Sashé Boudreaux: Beignets, Bones, and Buried Secrets (The Sashé Boudreaux Mysteries Book 1)

Winner, First Horizon Award — Eric Hoffer Book Award

Former Miss Crawdad Queen of Houma Parish, Louisiana, Sashé Boudreaux has an eye for fashion, a heart for her community, and some of the best cooking skills in the state. Monday - Friday she's delivering home cooked lunches to shut-ins and by 2 she's color coordinating the ladies of Cypress Grove—a charming little bayou town of moss-draped oaks, porch swings, and gossip over beignets.

When a neighbor misses his Monday fried chicken and mashed potatoes, and a grim discovery surfaces at the recycle drop-off, Sashé stumbles into a centuries-old mystery as dark and murky as the swamp. With her friends beside her, she uncovers an ancient tragedy that ties forgotten crimes to present danger.

But in Cypress Grove, digging into the past can be deadly—and some will do anything to keep its secrets buried.

Sashé returns in Book 2 — Entanglements, Espionage, and Étouffée — coming Summer 2025.