11. Murder With Peacocks (Meg Langslow, #1) by Donna Andrews. Three Weddings…And a Murder.

Up to now Meg Langslow’s summer just isn’t going swimmingly. Down inside her Virginia that is small hometown she’s maid of honor during the nuptials of three loved ones–each of who has dumped the look inside her capable arms. One bride is defined in including A indigenous American natural purification ceremony, while another wants live peacocks regarding the yard. Only help from the town’s drop-dead gorgeous hunk, disappointingly rumored become gay, keeps Meg afloat in a ocean of dotty family relations and crazy next-door neighbors.

And, in whirl of summer time events and picnics, Southern hospitality is strained into the restriction by an newcomer that is offensive hints at skeletons into the visitors’ closets. However it appears this lady has offended one way too many when she’s found dead in dubious circumstances, followed closely by a sequence of accidents–some deadly. Quickly, level-headed Meg’s to-do list extends from flower plans and bridal registries to catching a killer–before the following catered occasion is her very own funeral.

12. Aunt Dimity’s Death (An Aunt Dimity Mystery, # 1) by Nancy Atherton. Lori Shepherd thought Aunt Dimity had been just a character in a bedtime story… Until the Dickensian law practice of Willis & Willis summons her to a reading for the woman’s will.

Down-on-her-luck Lori learns she’s going to inherit an estate–if that is siazable can discover the secret hidden in a treasure trove of letters in Dimity’s English country cottage. Read More →