Ellen Byron. (2015). Plantation Shudders: A Cajun Country Mystery. CROOKED LANE BOOKS.

Ellen Byron. 2015. Plantation Shudders: A Cajun Country Mystery. CROOKED LANE BOOKS.

Ellen Byron, Plantation Shudders: A Cajun Country Mystery. CROOKED LANE BOOKS, 2015.

Ellen Byron. Plantation Shudders: A Cajun Country Mystery. CROOKED LANE BOOKS, 2015.

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   • bioText: Ellen Byron is a television writer, playwright, and freelance journalist. Her TV credits include Wings, Still Standing, and Just Shoot Me, and her written work has appeared in Glamour, REDBOOK, and Seventeen, among others. She lives in the Los Angeles area with her husband, their daughter, and the family’s very spoiled rescue dog. A native New Yorker, Ellen still misses her hometown, and still drives like a New York Cabbie.
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USA TODAY Bestseller

Secrets, suspects, and Southern hospitality abound at Maggie Crozat’s Louisiana B&B in this first installment of the Cajun Country cozy mystery series.

Includes yummy recipes like Crawfish Crozat and Bourbon Pecan Bread Pudding!
It’s the end of the summer and Prodigal Daughter Maggie Crozat has returned home to her family’s plantation-turned-bed-and-breakfast in Louisiana. The Crozats have an inn full of guests for the local food festival—elderly honeymooners, the Cajun Cuties, a mysterious stranger from Texas, a couple of hipster lovebirds, and a trio of Georgia frat boys. But when the elderly couple keels over dead within minutes of each other—one from very unnatural causes—Maggie and the others suddenly become suspects in a murder.
With the help of Bo Durand, the town’s handsome new detective, Maggie must investigate to clear her name while holding the family business together at the same time. And the deeper she digs, the more she wonders: are all the guests really there for a vacation or do they have ulterior motives? Decades-old secrets and stunning revelations abound in Ellen Byron’s charming cozy debut, Plantation Shudders.

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   • source: Library Journal Starred Review, Debut of the Month
   • content: "Recipes and fascinating tidbits about plantation history add a tasty lagniappe to this entertaining and well-done cozy debut. A twisty plot and engaging colorful characters complete this mystery’s many pleasures."
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   • source: Midwest Book Review
   • content: "Enthusiastically recommended...a deftly crafted and terrifically entertaining novel."
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   • source: Night Owl Reviews, Top Pick
   • content: "Brilliant...Ellen Byron has written a delectable Cajun cozy mystery that is one of the best books I have read in a long time!"
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   • source: Dru's Book Musings
   • content: "...this quickly became a page-turner and when it was all said and done, I didn't want the story to end...This is a delightfully charming debut that I hope is here to stay for a long, long time. I'm so happy a second book is in production."
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   • source: Kings River Life Magazine
   • content: "This is a thoroughly enjoyable book, one that will make you crave a mint julep before dinner and gumbo for the meal."
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   • source: Long and Short Reviews
   • content: "Plantation Shudders is a great read and it gets a hearty recommend from me. Ms. Byron has a winner."
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   • source: Nancy Atherton, New York Times bestselling author of the Aunt Dimity series
   • content: "An engaging mystery with a touch of romance and a twist of Southern charm."
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   • source: Elaine Viets, author of Checked Out, a Dead-End Job mystery
   • content: "Plantation Shudders is a delight--a fast, fun read. Ellen Byron is a new cozy voice with a charming Southern accent. You'll love this novel and its colorful Louisiana characters."
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     June 22, 2015
     Byron’s debut brings energy and verve to the cozy formula of a woman returning home after troubles in the big city. Magnolia “Maggie” Crozat, disappointed in love and in her career as an artist in New York, returns to her childhood plantation home in Louisiana, now a family-run B&B. It’s full-up with people eager to attend the local food festival, but the unexpected deaths of a recently married older couple set the cat among the pigeons. Since the local sheriff has a long-standing grudge against the Crozat family, he would be only too happy to accuse one of them of murder. The arrival of the sheriff’s cousin Bo Durand, the new deputy, changes things for the better, and it’s clear from the get-go that he’ll provide a romantic interest for Maggie, who is described as having a lithe body. Maggie’s banning of some tourists from conducting Civil War reenactments on Crozat land injects a note of political correctness that some readers may find unnecessary. Agent: Doug Grad, Doug Grad Literary Agency.

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      Starred review from July 1, 2015
      

      Having returned to Louisiana after a humiliating breakup and the derailment of her Manhattan career, Maggie Crozat now helps her parents run their plantation bed-and-breakfast. When two guests drop dead within minutes of each other, her new-found peace is shattered, along with the reputation of her family's inn. The police chief of Pelican, Rufus Durand, is an old enemy, and he does his best to implicate Maggie's family, but his cousin Paul "Bo" Durand is the new detective in town, and he's more intent on finding the real killer. Then another body turns up. Who is killing the guests at the Crozat B&B and why? VERDICT Recipes and fascinating tidbits about plantation history add a tasty lagniappe to this entertaining and well-done cozy debut. A twisty plot and engaging colorful characters complete this mystery's many pleasures.

      Copyright 2015 Library Journal, LLC Used with permission.

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Includes yummy recipes like Crawfish Crozat and Bourbon Pecan Bread Pudding!
It’s the end of the summer and Prodigal Daughter Maggie Crozat has returned home to her family’s plantation-turned-bed-and-breakfast in Louisiana. The Crozats have an inn full of guests for the local food festival—elderly honeymooners, the Cajun Cuties, a mysterious stranger from Texas, a couple of hipster lovebirds, and a trio of Georgia frat boys. But when the elderly couple keels over dead within minutes of each other—one from very unnatural causes—Maggie and the others suddenly become suspects in a murder.
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