Wined and Died in New Orleans, Ellen Byron
Wined and Died in New Orleans, Ellen Byron
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Wined and Died in New Orleans

Author: Ellen Byron

Narrator: Amy Melissa Bentley

Unabridged: 9 hr 9 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Penguin Audio

Published: 02/07/2023


Synopsis

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 weather-related fears and focus on her business, Miss Vee’s Vintage Cookbook and Kitchenware Shop, housed in the magnificent Bon Vee Culinary House Museum.
 
Repairs on the property unearth crates of very old, very valuable French wine, buried by the home’s builder, Jean-Louis Charbonnet. Ricki, who’s been struggling to attract more customers to Miss Vee’s, is thrilled when her post about the discovery of this long-buried treasure goes viral. She’s less thrilled when the post brings distant Charbonnet family members out of the woodwork, all clamoring for a cut of the wine’s sale.
 
When a dead body turns up in Bon Vee’s cheery fall decorations, the NOPD zeroes in on Eugenia Charbonnet Felice as the prime suspect, figuring that as head of the Charbonnet family, she has the most to gain. Ricki is determined to uncover the real culprit, but she can’t help noticing that Eugenia is acting strangely. Ricki wonders what kind of secret her mentor has bottled up, and fears what might happen if she uncorks it.
 
In the second Vintage Cookbook Mystery, Ricki has to help solve a murder, untangle family secrets, and grow her business, all while living under the threat of a hurricane that could wipe out everything from her home to Bon Vee. 
 

About The Author

Ellen Byron is the Agatha Award–winning and USA Today bestselling author of the Cajun Country Mysteries. As Maria DiRico, she also writes the Catering Hall Mysteries.


Reviews

Goodreads review by PamG on February 09, 2023

Ellen Byron’s second book in her Vintage Cookbook cozy mystery series, Wined and Died in New Orleans, picks up soon after book one. It features twenty-eight year old widow Ricki James-Diaz. Her husband died doing a stunt and her boss was a criminal (unbeknownst to her) so she decides to move fro......more

Goodreads review by James on September 28, 2022

Wined and Died in New Orleans is the sophomore book in the Vintage Cookbook Mysteries written by the accomplished and amazingly cool author, Ellen Byron, a former television comedy writer with a long and thrilling history in Louisiana. I've read and enjoyed the author's other Louisiana-based series,......more

Goodreads review by Diana on February 01, 2023

3.75 Stars When crates of 19th century French wine are discovered under the Bon Vee Museum, long lost Chardonnet cousins make an unwelcomed visit to New Orleans to stake their claim to the profits. Did greed lead to murder? Highlights: • An unexpected culprit. • Intriguing family secrets! • New Orleans a......more

Goodreads review by beachbum bookworm on May 14, 2023

The 2nd book in the vintage cookbook cozy mystery series is a page turner! Lots of twists and turns and secrets came out in this book that will leave you anticipating book 3! Byron has created a great protagonist and her love of New Orleans makes the city feel like a supporting character. The recipe......more

Goodreads review by Leslie aka StoreyBook Reviews on February 10, 2023

Everything is not as it seems; there are multiple surprise reveals that will keep you glued to the pages. Having family from south Louisiana, I always love a book with that setting. This is the second in this series set in New Orleans and features a family that some might consider nobility in certain......more