Wined and Died in New Orleans by Ellen Byron

Available February 7, 2023

Rating: 4 stars

Bon Vee is a culinary museum in the heart of the garden district in New Orleans. As with any old house, particularly one operating as a museum, the maintenance is expensive and the bills are tough to cover. When the handyman finds several crates of ancient wine in the crawlspace, it seems their prayers have been answered... but their problems are just beginning! When cousins start coming out of the woodwork to lay claim to their share of the hidden treasure, tempers flare and people begin dropping.

The story was interesting and the characters are great, there was a lot of tension in the story both due to the killer on the loose and because of the threats to Bon Vee and to Ricki's budding relationship with Virgil. There was a lot going on in this book, which kept the story moving but kind of kept me from getting immersed in the characters and the setting. I missed seeing more of Ricki's store and the restaurants they frequented in the first book and I loved the part about her making a cooking video.

I do recommend this series, but I think I enjoyed the first one more than this. I will definitely be continuing the series.

Thank you to NetGalley for providing me with an ARC.