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French Quarter Fright Night: 10/17/24
French Quarter Fright Night by Ellen Byron and Amy Melissa Bentley (Narrator) (2024) is the third book in the Vintage Cookbook mystery series. Halloween is rapidly approaching and all of New Orleans is in a festive mood. But there's murder around the corner. Bon Vee has been transformed into the Bon Veeevil Festival of Fear! There's a fantastic animatronic body in the tomb they've built outside. Unfortunately on the day they're doing their dry run, there's an actual body where the dummy should be. This comes on the heels of a contentious month of nuisance complaints by Bon Vee's new next door neighbor. All of these were brought by the person who is now dead in the historic home's yard. The murder mystery is set against the month long Halloween celebrations. Ricki is trying to balance running her bookshop, investigating the murder (as much an amateur sleuth can), and avoiding run-ins with her celebrity neighbor. Then there's the on-going mystery of Ricki's heritage. We know she has ties to Bon Vee and the family who owns it. In this book she learns the identity of her great grandfather. It's still a long way from learning about her parents, but it's a step. Five stars Comments (0)
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