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Also Writing as Maria DiRico

Murder is a funny business.

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Ellen Byron

The Vintage Cookbook
Mysteries

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Bayou Book Thief
June 7, 2022

Wine and Died in New Orleans
February 7, 2023

The Cajun Country Mysteries

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Book Seven

AGATHA AWARD
WINNER for Best Contemporary Novel

LEFTY AWARD
NOMINEE

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Book Six

LEFTY AWARD
WINNER for Best Humorous Mystery

AGATHA AWARD
NOMINEE

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Book Five

LEFTY AWARD
NOMINEE

AGATHA AWARD
NOMINEE
for Best
Contemporary Novel

Book Four

AGATHA AWARD
WINNER for Best Contemporary
Novel

LEFTY AWARD
NOMINEE

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Book Three

LEFTY AWARD
WINNER for Best Humorous Mystery

AGATHA AWARD
NOMINEE

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Book Two

LEFTY AWARD
WINNER for Best Humorous Mystery

AGATHA AWARD
NOMINEE for
Best
Contemporary
Novel

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Book One

AGATHA AWARD
NOMINEE for
Best First Novel

DAPHNE AWARD
NOMINEE for
Best Mainstream Mystery

LEFTY AWARD
NOMINEE for
Best Humorous Mystery

The Catering Hall Mysteries

Writing as Maria DiRico

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It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Murder

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