A Cajun Christmas killing

Format:

Book

Title:

A Cajun Christmas killing

Author:

Byron, Ellen author

ISBN:

9781683313052

Edition:

First edition.

Publication:

New York : Crooked Lane, 2017.

Physical Description:

298 pages ; 22 cm.

Series title(s):

Cajun country mystery ;

Number in series:

General Note:

"Includes recipes!"--Jacket.

Sequel to: Body on the bayou.

Summary:

"Maggie Crozat is back home in bayou country during the most magical time of the year. In Pelican, Louisiana, Christmastime is a season of giant bonfires on the levee, zydeco carols, and pots of gumbo. Except, this year, the Grinch has come to stay at the family-run Crozat Plantation B and B. When he floods travel websites with vicious reviews, Maggie thinks she's identified him as rival businessman Donald Baxter -- that is, until he's found stabbed to death at Maggie's workplace and Maggie and her loved ones become top suspects. The Crozats quickly establish alibis, but Maggie's boyfriend, Detective Bo Durand, remains under suspicion. With Bo sidelined during the investigation, Maggie finds herself forced to work with an unlikely ally: longtime family enemy Rufus Durand. Her sleuthing uncovers more suspects than drummers drumming and lands her in the crosshairs of the murderer."-- From publisher's description.

Subject(s):

Bed and breakfast accommodations -- Fiction.

Murder -- Investigation -- Fiction.

Family-owned business enterprises -- Fiction.

Louisiana -- Fiction.

Geographic Term:

Louisiana -- Fiction.

Louisiana.

Genre:

Christmas stories.

Christmas fiction.

Detective and mystery fiction.

Fiction.

Mystery fiction.

Holds:

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Summary

Maggie Crozat is back home in bayou country during the most magical time of the year. In Pelican, Louisiana, Christmastime is a season of giant bonfires on the levee, zydeco carols, and pots of gumbo. Except, this year, the Grinch has come to stay at the family-run Crozat Plantation B&B. When he floods travel websites with vicious reviews, Maggie thinks she's identified him as rival businessman Donald Baxter. That is, until he's found stabbed to death at Maggie's workplace. And Maggie and her loved ones become top suspects.

The Crozats quickly establish alibis, but Maggie's boyfriend, Detective Bo Durand, remains under suspicion. With Bo sidelined during the investigation, Maggie finds herself forced to work with an unlikely ally- longtime family enemy Rufus Durand. Her sleuthing uncovers more suspects than drummers drumming, and lands her in the crosshairs of the murderer.

The sleigh bells are jingling, and the clock is ticking for Maggie and Rufus, who must catch the killer or it will be the opposite of a Joyeux Noël in A Cajun Christmas Killing , the recipe-stuffed third installment of USA Today bestselling author Ellen Byron's Cajun Country mysteries.

Author Notes

USA Today bestselling author 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. This is her third Cajun Country mystery.

Reviews (2)

Publisher's Weekly Review

Byron's superb third Cajun Country mystery featuring artist Maggie Crozat (after 2016's Body on the Bayou) finds Maggie's father, Tug, under a lot of stress because the family business, Preferred Property Collection, is under threat. Maggie learns from Uncle Tig, Tug's twin brother, who buys historic properties and turns them into boutique hotels, that unscrupulous hedge fund manager Steve Harmon-a guest at the Crozat Plantation B and B-plans to take over PPC. Later, while giving a tour at Doucet Plantation, her maternal family's ancestral home, Maggie discovers Harmon dead in a wing chair. In addition to various members of the Crozat family, Maggie's main man, Det. Bo Durand of the Pelican, La., PD, becomes a suspect in Harmon's murder. With Christmas and the arrival of the Cajun Santa, Papa Noel, just ahead, Maggie has to work fast to solve the crime. Stir in Bo's ex-wife and Maggie's former fiancé, and there's no end to the mischief and mayhem in this exceptional cozy. Agent: Doug Grad, Doug Grad Literary Agency. (Oct.) © Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved.

Library Journal Review

After the events in Body on the Bayou, Maggie Crozat is back home in Pelican, LA, helping her family run the -Crozat Plantation B&B. They're busy fielding guests and preparing for Christmas Eve on the Mississippi levee, where houses along the river will celebrate the holiday with bonfires. The season is feeling less than joyful, though, when an investor threatens the family business and then ends up murdered. With Maggie and her family under suspicion, she plays sleuth along with boyfriend Det. Bo Durand. VERDICT Amid the slew of Christmas cozies, Byron spices up the genre with her colorful Cajun Louisiana setting and entertaining protagonist; the Cajun recipes are an added treat. © Copyright 2017. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.