Cajun Country Mystery

Plantation Shudders by Ellen Byron is perfect for fans of everything Louisiana. It has eccentric aristocrats, aging plantation homes and so much local color you'd think you were actually in Cajun Country.

Magnolia Crozat better known as Maggie returns home to help her parents run their ancestral home as a B&B. The latest group of visitors includes an Australian family of four, the Cajun Cuties (a group of Cajun Country wannabes), a hipster couple celebrating their anniversary, three Georgia frat boys, a single man and an elderly couple celebrating their honeymoon. When the elderly guests die simultaneously Maggie's family tumbles into the spotlight of the investigation.

Naturally there is a feud going with the police chief and Maggie's family, so Rufus Durand would love nothing more than to embarrass the Crozat family with a murder charge. Arriving on the scene is a new police detective who looks like he has a brain in his head. Unfortunately he is related to Rufus. The plot thickens.

As a huge fan of New Orleans and Louisiana, I loved the local
color and look forward to the second book, Body on the Bayou which comes out on September 13.