A Wedding to Die For (Yellow Rose Mysteries) [Mass Market Paperback]

Leann Sweeney (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: January 4, 2005

From the author of Pick Your Poison comes a crazy case of matrimonial murder and a broken-hearted bride-to-be when a family guest gets hit over the head with a gift. The bad reception only gets deadlier for Houston PI Abby Rose, enlisted to resolve the wedding fiasco.

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 18 and up
  
• Mass Market Paperback: 272 pages
• Publisher: Signet (January 4, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0451210328
• ISBN-13: 978-0451210326
• Product Dimensions: 6.8 x 4.2 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (15 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #588,195 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

As well as being a writer, I am a registered nurse and worked for 35 years, 15 of them mostly in psyschiatry and the last 20 before I took early retirement as a school nurse--but wait. School nursing is a psych job, too. I have degrees in nursing and in psychology and have lived on the Texas Gulf Coast for 32 years. My husband is a chemical engineer and I have two amazing children. My son and his wife live in Seattle. My daughter and her husband rotate between NYC and Massachusetts. Aren't we lucky to be in between? Well, sorta. Both places are too far away.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

17 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars This second in the series doesn't disappoint, May 10, 2005

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M. C. Crammer (Decatur, GA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: A Wedding to Die For (Yellow Rose Mysteries) (Mass Market Paperback)

I particularly liked the first book in the series, but I always worry that it will be downhill from then. Fortunately, the author keeps the quality going -- I will look forward to reading the next in the series.

The plot involves a wealthy young Texan, Rose, who has started her own business (she donates earnings to charity) finding birth parents for adoptees. Her client has invited her to her wedding -- she'd hoped her birth mother could attend, but they haven't found her yet -- but there's a killing at the reception. Rose gets mixed up in that, in no small part because the investigating police chief in this gulf-front town suspects her and various people that Rose knows are innocent. Rose's boyfriend -- a homicide detective in Houston -- used to date this police chief, so you can imagine the tension. Rose is involved in trying to identify a mysterious and uninvited guest at the wedding -- the obvious supposition is that she's from the bride's birth family, but is she? and does she have anything to do with the murder, like is she the killer? Rose ends up going to Jamaica to do some research.

These types of mysteries aren't exactly realistic -- and no "noir" either -- not NYPD or anything like. They are well-plotted and amusing. That's waht the author does well -- snappy dialogue, some romance, a little travel, a glimpse of the good life among the wealthier folk, etc.

I look forward to reading the next in the series.

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Another Entertaining Read, February 17, 2005

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Butterscotch (USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: A Wedding to Die For (Yellow Rose Mysteries) (Mass Market Paperback)

This second in the Yellow Rose mystery series was just as pleasurable as the first. Once again, Abby Rose, now a private adoption PI is involved with murder and mayhem. The characters were fun to get to know, although the craziness of two sisters - Courtney and Roxanne - was a bit over the top at times. The mystery is involving, and just long enough to hold your attention. I particularly enjoyed the trip Abby took to Jamaica to further research the case - getting Abby to another location with locals really added to the story. If you haven't read the first in the series, I would recommend that; although the author goes over the highlights from her first book the characters are drawn from the first book mainly, and just expanded upon here. I look forward to the next book.. fun and light series.

6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Adoption and murder, February 14, 2005

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Dawn Dowdle "Mystery Lovers Corner reviewer" (Lynchburg, VA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: A Wedding to Die For (Yellow Rose Mysteries) (Mass Market Paperback)

Abby Rose is a new adoption PI in Houston. Meagan Beadford hires her to find her birth mother, hoping she will attend her wedding. Unfortunately Abby hits one brick wall after another in the search. Especially since Meagan won't discuss it with her adoptive parents. She doesn't think they will understand.

Meagan's adoptive father is murdered at Meagan's reception. At Meagan's request, Abby continues to search for her birth mother. She soon discovers not everything is as it seems. This search ends up taking her out of Texas for a few days.

When Meagan's uncle is murdered, Meagan asks Abby to help find who killed the two men. Meagan is unsure that she can help, but she agrees to cry. Meagan looks so pale that Abby can't turn her down.
There are so many possible suspects. The chief of police, Quinn Fielder, is no help at all. Matter of fact, she suspects Abby. Abby's boyfriend, Jeff is a Sergeant in the Houston Police Department. Since this happened in Seacliff, he has no jurisdiction and can't help her.

Meagan's cousins have some issues, and Abby, along with her twin sister Kate, try to help. It's not always easy. Abby wonders if they had anything to do with the murders.

Abby finds herself in some sticky situations along the way, but she is determined to discover the truth about Meagan's adoption and the murder of her father and uncle.

I really like this new series. This is the second in the series. It is great. I can't wait for the next one! Abby is such a great character. She is full of spunk and has wonderful people around her to assist her and support her. Of course, there are those like Aunt Caroline, who you can't always tell if they really have her best interests at heart.

I highly recommend this book.