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Ellen Byron
[1956-]
Maggie Crozat, returning home to her family’s plantation-turned-bed-and-breakfast, in Louisiana, in the Cajun Country mysteries:

Plantation Shudders (2015) [review]
Finalist 2015 Agatha Award for Best First Novel
Finalist 2016 Lefty Award for Best Humorous Mystery

Body on the Bayou (2016)
2017 Lefty Award for Best Humorous Mystery
Finalist 2016 Agatha Award for Best Contemporary Novel

A Cajun Christmas Killing (2017)
2018 Lefty Award for Best Humorous Mystery
Finalist 2017 Agatha Award for Best Novel

Mardi Gras Murder (2018)
2018 Agatha Award for Best Contemporary Novel
Finalist 2019 Lefty Award for Best Humorous Mystery

Fatal Cajun Festival (2019)
Finalist 2019 Agatha Award for Best Contemporary Novel
Finalist 2020 Lefty Award for Best Humorous Mystery

Murder in the Bayou Boneyard (2020)
2021 Lefty Award for Best Humorous Mystery
Finalist 2020 Agatha Award for Best Contemporary Novel

Cajun Kiss of Death (2021)
2021 Agatha Award for Best Contemporary Novel
Finalist 2022 Lefty Award for Best Humorous Mystery

 
Ricki James, a 28-year-old widow who leaves Los Angeles and launches Miss Vee’s Vintage Cookbooks and Kitchenware, in New Orleans, Louisiana, in the Vintage Cookbook mysteries:

Bayou Book Thief (2022)
2023 Lefty Award for Best Humorous Mystery
Finalist 2022 Agatha Award for Best Contemporary Novel
Finalist 2023 Anthony Award for Best Humorous

Wined and Died in New Orleans (2023)
Finalist 2023 Agatha Award for Best Contemporary Novel

Written as Maria DiRico
Mia Carina
, working at Belle View, her father’s catering hall in Queens, New York, in the Catering Hall mysteries:

Here Comes the Body (2020)

Long Island Iced Tina (2021)

It’s Beginning to Look a Lot Like Murder (2021)


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