About the Book

Wed, Read & Dead (Mystery Bookshop)

Cozy Mystery

4th in Series

Kensington (April 30, 2019)

Paperback: 272 pages

ISBN-10: 1496718291

ISBN-13: 978-1496718297

Digital ASIN: B07G6RDBRV

Bookstore owner Samantha Washington sells and solves mysteries in North Harbor, Michigan—including the murder of her mother's wedding planner . . .

Sam's mother can't wait to wed her wealthy beau, Harold Robertson. The big mystery is how they're going to pull off a lavish wedding in three weeks. Harold's snobby sister-in-law proposes a solution: engage flamboyant wedding planner Lydia Lighthouse. But their beacon of hope quickly sends everyone into a blind rage, most of all the groom-to-be. So when the maddening micromanager is strangled with her own scarf, it's a shock, but not a surprise.

It’s a case of art imitating life as Sam pens her next historical mystery set in England between the wars. Lady Daphne Marsh insists on marrying Lord James Browning on Christmas Eve, three weeks hence. But when the fop planning their wedding ends up with a knife in his back, she vows to nab the backstabber before she walks down the aisle.

Meanwhile, when she’s not writing, Sam and her beloved and boisterous Nana Jo rush to shine a light on Lydia's killer—so her mother's new husband won't spend his honeymoon behind bars . . .

My Review

The thing that I loved this book is that the protagonist is writing a historical detective story so it's like reading two mysteries in one.

Samantha owns a bookstore and is also a mystery writer. While she is very busy at the store for Christmas shopping is also busy with the preparations for her mother's marriage. Unfortunately the wedding planner hired to help them makes everyone crazy. The situation gets even worse when she is found dead and the main suspect is the future groom for a fight they had had earlier. Sam and her weird group of friends will try to solve the case before the wedding.

Although it is the fourth book in the series you can read it as a standalone, I can't wait to read the previous ones too.

This author is really good, her style is brilliant, engaging, the plot is well developed and intertwined, the characters are adorable, the places are impeccably described that really seem to be there.

Highly recommended

About the Author

V.M. Burns was born in Northwestern Indiana and spent many years in Southwestern Michigan on the Lake Michigan shoreline. She is a lover of dogs, British historic cozies, and scones with clotted cream. After many years in the Midwest, she went in search of milder winters and currently lives in Eastern Tennessee with her poodles. Her debut novel, The Plot is Murder was nominated for a 2017 Agatha Award for Best First Novel. Valerie is a member of Mystery Writers of America, International Thriller Writers, and a lifetime member of Sisters in Crime. Readers can learn more by visiting her website at vmburns.com

Author Links:

Website: http://www.vmburns.com/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/vmburnsbooks/
Twitter: @vmburns

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