Body on the Bayou

Winner of the 2016 Best Humorous Mystery Lefty Award and shortlisted for the Agatha Best Contemporary Novel Award,Body on the Bayou finds Maggie Crozat once again using her artist’s eye to spot clues and help. The Crozats feared that past murders at Crozat Plantation B&B might spell the death of their beloved estatebut they’ve managed to survive the scandal. Now there’s a tre╠üs bigger story in PelicanLouisiana: the upcoming nuptials between Maggie Crozat’s nemesisPolice Chief Rufus Durandand her co-workerVanessa Fleer. When everyone else refuses the job of being Vanessa’s Maid of HonorMaggie reluctantly takes up the title and finds herself tasked with a long list of dutiesΓÇöthe most important of which is entertaining Vanessa’s cousinGinger Fleer-Starke. But just days before the weddingGinger’s lifeless body is found on the bayou and the Pelican PDas well as the Crozatshave another murder mystery on their hands. There’s a gumbo-potful of suspectsincluding an ex-Marine with PTSDan annoying local newspaper reporterand Vanessa’s own sparkplug of a mother. But when it looks like the investigation is zeroing in on Vanessa as the prime suspectMaggie reluctantly adds keeping the bride-to-be out of jail to her list of Maid of Honor responsibilities in Body on the BayouEllen Byron’s funny and engaging follow up to her critically acclaimed novel Plantation Shudders.