A high-end wedding on a private island off the coast of Seattle sounds like something out of a magazine. But for bestselling mystery author Kate Valentine, it’s more like a nightmare.
Why Kate agreed to attend her ex-fiancé’s wedding is its own enigma, but she’ll plaster on a fake smile for two nights, with the aid of free champagne, naturally. And because the groom happens to be her editor, she’ll try to finish a draft of her latest Loretta Starling mystery as a wedding gift.
When the bride is poisoned and Kate stumbles across a dead body, she finds herself in a real-life mystery that eerily echoes the plot of her latest novel. And the only person who seems willing to help Kate catch the killer is Jake Hawkins, aka: the Hostralian; aka: Kate’s biggest romantic regret.
As the wine flows and the weather threatens to hold every guest hostage, bitter resentments and long-held grudges surface amongst the colorful crowd. Anyone could be capable of murder, it seems. What would Loretta do? Unfortunately, Kate doesn’t have a clue.
This book is wacky. It gives the requirements for a mystery and then adds more. Some of those “more” were not my cup of tea. For example, the amateur was wrong more than right. She also was annoying. However, I liked her over everyone else, and their judgy ways. I actually wanted Kate to be right and everyone else including the “perfect” bride to get hurt. Like seriously hurt.
I didn’t figure out the killer because there was just too much going on. I actually forgot a key point because I was more annoyed than I was logical. I guess the kooky, wacky cozy mysteries are just not for me.
Overall, I rate this novel 3 out of 5 stars.
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