Ellen Byron writes the Cajun Country Mystery Series which starts in August 2016 and is set in Louisiana. It features Maggie Crozat who has returned home to her family's plantation-turned-bed-and-breakfast in Louisiana.
Ellen's first novel Plantation Shudders was:
NOMINATED FOR THE 2016 AGATHA AWARD FOR BEST FIRST MYSTERY
NOMINATED FOR THE 2016 LEFTY AWARD FOR BEST HUMOROUS MYSTERY