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BODIES IN THE BAYOU
2025
First Published
4.65
Average Rating
168
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Sinister Secrets and Southern Justice… Can be deadly. When sassy Southerner and retired amateur sleuth Missy Beckett returns to her charming hometown of LaChance, Louisiana, she’s ready to kick up her feet, sip some sweet tea, and enjoy a quiet retirement with her husband, Chas. But small-town life has other plans… Just as they’re settling into a Victorian fixer-upper, with plenty of coziness and a few creaks, their daughter Kaylee graduates from the police academy, only to find herself at the center of a chilling investigation when her tough-as-nails instructor turns up dead. With Kaylee suddenly a suspect, and her safety hanging in the balance, Missy slips right back into sleuth mode, uncovering buried secrets and old grudges in a place that she’d deliberately selected because of its safe, serene community. Will Missy unveil the killer before Kaylee becomes the next target? See what she’s cooking up in this exciting Culinary Cozy Mystery that’s perfect for fans of sweet tea, Southern charm, and twisty whodunits!

Avg Rating
4.65
Number of Ratings
110
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Author

Summer Prescott
Summer Prescott
Author · 23 books
Summer Prescott is well-known in the Cozy Mystery realm, having written and published several Best-Sellers in the genre. An avid reader of Thrillers, Horror and Suspense, the author has decided to follow her passion with the debut of her Thriller, The Quiet Type, which launched in the top 50 of the Serial Killer category on Amazon. The novel has received high praise in its reviews, and Summer is considering a possible trilogy or series to continue the story.
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