FRENCH QUARTER FRIGHT NIGHT (Vintage Cookbook Mystery #3) by Ellen Byron will be released on September 3, 2024, by Severn House.
Ricki James-Diaz and the rest of the staff are preparing for Halloween in New Orleans by turning the Bon Vee Culinary House Museum into a haunted house. The personal assistant of their new neighbor, Hollywood star Blaine Taggart, is making things difficult for the Bon Vee crew by filing various and superfluous complaints against them. When the Bon Vee’s shed-turned mausoleum becomes the final resting place for Miranda, Ricki gets caught up in another criminal investigation.
FRENCH QUARTER FRIGHT NIGHT is the first Vintage Cookbook Mystery that I’ve read, but I’m planning to go back and check out the first two novels in the series. The cast of characters is very fun, and Ricki’s search into her ancestry is compelling. Ellen Byron really brings New Orleans to life, and I’m now determined to visit the city during the Halloween season. Overall, the story moved quickly, and I was kept guessing as to the identity of the killer until the end. I highly recommend this series to cozy mystery fans.
Thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for the ARC.