A Wedding Gone to the Dogs
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4.9 • 10 Ratings
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- $4.99
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Publisher Description
Life for children's book author Samantha Davies seems to finally be going smoothly. She has a new boyfriend, the love of her faithful dachshund and star of her books, Porkchop, and wedding bells are even ringing for Sam's Southern Belle cousin, Candie Parker. After eleven engagements Candie has finally found Mr. Right in Mark Hogan, who is currently running for reelection as the Mayor of Wings Falls in small-town Upstate New York.
But when Candie hires Ex-Fiancé #1, Tommy, to repair her century-old purple Victorian home, disaster strikes. Instead of the perfect place for Candie and Mark to start their life as husband and wife, Candie finds Tommy dead—murdered with his own nail gun! Things only get worse when a few old racy pictures of Candie from when she and the victim were engaged surface, providing the police with the perfect motive for Candie to kill her ex.
With the police on the wrong trail, Sam isn't about to sit on the sidelines in this murder investigation—much to the dismay of Sam's boyfriend, Detective Hank Johnson. But it's up to Sam to make sure her cousin doesn't spend her honeymoon in the Wings Falls' poky. Will Sam find out who the murderer is so Porkchop can walk down the aisle as Candie's ringbearer? Or will the killer be saying "I do" to another victim... this time closer to home?
"Readers will fall in love with this book as soon as they open it up."
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Earns 5/5 Wedding Rugs … Engaging Cozy Gem!
A Wedding Gone to the Dogs Earns 5/5 Wedding Rugs … Engaging Cozy Gem!
Exes can ruin everything. Candie’s and Mark’s upcoming nuptials seems to also include Mark’s ex-wife, Babs, making herself a nuisance, and one of Candie eleven ex-fiancés, Tommy Ray, sharing an embarrassing photo from thirty years ago when they were young. With Mark in the middle of a campaign challenge for mayor, the photo is totally inappropriate for the soon-to-be first lady of the town. It’s worse when the local reporter, Rob Anderson, sees this exposé as his ticket to national attention, and makes the photo his next headline giving Mark’s opposing candidate fodder for his campaign. Candie’s “I’ll wring his scrawny neck” threat is hard to dismiss when Tommy Ray is found dead grasping evidence that implicates Candie.
S.A. Kazlo’s third book in her Samantha Davies Mystery series has a clever mystery with ample surprises, a multigenerational cast, endearing relationships, conflicts hard to ignore, and a happy ending. The problems exes cause beg the question, where’s karma? but, with break-ins, perilous mayhem, arguments witnessed, political shenanigans, and a possible doppelgänger there’s a lot more going on than first thought. The mystery was complex, entertaining, with various avenues to ponder and problems with their “out in the open” snooping, including Samantha’s detective boyfriend who can’t handle her putting herself in danger. But, all’s well that ends well, except for the surprise killer who gets arrested. It is an easy read, well-written, and also includes engaging side stories with wedding prep, the mayoral campaign, dachshund antics, more exes’ drama, and lots of friends hooking together.
Disclosure: I received an ARC from Gemma Halliday Publishing. My review is voluntary with honest insights and comments.
Loved it!
Highly recommend reading this book as well as the others in the series. Original characters and setting. Very enjoyable. Love the daschund sidekick!
Kept me guessing
This book sucked me in and kept me reading. There wasn't one dull moment. I loved the characters. Some were mystery to me on their own. Not knowing who to trust. As far as Tommy Ray's murder, I was left guessing until the end. A great read with a lovely doggie.