Bad Blood in the Bayou
An LA to LA Cozy Mystery Series
New Orleans has secrets. Jessica Martin knows how to find them.
Photographer and amateur sleuth Jessica Martin has an eye for detail—and a habit of finding trouble wherever beauty and danger meet. From the streets of New Orleans to the shadows of the bayou, each case draws her deeper into a world of hidden motives, missing truths, and people who would rather leave the past buried.
Mystery, Southern atmosphere, found family, and a little danger beneath the charm—welcome to Jessica Martin’s world.
Catch up. Dive in. Get hooked.
Mystery, Southern atmosphere, found family, and a little danger beneath the charm—welcome to Jessica Martin’s world.
Catch up. Dive in. Get hooked.
Read the Series in Order
Book One
Bad Blood in the Bayou: Framed
Jessica Martin came to Louisiana hoping for a new beginning. Instead, she finds her good friend Antoine Dubois dead in the bayou—with her walking stick beside his body.
Now Jessica is the prime suspect. To clear her name, she must follow the evidence through a web of secrets, motives, and dangerous assumptions before the real killer makes sure she is framed for good.
Read: Framed
Book One
Bad Blood in the Bayou: Framed
Jessica Martin came to Louisiana hoping for a new beginning. Instead, she finds her good friend Antoine Dubois dead in the bayou—with her walking stick beside his body.
Now Jessica is the prime suspect. To clear her name, she must follow the evidence through a web of secrets, motives, and dangerous assumptions before the real killer makes sure she is framed for good.
Read: Framed
Book Two
Bad Blood in the Bayou: Wide-Angle
A sultry New Orleans wedding. A missing bride. A Storm in the horizon.
Jessica Martine came to capture photograpshs, not chase mysteries. But when whispers about the bride's past--marked by untimely deaths--turn into shocking reality, Jessica realizes this is no ordinary disappearance.
Special Sgent Lora Larson values Jessica's sharp eye, but warns her not to go rogue. Then the groom, Ethan Fontaine, and Jessica's friend Thomas are taken. With time running out, Jessica must defy orders and uncover the hideout before it is too late--even if it costs her everything.
Read: Wide-Angle
Bad Blood in the Bayou: Wide-Angle
A sultry New Orleans wedding. A missing bride. A Storm in the horizon.
Jessica Martine came to capture photograpshs, not chase mysteries. But when whispers about the bride's past--marked by untimely deaths--turn into shocking reality, Jessica realizes this is no ordinary disappearance.
Special Sgent Lora Larson values Jessica's sharp eye, but warns her not to go rogue. Then the groom, Ethan Fontaine, and Jessica's friend Thomas are taken. With time running out, Jessica must defy orders and uncover the hideout before it is too late--even if it costs her everything.
Read: Wide-Angle
Book Three
Bad Blood in the Bayou: Freeze-Frame
When New Orleans photographer Jessica Martin discovers a forgotten cold-case box, she is drawn into the seventeen-year-old disappearance of five-year-old Dana Tucker. The only proof Dana survived beyond the night she vanished is a photograph of a child standing alone in the snow.
With Detective Baker and FBI Special Agent Robert Hunt, Jessica follows a trail of buried secrets, hidden identities, and dangerous choices stretching from Louisiana to Chicago. Someone knows what happened to Dana—but uncovering the truth may change several lives forever.
Read: Freeze-Frame
Bad Blood in the Bayou: Freeze-Frame
When New Orleans photographer Jessica Martin discovers a forgotten cold-case box, she is drawn into the seventeen-year-old disappearance of five-year-old Dana Tucker. The only proof Dana survived beyond the night she vanished is a photograph of a child standing alone in the snow.
With Detective Baker and FBI Special Agent Robert Hunt, Jessica follows a trail of buried secrets, hidden identities, and dangerous choices stretching from Louisiana to Chicago. Someone knows what happened to Dana—but uncovering the truth may change several lives forever.
Read: Freeze-Frame
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