scandal: The Spirits Are Calling by Marci Darling, the second book of the Martini Mystery series!