You May Now Kill the Bride (Carnegie Kincaid, Book 5) [Mass Market Paperback]

Deborah Donnelly (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: January 31, 2006

On picturesque San Juan Island, love and lavender are in the air. So, unfortunately, are jealousy, pettiness…and murder. Wedding planner Carnegie Kincaid has come to the Puget Sound paradise to oversee her best friend’s wedding. But when her own mother announces her engagement to a local millionaire, Carnegie inherits more than two hostile about-to-be stepsisters and a new father she doesn’t quite trust.

Juggling cops and caterers, secret lovers and sullen in-laws, Carnegie finds a season of love in an idyllic setting turning into chaos. But when the millionaire’s key employee turns up dead and the local police–including one gorgeous blond hunk of a deputy–start breathing down her neck, can she stop a match made in heaven from becoming an invitation to murder?

Editorial Reviews

From Publishers Weekly

With her characteristic wit and charm, Donnelly spins another sprightly cozy mystery featuring hapless Seattle wedding planner Carnegie Kincaid, who's a magnet for mischief. Carnegie doesn't solve mysteries as much as stumble across dead bodies and convenient clues, but her wry humor and colorful companions ensure that each escapade is as enjoyable as the last. Murder hits close to home when the sexy caretaker employed by Owen Winter, Carnegie's soon-to-be father-in-law, is knifed in the back. The suspects include Owen's snotty daughters; the victim's flirty former lover; the bickering Norwegian couple hosting the wedding of Carnegie's best friend, Lily; and even the cops investigating the crime. While poking around for clues and planning Lily's nuptials, Carnegie tries to sort out her relationship with her on-again, off-again boyfriend Aaron Gold, who was severely injured in Donnelly's last book, Death Takes a Honeymoon. Though this installment doesn't feature such lovable recurring characters as Boris the Mad Russian Florist, it's as invigorating as a shot of espresso and just as swiftly consumed. (Jan.)
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About the Author

Deborah Donnelly is a sea captain's daughter who grew up in Panama, Cape Cod, and points in between. She's been an executive speechwriter, a university librarian, a science fiction writer, and a nanny. A longtime resident of Seattle, and a bloomingly healthy breast cancer survivor, Donnelly now lives physically in Boise, Idaho, and virtually at www.deborahdonnelly.org.

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Product Details

• Mass Market Paperback: 304 pages
• Publisher: Dell (January 31, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0440242843
• ISBN-13: 978-0440242840
• Product Dimensions: 4.2 x 0.9 x 6.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,108,552 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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Hello! I'm a sea captain's daughter who grew up in Panama, Cape Cod, and points in between. I attended Macalester College in St. Paul, and earned a masters in library science at the University of Washington. And I've been cooking up stories ever since I could think.

Over the years I've occupied myself with several occupations. I've been an academic librarian in Walla Walla, an executive speechwriter in Seattle, and a rather improbable nanny in Singapore. Along the way I wrote science fiction stories that appeared in Asimov's, F&SF, and Universe - not to mention reprints in Portuguese and Lithuanian!

Then my best friend and I got married (though not to each other) within the same few months. The fun of planning our weddings, combined with an evening course in mystery writing, led to the creation of Carnegie Kincaid, bridal consultant and amateur sleuth. VEILED THREATS, published by Bantam Dell in January 2001, was soon followed down the aisle by DIED TO MATCH, MAY THE BEST MAN DIE, DEATH TAKES A HONEYMOON, and now my latest, YOU MAY NOW KILL THE BRIDE.

I was long-time Seattleite, just like Carnegie, but I've been living in the sunshine and sagebrush of Idaho with my husband and our two Welsh corgis. Now we're in the process of moving to Portland, Oregon - a new adventure! I'm a gratefully healthy breast cancer survivor, and I love to go hiking in the mountains and to throw parties - though none quite as fancy as the show-stoppers that Carnegie puts on.

Some of the events in my books are inspired by real wedding stories that I hear from readers. So if you have a triumph, a disaster, or just a funny tale to tell, please email me via my website at www.deborahdonnelly.org. Thanks for reading!

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10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars I enjoy this series about a Seattle wedding planner, March 26, 2006

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This review is from: You May Now Kill the Bride (Carnegie Kincaid, Book 5) (Mass Market Paperback)

Carnegie is planning her good friend's wedding, which will take place on one of the islands off the coast of Seattle -- a lovely area made lovelier for Carnegie by the fact that she's staying at the fabulous waterfront home of her mother's boyfriend. The only problem is that the boyfriend's adult children are rude and obnoxious to Carnegie and her mother (things are getting serious and they don't want to share Daddy or his money). Carnegie goes for a walk and discovers a corpse -- murdered. She's kind of a suspect, and then finds herself getting the attention of a local policeman. Her boyfriend Aaron (injured in the last book in the series) is being difficult and she doesn't know the status of their relationship so she's sort of receptive. Of course, it's difficult to plan her friend's wedding when she's a suspect in this murder...

It's a picturesque setting and a quick-paced mystery. A great book to take on vacation or to read on a rainy day. I like Carnegie, the wedding planner motif, and the whole series. OK, this is a light and breezy mystery, but what's wrong with that? It's entertaining.

10 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Good, But Not Great, March 3, 2006

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This review is from: You May Now Kill the Bride (Carnegie Kincaid, Book 5) (Mass Market Paperback)

I like this series a lot, and I enjoyed reading this installment. However, when I was finished with it, I had to wonder if I really did enjoy it after all.

The supporting cast that makes this series so much fun, mainly Boris and Eddie, were either non-existent or just a blip on the radar. Aaron, who I can't stand on a good day, was even more loathesome than usual. I was so hoping that Carnegie would finally dump his sorry butt for the cute police officer, so I was extremely disappointed by the ending of the book.

I also felt there were a lot of loose ends. We know why the main murder took place, but we never really got much of an explanation for the second one. If Carnegie wasn't really a suspect, why was her date wired and why was the tracking device left on her car? If she told the sisters that she didn't want to be called "Carrie" and they kept doing it, why didn't she start calling Kimmie "Kimberly," which she was told not to do early in the book? What was the big secret being whispered about behind closed doors when she first arrived at the lavender farm? A few loose ends are fine, but there were just way too many questions when this book was done.

I'm not sure I'll continue with this series based on the way this book ended. I'm very disappointed about that.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars 4.5 Stars, March 2, 2006

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Sharon (Grove City, OH USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: You May Now Kill the Bride (Carnegie Kincaid, Book 5) (Mass Market Paperback)

After being so disappointed with the last one of this series, I was glad I stuck with it for this book. Granted Boris was missing and there wasn't much Eddie but the plot more than made up for it. It was very straight forward and I would have to say my favorite in the series. And the ending was touching in a corny romantic way. I loved it.