Wed, Read & Dead (Mystery Bookshop, Bk 4)
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Genre: Mystery, Thriller & Suspense
Book Type: Paperback
Author:
Genre: Mystery, Thriller & Suspense
Book Type: Paperback
Wed, Read & Dead is the fourth installment in the Mystery Bookshop series set in North Harbor, MI and featuring widowed mystery bookstore owner, Samantha Washington. Sam has her hands full helping her mother, Grace plan her upcoming Christmas Eve nuptials to the wealthy, Harold Robertson.
Grace is starting to feel self conscious about meeting Harold's family and when she meets his brother Oscar and his snotty wife Margaret her worst thoughts are realized. Margaret looks down her nose at Grace and her family and to reinforce her feelings that Harold is scraping bottom brings in wedding planner Lydia Lighthouse to take over preparations. But, Lydia is a bully and immediately throws out all previous plans reducing Grace to tears.
It's not long before Lydia is discovered dead and the suspect list is long including Grace, Harold, Lydia's assistants and a host of others. Determined to find a killer so the wedding can go on as planned Sam teams up with Nana Jo and the Senior Sleuths along with her bookstore staff. The discovery of two orphaned foster children touches the entire group and draws everyone together during the holidays.
The author also includes a new mystery for the characters that Sam writes about in her novels. The latest episode in the Brits story line ties in with the wedding theme, a murder and includes a group of orphaned children.
A fast paced plot with well developed returning characters. It's nice to spend a Sunday afternoon with Sam, Nana Jo and the ladies from the senior villa. I don't really enjoy the British angle but do understand the relevance to the series, so I often end up just skipping over those parts.
Grace is starting to feel self conscious about meeting Harold's family and when she meets his brother Oscar and his snotty wife Margaret her worst thoughts are realized. Margaret looks down her nose at Grace and her family and to reinforce her feelings that Harold is scraping bottom brings in wedding planner Lydia Lighthouse to take over preparations. But, Lydia is a bully and immediately throws out all previous plans reducing Grace to tears.
It's not long before Lydia is discovered dead and the suspect list is long including Grace, Harold, Lydia's assistants and a host of others. Determined to find a killer so the wedding can go on as planned Sam teams up with Nana Jo and the Senior Sleuths along with her bookstore staff. The discovery of two orphaned foster children touches the entire group and draws everyone together during the holidays.
The author also includes a new mystery for the characters that Sam writes about in her novels. The latest episode in the Brits story line ties in with the wedding theme, a murder and includes a group of orphaned children.
A fast paced plot with well developed returning characters. It's nice to spend a Sunday afternoon with Sam, Nana Jo and the ladies from the senior villa. I don't really enjoy the British angle but do understand the relevance to the series, so I often end up just skipping over those parts.
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