In the new Perfect Proposals mystery from the author of Bodice of Evidence and Engaged in Murder, a country club wedding reception becomes the scene of a baffling crime.
The wedding for Pepper Pomeroyโs sister Felicity starts with dearly beloved but it ends with dearly departed when Ashley, the bartender Pepper befriended earlier in the evening, drops dead from a lethal nightcap. Authorities think itโs just a tragic accident. After all, whoโd want to kill a virtual stranger at a country club wedding reception? Thatโs what Pepper wants to know.
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A search into Ashleyโs past reveals a twisty path of secret sororities, well-connected enemies, and an unsolved slaying still shadowing members of high societyโincluding a filthy-rich battle-ax whose demands for the services of Pepperโs Perfect Proposals are starting to sound more like veiled threats. Pepperโs business may be booming but continued success means outsmarting a mysterious culprit whoโs still wedded to the idea of murder.
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