Five Star Expressions - Constable's Wedding [Hardcover]

Laurie Moore (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: October 3, 2005 | ISBN-10: 1594142491 | ISBN-13: 978-1594142499 | Edition: 1

Edgar-nominated mystery author Laurie Moore merges her critically-acclaimed Constable series and Fort Worth police series to create this page-turning sequel to Constable's Apprehension. Jinx Porter has only eight days to win back Raven before she gets married. Compounding the countdown, simultaneous kidnappings have them scrambling to find the perpetrators; Raven's maid of honor, detective Cézanne Martin, is investigating the murder of Raven's next-door neighbor; and the groom is missing. Throw in a florist up to his ears in drug dogs, a dead caterer and a confused baker and you've got another wild ride with the Tarrant County Constables.

Laurie Moore was born and reared in the Great State of Texas.

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It looks as though deputy Raven's wedding isn't going to happen. Tommy, her intended, is a CIA operative out in the field, and all of his phone calls end with the sound of gunfire and screaming. Jinx, the constable of Tarrant County, Texas, her philandering former lover, doesn't want to see Raven wed. Fellow officer Dell, also in love with her, feels the same. It's hard for Raven to plan her wedding, what with investigating the murder of her elderly neighbor, and searching for Jinx's lost cat and two missing children, one of whom is scheduled to be a human sacrifice on the summer solstice. Lots of action, lots of humor, and lots of quirky characters--including a teen voodoo practitioner, feuding bridesmaids, and an oversexed Wiccan--add to the excitement as Raven watches her detailed wedding plans disintegrate. This is the third book in Moore's Constable series (Constable's Run, 2002; Constable's Apprehension, 2003), and libraries will want all three titles in this rowdy, off-the-wall, hormonally charged series. Shelley Mosley
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Product Details

• Hardcover: 361 pages
• Publisher: Five Star; 1 edition (October 3, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1594142491
• ISBN-13: 978-1594142499
• Product Dimensions: 8.5 x 5.7 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,055,514 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Another great one by Laurie Moore, August 19, 2006

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Linda M. Giles (East Coast, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Five Star Expressions - Constable's Wedding (Hardcover)

As usual Laurie Moore does not disappoint the reader with her exceptional sense of writing style. This book like all of her stories shows Ms. Moore's quick witt filling her books with tongue in cheek humor as she weaves a great who done it. I am anxiously waiting to see what comes next! Keep them coming!

5.0 out of 5 stars great Constable police procedural, October 25, 2005

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Harriet Klausner - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Five Star Expressions - Constable's Wedding (Hardcover)

Tarrant County Constable Jinx Porter panics as the clock is running down on his chances to persuade Raven not to marry her fiancé Tommy Greenway who is incognito somewhere in the Sudan or a similar locale. The office is working on retrieving a five years old girl Magick whose mother died and father Fleck is a satanic cultist; her maternal grandparents want the child with them. Raven especially worries because she fears the youngster will be sacrificed in an upcoming summer solstice ritual.

As they search for the child other events interfere with Raven's wedding plans. Her elderly neighbor dies, bashed in the head; a gypsy she arrested ate her engagement ring; and the DEA is investigating the florist while the caterer is simply dead. Then there is Sigrid the new investigator in her life, and finally a groom whom has remained incommunicado for the past five days. Wedding blues seem too trite.

The Constable police procedurals are some of the best on the market today. The latest one is the typical amusing yet serious mystery as Raven gets closer to marriage, but her groom is somewhere in the middle of nowhere surrounded by terrorists. The missing child cult subplot adds depth to a strong tale. Fans will want Moore Jinx-Raven and ilk tales from this wonderfully entertaining author.

Harriet Klausner