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• やさしく楽しいコミカル・ミステリ

  アナベルはワシントンD.C.でかなり売れてきたウェディング・プランナー、式場・衣装・料理・招待状・音楽・写真家・ヘアドレッサー・リムジンから駐車場所確保まで結婚式に関する一切合切と、結婚式前に神経の高ぶる花嫁の相談役まで引き受ける。週60時間労働ではデートの暇もない。 さて、今回手がけるエリザベス・ピアスの結婚式はかなり盛大なもの、成功させれば社交界の大がかりな結婚ビジネスに参入するチャンスとなりそうだが．．結婚式途中で花嫁の母親が死体で発見された。毒殺だったためアナベルの親友でもある料理人リチャードに嫌疑がかかり営業停止をくらう。リチャードの容疑を晴らすためにアナベルは真犯人探しに乗り出すが、殺されたピアス夫人は社交界の嫌われ者だったから容疑者を絞るのは容易ではない．．そして第2の殺人が．．． セクシーでモテモテな、アナベルの助手ケイトやありきたりが嫌いでおしゃれなリチャード、アパートのお節介な隣人で探偵ごっこ大好きな老婦人リートリスその他アナベルの仲間達の会話はてきぱきとユーモラス。省略の多い会話は書き言葉ばかり読んできた人にはピンと来ないところがあるかも知れませんが、英語としてはやさしいので慣れれば分かるようになって来るはずです。

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• Better Off Wed by Laura Durham is a hilarious yet deadly cozy mystery. I haven't read too many novels featuring the wedding planner as a woman sleuth. Annabelle Archer is a wedding planner who hates the current MOB (mother of bride). With her best friends as the caterer and planning assistant, Annabelle hopes to make it through the wedding. The MOB is one of the nastiest ones to deal with...Annabelle jokes with her two friends about killing the MOB. And as fate has it...that's the one person who turned up dead...and guess who found her...the trio. Detective shows up and questions the friends as well as the rest of the wedding party. Apparently, Richard, Annabelle's caterer friend, is being suspected of murder! That's when Annabelle and her friends go about solving who did it. Only as they question more leads...others die and Annabelle's apartment is trashed. But that isn't the worst part. The killer is after her...not knowing why until it's almost too late. The police arrest one killer but is that the real killer? Annabelle doesn't think so...her gut says otherwise. The Detective on the case shows interest in Annabelle yet she's not interested in romance yet...her blushes say it all. From an older woman as a nosy neighbor that is trying to set her up with men to her friends encouraging her to date...Annabelle will have her hands full of trouble. Better Off Wed is sweet, funny, and sexy. The mysterious plot hooked me instantly. The web of danger and intrigue kept me interested. I couldn't put the novel down...Laura Durham is a talented writer. I loved her cast of characters. I didn't know who the killer was until it was revealed to me later. I can't wait to read the rest of the books in this exciting series. Definitely, a page-turning read. Overall, I highly recommend this book to readers everywhere.

• A well written story which I enjoyed having visited places in Washington mentioned in the book. Would books by this author.

• Loved this story about a wedding planner who turns detective when she finds the dead body of one of the guests at the wedding she has painstakingly arranged. Full of intrigue, great humour and enough twists to keep you guessing, it was an absolute joy. Would highly recommend it.

• I enjoyed this quick read. It was a fun qurky murder mystery with good clues sprinkled throughout, and the distraction of a possible romantic interest.

• Love Annabelle Archer mysteries. All the regular characters, the wedding team, are a hoot!

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