{"product_id":"bayou-book-thief-paperback","title":"Bayou Book Thief - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eEllen Byron\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA fantastic new cozy mystery series with a vintage flair from \u003ci\u003eUSA Today\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling and Agatha Award-winning author Ellen Byron.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTwenty-eight-year-old widow Ricki James leaves Los Angeles to start a new life in New Orleans after her showboating actor husband perishes doing a stupid internet stunt. The Big Easy is where she was born and adopted by the NICU nurse who cared for her after Ricki's teen mother disappeared from the hospital. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eRicki's dream comes true when she joins the quirky staff of Bon Vee Culinary House Museum, the spectacular former Garden District home of late bon vivant Genevieve \"Vee\" Charbonnet, the city's legendary restauranteur. Ricki is excited about turning her avocation - collecting vintage cookbooks - into a vocation by launching the museum's gift shop, Miss Vee's Vintage Cookbooks and Kitchenware. Then she discovers that a box of donated vintage cookbooks contains the body of a cantankerous Bon Vee employee who was fired after being exposed as a book thief. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe skills Ricki has developed ferreting out hidden vintage treasures come in handy for investigations. But both her business and Bon Vee could wind up as deadstock when Ricki's past as curator of a billionaire's first edition collection comes back to haunt her. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWill Miss Vee's Vintage Cookbooks and Kitchenware be a success ... or a recipe for disaster?\u003cbr\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eEllen's Cajun Country Mysteries have won the Agatha Award for Best Contemporary Novel and multiple Lefty Awards for Best Humorous Mystery. \u003ci\u003eBayou Book Thief\u003c\/i\u003e will be the first book in her new Vintage Cookbook Mysteries. She also writes the Catering Hall Mystery series under the name Maria DiRico. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eEllen is an award-winning playwright, and non-award-winning TV writer of comedies like \u003ci\u003eWings\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eJust Shoot Me\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eFairly Odd Parents\u003c\/i\u003e. She has written over two hundred articles for national magazines but considers her most impressive credit working as a cater-waiter for Martha Stewart. An alum of New Orleans' Tulane University, she blogs with Chicks on the Case, is a lifetime member of the Writers Guild of America, and will be the 2023 Left Coast Crime Toastmaster. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 304\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1 x 6.7 x 4.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 07, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAward:\u003c\/strong\u003e Agatha Awards (2022)\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51766918676768,"sku":"9780593437612","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/62913ea405057065eed6f4abb944aa17.webp?v=1780300971","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/bayou-book-thief-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}