Secrets, Lies, and Crawfish Pies (by Abby L. Vandiver)…Cajun antics in East Texas has you wondering why a dead body shows up in a funeral home (unannounced!)

What a delightful read! Lots of great characters with quirky personalities. It’s obvious that the author spent a lot of time developing them and wanted you to become a part of the town of Roble, TX.

Great mystery from the very first of the book and keeps you guessing until the end. I had a clue, but wasn’t sure which person might be guilty of murder until the very end. But it doesn’t matter if you can’t figure it out right away, because the story is full of twists and turns and lots of crazy antics. Auntie Zanne has you chuckling and understanding how Romaine could lose her cool with her aunt.

It appears this book sets things up for a sequel and I am looking anxiously forward to seeing what happens with Romaine and a couple of interested “fellas”. The book moves along quickly and you are constantly facing a new clue as you try to figure out the identity of the dead body found at the funeral home and how he got there.

The one negative aspect is that I did not like the situation Romaine left in Chicago. She’s too smart to put up with that type of relationship. But we’ll see what happens when the next book comes out…hopefully soon!

Thank you to Henery Press and NetGalley for an ARC in exchange for my honest feedback.