Wed and Buried (Bed-And-Breakfast Mysteries) (Mass Market Paperback)

by Mary Daheim (Author) "JUDITH MCMONIGLE FLYNN tripped over the silver bells on the silver box, fell against the oak banister, and landed on her knees atop something odd..." (more)
Key Phrases: wedding bills, hotel roof, rehearsal dinner, Uncle Gurd, Harley Davidson, Hillside Manor (more...)

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.

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"Kick off your shoes and get cozy with Mary Daheim." -- --Portland Oregonian

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Product Details

• Mass Market Paperback: 304 pages
• Publisher: Avon (January 1, 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 038078520X
• ISBN-13: 978-0380785209
• Product Dimensions: 6.6 x 4.2 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 6.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 2.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #610,070 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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• This is item 12 in The Bed-and-Breakfast Mystery Series.

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

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

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

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.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Lacking, November 23, 2005

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

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.

4 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Getting Worse Instead of Better, September 2, 1998

By	[e-mail] (Washington State) - See all my reviews

Mary Daheim's 12th (I think) Bed-and-Breakfast Mystery is a BIG disappointment. I really try to support my fellow Washingtonians when they turn author, buying works which I freely admit are not always first-rate. I enjoy the local color and keep hoping they'll improve if we faithful readers keep them financially afloat. BUT...after a dozen books, Daheim is getting worse, not better, and I am pulling the plug! Wed and Buried lacks suspense, lacks humor, and lacks charm. Sleuth Judith Flynn is more than usually limp and brainless, cop husband Joe is boring and patronizing, and standbys such as Cousin Renie and Obnoxious Mom lack enough buoyancy to keep this leaden tome afloat. A Cozy Mystery, by definition, should have charm and chuckles. If it's played for farce, it needs the kind of wacky realism one recognizes in good screen comedy--real people caricatured to the point of hilarity. If it's played for satire, it requires a dry understated wit. Daheim, by contrast, has created a cartoon version of Luci and Desi--a charmless Desi and a whiny Luci. Cousin Renie repeatedly asks Judith why she's bothering to try to solve the mystery of the dead disk jockey, and long before the last page, I found myself wondering the same thing. Why bother, Judith, to solve this mystery? Why bother, Mary, to WRITE this mystery? Why bother, Dear Reader, to read this mystery? Never again.