Wed and Buried (Bed-And-Breakfast Mysteries) [Hardcover]

Mary Daheim (Author)

Book Description

Series: Bed-And-Breakfast Mysteries | Publication Date: February 1998

Unholy Matrimony

Ask not for whom the wedding bell tolls, it tolls for Judith McMonigle Flynn's son Mike--and the Hillside Manor b&b is packed to the rafters with relatives. However, Mama Judith's unrestrained joy is somewhat dampened when, during the rehearsal dinner downtown, she spies a tuxedo-clad gent tossing a bridal-gowned beauty off the roof of a nearby hotel. Always one to eagerly exclaim "I do!" when offered the opportunity to investigate nefarious deeds, Judith's determination to unveil a killer could put undo stress on her own marital bliss with policeman-hubby Joe. But she remains wedded to her mission--and she's not about to take a honeymoon from amateur sleuthing until she's gotten to the bottom of the homicidal hanky-panky surrounding a match made in hell.

--This text refers to the Mass Market Paperback edition.

Editorial Reviews

From Publishers Weekly

The prolific Daheim's latest bed and breakfast mystery, finds b&b proprietor Judith Flynn hosting a horde of new in-laws for her son's wedding. But as luck would have it, Judith believes she's seen a murder outside the hotel reception site. Judith, who treats her b&b like a hobby, takes a more proprietary interest in the investigation and annoys the investigator in charge, her husband, homicide detective Joe Flynn. Luckily clues contrive to drop into Judith's lap because, generally speaking, she doesn't seem competent enough to find them herself. She ignores dark clouds in her own family while she chases after hunches with a cousin who?with five children, a husband and a job?one presumes would have other things to do. All in all, neither the characters nor the construction of the plot seems believable or coherent.
Copyright 1998 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to the Mass Market Paperback edition.

Review

"Kick off your shoes and get cozy with Mary Daheim." -- --Portland Oregonian --This text refers to the Mass Market Paperback edition.

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Product Details

• Hardcover
• Publisher: San Val (February 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1417710101
• ISBN-13: 978-1417710102
• Average Customer Review: 2.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #11,041,038 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Lacking, November 22, 2005

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Mystery Girl "Zuzi" (Orange County, CA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Wed and Buried (Bed-And-Breakfast Mysteries) (Mass Market Paperback)

I have loved almost all Daheim's books, and reading them in no certain order, but this was one I couldn't wait to put down and not recommend. It seems no thought was given to the characters.....they have no real substance to them like in her other books. Judith herself seems like she has lost her gumption along with her wit and is just rambling through this story trying to out-do her hubby in guessing the murderer, even though she denies it. There is no heart in her sleuthing and even Renie seems less like Renie. Even Gertrude was down right annoying and I usually just find her annoyingly funny! Maybe Daheim's heart wasn't into this book when she was writing. It sure shows. If it weren't for Sweetums and Phyliss I would have put the book down.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Oh, Please! How can one woman be so Stupid?, January 24, 2008

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ejlcom (Portland, OR USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Wed and Buried (Bed-And-Breakfast Mysteries) (Mass Market Paperback)

What in the world? Ms. Daheim is dumbing poor ole Judith down...so much that I wished I could have slapped the woman (i.e. Judith) in this Bed-and-Breakfast mystery, Wed and Buried.

Judith Flynn has become even worse than Jessica Fletcher: a STUPID meddling woman. Even Mother Gertrude is starting to wear on the reader in this book of the series...how can anyone be as stupid as Judith in tolerating the treatment from this woman who is her mother? OK, Judith (with Renie's help) solves mysteries but does Judith have to be so naive and unintelligent to what is going on around her? Come on, Ms. Daheim, put some intelligence back into Judith!

Wed and Buried did not have the usual Daheim twists and certainly introduced a dumber Judith...and Renie didn't win any honors for intelligence, either! Even Hubby Joe seems to have been dumbed down. I found little humor in this novel, whereas I have chuckled through Ms. Daheim's previous novels of this Bed-and-Breakfast series.

I am in the process of reading this series of mysteries in succession and am becoming very disappointed in them. Think I'll bag this Bed-and-Breakfast series and latch onto Mary's Alpine mystery series where the female lead is intelligent...

3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Keep them coming!, April 7, 1998

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Pam "SMB,SLT" (Flint Hills of Kansas) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Wed and Buried (Bed-And-Breakfast Mysteries) (Mass Market Paperback)

Yes, more please. I have introduced Mary Daheim and her Bed and Breakfast novels to many of my friends. They read and also beg for more. Keep them coming.