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  • Bibliography:
    11 Books (3 Series)
  • First Book:
    July 2015
  • Latest Book:
    September 2024
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Full Series List in Order

A Cajun Country Mystery

1 - Plantation Shudders (Jul-2015)
2 - Body on the Bayou (Sep-2016)
3 - A Cajun Christmas Killing (Oct-2017)
4 - Mardi Gras Murder (Oct-2018)
5 - Fatal Cajun Festival (Sep-2019)
6 - Murder in the Bayou Boneyard (Sep-2020)
7 - Cajun Kiss of Death (Aug-2021)

A Golden Motel Mystery

1 - A Very Woodsy Murder (Jul-2024)

A Vintage Cookbook Mystery

1 - Bayou Book Thief (Jun-2022)
2 - Wined and Died in New Orleans (Feb-2023)
3 - French Quarter Fright Night (Sep-2024)

Book List in Order: 11 titles



  • USA TODAY Bestseller Secrets, suspects, and Southern hospitality abound at Maggie Crozat’s Louisiana B&B in this first installment of the Cajun Country cozy mystery series. Includes yummy recipes like Crawfish Crozat and Bou...



  • Murder strikes again in small-town Louisiana in the second Cajun Country cozy mystery full of Southern charm, spicy characters, and yummy food.B&B owner and sometimes-sleuth Maggie Crozat must use her artist’s eye to spot clues and solve a loca...



  • USA Today bestselling author The third recipe-stuffed installment in the Cajun Country cozy mystery series is a “fun and heartwarming . . . holiday treat that will keep you guessing until the end” (San Francisco Book Review). Louisiana B&...



  • USA Today bestselling author Ellen Byron is back at it with fan-favorite plantation B&B owner Maggie Crozat in a fourth installment of the Cajun Country mysteries. Southern charm meets the dark mystery of the bayou as a hundred-year flood, a malic...



  • USA Today bestselling author The fifth Cajun Country mystery is “a delightful romp . . . flavored with lovable characters and Southern charm that readers . . . will devour along with the scrumptious recipes” (New York Journal of Books) Louisian...



  • Maggie Crozat has the Halloween heebie-jeebies in USA Today bestselling and Agatha Award-winning author Ellen Byron's howlingly funny sixth Cajun Country mystery.Maggie Crozat, proprietor of a historic Cajun Country B&B, prefers to let the good t...



  • The next shot from Cupid's bow may be fatal in USA Today bestselling, Agatha Award-winning author Ellen Byron's hearty and delightful seventh Cajun Country mystery.In Pelican, Louisiana, Valentine's Day has a way of warming the heart, despite the Feb...



  • A fantastic new cozy mystery series with a vintage flair from USA Today bestselling and Agatha Award"winning author Ellen Byron.Twenty-eight-year-old widow Ricki James leaves Los Angeles to start a new life in New Orleans after her showboating acto...



  • The second in a fantastic new cozy mystery series with a vintage flair from USA Today bestselling and Agatha Award"winning author Ellen Byron.It’s hurricane season in New Orleans and vintage cookbook fan Ricki James-Diaz is trying to shelve her w...






  • “Recovering TV sitcom writer Dee Stern leaves behind punchlines for peril in a delightful whodunnit set at a remote motel in rural California that mixes a perfect cocktail of gut-busting one-liners with heart-stopping suspense!” -- Lee Hollis, A...



  • The third in the fabulous cozy mystery series with a vintage flair from USA Today bestselling and Agatha Award-winning author Ellen Byron.Welcome to the Bon Veeevil Festival of Fear! Prepare for the spookiest night of your life . . . It's Halloween i...


Award-Winning Books by Ellen Byron

Cajun Kiss of Death
2021 Agatha Award -- Contemporary Novel
Mardi Gras Murder
2018 Agatha Award -- Contemporary Novel


Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Ellen Byron has published 11 books.

The next book by Ellen Byron, French Quarter Fright Night, will be published in September 2024.

The first book by Ellen Byron, Plantation Shudders, was published in July 2015.

Yes. Ellen Byron has 3 series.