Good Day! Buried in the Stacks by Allison Brook, Fatal Cajun Festival by Ellen Byron and Remembering the Dead by Elizabeth J. Duncan are out today. The Girl Who Loved Ghosts by K. C. Tansley releases on September 16. It is the third spirited tale in The Unbelievables series.
Fatal Cajun Festival is available at Amazon along with the other four books in A Cajun Country Mystery series. Thank you for reading my review today. I am a stop of the Great Escapes Virtual Book Tour for A Night's Tail by Sofie Kelly tomorrow. It is the eleventh A Magical Cats Mystery. May you have an electric day. Take care and Happy Reading!
Fatal Cajun Festival by Ellen Byron has us journeying to Pelican, Louisiana.
Maggie Crozat and her fiancé, Bo Durand have temporarily put aside their
wedding planning. Everyone is needed to
help prepare for Cajun Country Live! that Charlotte Crozat, Maggie’s grandmere dreamed
up to bring tourists to their town. The headliner of the festival is Tammy Barker,
a hometown girl, whose claim to fame is being the winner of Sing It! Gaynell Bourgeois, Maggie’s friend, is not
happy that Tammy will be returning to Pelican.
The pint sized bully enjoyed tormenting Gaynell in high school. Gaynell
and the Gator Girls are a local popular act who will also be performing at the
festival. When Tammy’s manager is
murdered, Tammy is quick to point the cops in Gaynell’s direction since she had
words with him. Maggie sets out to prove
Gaynell’s innocence by ingratiating herself with the band members. Can Maggie get the band members to spill their
secrets so she can finger the killer or will Gaynell be serenading the warden
at the local penitentiary?
Fatal Cajun Festival is an engaging
cozy mystery that will have your craving etouffee and a beignet. Fatal Cajun Festival by Ellen Byron is the fifth
A Cajun Country Mystery. This is a
series that I recommend reading in order because it will allow you to get to
know the characters and the town. I enjoy
Ellen Byron’s conversational writing style.
Her story welcomes you and I soon find myself immersed in the
story. There is a great cast of
characters in A Cajun Country Mystery series. I like their Southern charm and
Louisiana quirkiness. Maggie comes from
a close family and lives with her grandmother, Charlotte. Maggie was happy to put her wedding plans on
the back burner to help with the festival.
She designed the graphics for the festival and is also making the
pralines (they are yummy) to sell at the Pelican Praline booth. Unfortunately, the Crozat B&B kitchen is
off limits thanks to Tammy and her entourage with their special meal
requests. Maggie must rely on the
kindness of her friends and relatives for the use of their kitchens. I liked Gaynell with her sweet demeanor and
beautiful voice. Gaynell and the Gator
Girls played lively tunes that set my toes to tapping. I thought the mystery was clever from the way
the individual was killed to the killer. You need to pay careful attention to the clues,
or you will end up fingering the wrong person. Charlotte is sorting through her
belongings and uncovers some information about her deceased husband that raises
questions and sends her on a journey. The
joyful ending will have you beaming. At
the end of the book there are a couple of recipes including one for pecan
pralines. Fatal Cajun Festival is a harmonious cozy mystery with lip-smacking pecan
pralines, toe tapping Cajun tunes, a dramatic diva, an electric stage, a clever
killer and a sneaky sleuth.
Kris
The Avid Reader
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