Plantation Shudders
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...
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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 of the guests really there for a vacation or do they have ulterior motives?
Finalist For The 2016 Agatha Award For Best First Mystery
Finalist For The 2016 Lefty Award For Best Humorous Mystery
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Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9781629532509 (1629532509)
Publish date: 2015-08-11
Publisher: Crooked Lane Books
Pages no: 288
Edition language: English
Series: Cajun Country Mystery (#1)
I almost gave this 4 stars but there were a couple of small logic failures that weren't important to the plot but noticeable nonetheless. 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 hipste...
This was a fairly good read. I loved the setting, and most of the characters were well written and interesting. The mystery aspect kept me guessing until the end.The reason why it is only a 3 star read as opposed to a 4 star, was Maggie. She really came across as a judgmental bitch a lot of the time...
This is like a cajun plantation style edition of a murder mystery weekend or game of Clue. Murders are happening. It looks like one is guilty. Then it appears it's another. There's subpar law enforcement checking it out and quite a bit a sleuthing from the main character. It was a fun read.
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