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Plantation Shudders

A Cajun Country Mystery, Book 1

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Plantation Shudders

By: Ellen Byron
Narrated by: Meredith Mitchell
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Check in for some Southern hospitality in Plantation Shudders, the Cajun Country series debut from Ellen Byron.

It's the end of the summer and prodigal daughter Maggie Crozat has returned home to her family's plantation-turned-bed-and-breakfast in Louisiana. The Crozats have an inn full of guests for the local food festival: elderly honeymooners, the Cajun Cuties, a mysterious stranger from Texas, a couple of hipster lovebirds, and a trio of Georgia frat boys. But when the elderly couple keels over dead within minutes of each other - one from very unnatural causes - Maggie and her family suddenly become suspects in a murder.

With the help of Bo Durand, the town's handsome new detective, Maggie must investigate to clear her name while holding the family business together at the same time. And the deeper she digs, the more she wonders: Are all of the guests really there for a vacation, or do they have ulterior motives? Decades-old secrets and stunning revelations abound in Ellen Byron's charming cozy debut, Plantation Shudders.

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©2015 Ellen Byron (P)2015 Blackstone Audio, Inc. Cosy Detective Mystery Women Sleuths Women's Fiction Fiction Cosy Mysteries Humorous Mysteries

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Great story thoroughly enjoyed it, kept me guessing to the end. lots of interesting characters.

Louisiana mystry

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Very entertaining. I enjoyed the story , performance and I wanted to listen to the end .
Thank-you

Thoroughly Enjoyable

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Very enjoyable story perfect for relaxing in the evening. lots of fun characters.

well narrated

Well crafted cosy murder story

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I didn’t guess the ending so that’s a massive plus, but mostly I loved the characters.

Enjoyed

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I really enjoyed this story. A relatively gentle murder mystery, it had excellent moments of humour and well sketched characters.

Great

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loved the narrator's performance, the story and all the characters. Really want to visit that part of America now -food sounded amazing!!

Good fun read

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Not my usual Murder/mystery setting , but it was so full of interesting characters plus the crime itself that I was hooked . Hoping there will be more on audible …..only seems to be on more at the moment .

Much enjoyed

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Light hearted, almost cosy mystery. Narrator very good other than her Australian accent but I won't hold that against her. I'll definitely be trying the next one

Really light and fun

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I enjoyed this book. It is the first book by this author that I have read or listened to but it won't be my last as it is a easy and entertaining listen, it's also the first in the series. I liked the characters, especially the feisty Grandmother and the southern charm that is nicely portrayed in the story. The story is mostly focused on the mystery but there is a little romance blossoming. The mystery was interesting and kept me guessing with all the suspects. It was also nice that the suspects were all in one place and it lead to some amusing investigating. It's just a fun mystery with a small town feel and rivalry.
Maggie returns home after a bad break up to help run the family bed and breakfast. With new advertising the B&B is full for the first time in a long time. Things seem to be going well with everybody mostly getting on, until a power cut sends the house into darkness. When the lights come on they find one of the guest laying dead on the floor, his new wife panics and reached for her pills only to fall down dead. An old family rival is now the sheriff and Maggie is worried about his investigation. Will he investigate properly or will he let his feeling and grudge get in the way? When it turns out the wife was murdered and she had a past connection to the town Maggie not only starts to worry about how the murder will effect the family business but also for her Grandmothers freedom. When a new detective arrives on the scene things being to look up until another body is found. Maggie will just have to run her own investigation to keep everybody out of jail. But could one of her guest's really be a killer?
I liked the narrator and thought she helped sell the small town southern farm of the story with some great voices.
I was given this free review copy audiobook at my request and have voluntarily left this review.

Southern mystery

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I know nothing of the south so dont know if the characters are truly represented, but I enjoyed them and the plot and also recommend the second book. Nothing tense - but it does make me want to sit down and enjoy a cocktail and visit this place.

I enjoyed this easy to listen story.

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