French Quarter Fright Night
by Ellen Byron

The third in the fabulous cozy mystery series with a vintage flair from USA Today bestselling and Agatha Award–winning author Ellen Byron.

Welcome to the Bon Veeevil Festival of Fear! Prepare for the spookiest night of your life . . .

It’s Halloween in New Orleans, and the staff of Bon Vee Culinary House Museum is setting up a fantastic haunted house tour for their visitors. But when flashy movie star Blaine Taggart and his entourage move into the mansion next door, gift shop proprietor Ricki James-Diaz gets a fright of her own.

While Ricki is excited about the potential business the tours will bring to her vintage cookbook shop, she’s less thrilled by former friend Blaine’s arrival in town. Then Bon Vee’s prop tomb becomes a real tomb for Blaine’s nasty assistant, and suddenly everyone at Bon Vee is a murder suspect. There isn’t a ghost of a chance one of them committed the crime, but with NOPD busy tackling the mischief and mayhem generated by the spooky holiday, it falls on Ricki and her friends to catch the killer.

As the Big Easy gears up for the Big Scary, it seems everyone has skeletons in their closets. Can Ricki reveal the shadowy killer before someone else becomes part of the Halloween horror show?

Genre: Crime & Mystery

Reviews

“Plenty of suspects and plenty of fun”

Kirkus Reviews/b> on Wined and Died in New Orleans

“Byron, author of the award-winning 'Cajun Country' mysteries, combines setting, vintage cookbooks, recipes, and family drama in another delectable cozy”

Library Journal on Wined and Died in New Orleans

“The characters feel like old friends. Everything about this story keeps the reader invested . . . you won’t be disappointed. This book will keep fans excited and looking forward to the next installment”

thecozyreview.com on Wined and Died in New Orleans

“Fans of Byron's award-winning 'Cajun Country' mysteries will enjoy her return to New Orleans with an engaging, fun cast of characters”

Library Journal on Bayou Book Thief

“Standard cozy fare served up Crescent City style”

Kirkus Reviews on Bayou Book Thief

“Byron’s love of New Orleans, its people, its history, its culture, its food, shines in every page in this charming book. California transplant, the delightful Ricky heads a cast of exceptional supporting characters, all as quirky as the city in which they’re lucky enough to live. Bayou Book Thief is the start of what I am sure will soon become one of my favorite series and I can’t wait for my next visit”

Libby Klein, bestselling author of the Poppy McAllister Mysteries on Bayou Book Thief

“A cast of exceptional supporting characters, all as quirky as the city . . . Bayou Book Thief is the start of what I am sure will soon become one of my favorite series and I can’t wait for my next visit”

Vicki Delany, National Bestselling author on Bayou Book Thief

“Ellen Byron’s latest debut cozy is as delightful as the vintage cookbooks she features. Whet your appetite for murder with Bayou Book Thief!”

Diane Vallere, national bestselling author of the Costume Shop Mysteries

Ellen Byron

An Anthony Award nominee, Ellen Byron is a bestselling author and recipient of multiple Agatha and Lefty awards for her Cajun Country mysteries, Vintage Cookbook mysteries, and Catering Hall mysteries (as Maria DiRico). She is also an award-winning playwright and non-award-winning writer of TV hits like Wings, Just Shoot Me, and Fairly OddParents. Ellen was the 2023 Left Coast Crime Toastmaster but considers her most impressive achievement working as a cater-waiter for Martha Stewart. A native New Yorker, Ellen is a graduate of Tulane University and lives in the Los Angeles area with her husband, daughter, and a rotating crew of rescue pups.

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Editions

French Quarter Fright Night by Ellen Byron is available in the following formats

Hardback97814483126583rd September 2024147 X 222mm256$29.99
Hardback97814483126583rd September 2024147 X 222mm256£21.99
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