I knew the moment I fell in love with the characters of this engaging series and I haven’t stopped yet. I’m so thrilled to share with you the cover for the next book in the “Cajun Country” mystery series from Crooked Lane Books, coming September 2020.

Book Synopsis
To fight back against a home-share app that’s stealing guests from the local B&B’s, Maggie Crozat comes up with a marketing scheme that will attract Halloween-loving visitors. The “Pelican’s Spooky Past” packages feature uniquely regional activities like Resurrection of the Spirit, a play that will be presented in a derelict Louisiana cemetery. The Crozat family also times the opening of their long-awaited spa to the kick-off of the “Spooky Past” weekends. Maggie has hired Susannah Crozat MacDowell, a long-lost Canadian cousin, as the spa’s masseuse. But relations between the opposing Crozats take a dangerous turn when Susannah claims rights to some of Crozat Plantation B&B’s land. Meanwhile, guests at all the B&Bs are being scared off by sightings of a rougarou, the legendary Cajun Country creature who is a cross between a werewolf and vampire. When the play theatrics turn deadly, Maggie Crozat begins to fear that “Pelican’s Spooky Past” is nothing compared to its scary present.

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Publication Date: September 8, 2020
Name of Series: Cajun Country
Number in Series: #6
Genre: Cozy Mystery
Author Website: ellenbyron.com

About the author
Ellen Byron writes the bestselling Cajun Country Mysteries. Mardi Gras Murder won the Agatha Award for Best Contemporary Novel. The Series has also won multiple Best Humorous Mystery awards from Left Coast Crime. Writing as Maria DiRico, she debuted a second series, The Catering Hall Mysteries, in 2020, which launched with Here Comes the Body. TV credits include Wings, Just Shoot Me, and Fairly OddParents. Fun fact: she worked as a cater-waiter for Martha Stewart.

Connect with Ellen at ellenbyron.com, on Facebook, on Twitter, on Instagram, on BookBub, or on Goodreads.

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