Mystery set in the South, possibly gothic

[MamaWings]

MC is male and may be a lawyer or professor, supernatural elements were part of it but probably not vampires (that I recall). Read in the past 15 years or thereabouts. Part of a series.

[Lobstergirl, au gratin]

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Even so, it's pretty vague. Is that all you remember? What are the supernatural elements?
Author's gender?
How many books in the series?
What do you mean by "gothic"?