{"product_id":"bayou-book-thief-9780593437612","title":"Bayou Book Thief","description":"\u003cb\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\/b\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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Berkley Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/07\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780593437612\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 304\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.33lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 6.75h x 4.19w x 0.75d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal Prepub Alert\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/01\/2022 pg. 1\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/01\/2022\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Ellen Byron","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42038700343477,"sku":"9780593437612","price":8.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_95a745f0-a1e3-4967-856c-9dec222cbc9e.jpg?v=1649738534","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/bayou-book-thief-9780593437612","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}