You May Now Kill the Bride

by Deborah Donnelly

Book Overview

You are cordially invited. . . . Don't miss amateur detective Carnegie Kincaid, expert in all things matrimony and murder, in the Hallmark original movie Wedding Planner Mystery on Hallmark Movies &... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0440242843
• ISBN13: 9780440242840
• Release Date: January 2006
• Publisher: Dell
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 0.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 4.3" x 6.9"

Customer Reviews

Time for a Romantic Change

I love the Deborah Donnelly series about the Seattle wedding planner. The characters are interesting and the plots are well written. But I do get irritated by Carnegie's snarlly romance with Aaron. They do more nasty bickering than romantic exchange. It's time for Carnegie to get a new man in her life.

I enjoy this series about a Seattle wedding planner

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.

A fun, breezy read

Set on beautiful San Juan Island, YOU MAY NOW KILL THE BRIDE has all the elements of an entertaining whodunit: an intelligent and witty sleuth, a spooky mausoleum, two snarky soon-to-be stepsisters, and a couple of dead bodies. While trying to figure out who killed gorgeous Guy Price, Carnegie must sort through her feelings about her maybe-boyfriend Aaron, deal with attentions from a cute cop, fend off an annoying reporter, and plan her best friend's wedding. The romantic ending suits the story perfectly.

4.5 Stars

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.

terrific Puget Sound cozy

In Seattle someone knifes wealthy Owen Winter shocking visiting wedding planner Carnegie Kincaid, who was soon to be his daughter-in-law when he married her mom. The San Juan Island, Washington cops assume the killer is a family member, business associate or friend with a grudge. Carnegie agrees with their assessment, but still ponders who the killer is even as she really knows no one except her best friend whose wedding she was working on and her mom. She rules both of them out as she could never love a killer. However, she considers Owen's obnoxious daughters or his former lover in between consoling her mom, working with a horde of unknown support players needed for a successful wedding, and pondering her future with boyfriend Aaron Gold (see DEATH TAKES A HONEYMOON). As usual the mystery tales a back seat to the zany cast especially the heroine whose diatribes are worth the price of admission even without some of the usual suspects performing in the fun story line. Carnegie competes with the police investigating the who-done-it with her as a stumbling bumpkin vs. their professionalism. That and her asides make for a terrific Puget Sound cozy. Harriet Klausner