Secrets simmer. Love boils. Danger serves hot.
Madeline Baker keeps two lives in perfect balance—front-desk fixer at Baker Boys Investigations by day, bestselling mystery novelist S.C. Fitz-Dankworthington by night—until a neighbor’s murder drags her secret into the street. As a relentless sleuth hunts her alter ego and a 60-year-old killing resurfaces, Maddie must navigate family lies, a near-fatal bombing, and a spark with Quinn that could burn everything down.
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Gumbo Ya-Ya Exit: The Big Uneasy 10 — Secrets, Suspense, and a Scorching New Orleans Romance
A Baker’s Dozen daughter, a double life as a mystery novelist, and two murders that stir up sixty years of family lies.
In New Orleans, secrets simmer—and murders don’t stay cold. Madeline “Maddie” Baker balances the front desk at Baker Boys Investigations with a deliciously dangerous secret: she’s S.C. Fitz-Dankworthington, a mystery author with a knack for dramatic twists. When Quinn Ellery starts hunting for Maddie’s alter ego after his neighbor—also an S.C.—is murdered, the tidy lines of her life begin to unravel.
What starts as a contemporary whodunit quickly folds into a decades-old killing when Quinn’s grandmother drags Maddie into a cold case that refuses to stay buried. As old resentments and family lies bubble to the surface, a near-catastrophic bombing raises the stakes. Maddie and Quinn must race to untangle both mysteries while navigating flirtations that heat up faster than gumbo on a Saturday night. Full of fast-paced suspense, laugh-out-loud dialogue, and unmistakable New Orleans zest, Gumbo Ya-Ya Exit serves up cozy mystery comfort with a spicy romantic kick.
Order your copy today—fans of Southern mystery and sizzling romance will devour this tenth Big Uneasy installment.
Pauline Baird Jones writes the Big Uneasy series from a place that loves voodoo lore, bayou air, and sharp-witted heroines. Her work blends cozy mystery charm with Southern sass, delivering characters who are as resilient as they are funny.