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Dead and Married (Antique Shop Mystery #24)
Dead and Married - Antique Shop Mystery #24 Author:Donna Kelly April showers are bringing wedding flowers to Somerset Harbor, Maine, where Maggie Watson is fully engaged in preparing Sedgwick Manor for her daughter, Emily's, wedding to Dr. Austin Prescott. As much as ever, Maggie is grateful for the help of her best friend and antiques shop manager, June McGillis, whose favors range from cheerful pep talks ... more »to helping haul oversize wedding decor.
Everything's coming up roses until a close acquaintance of June's winds up dead. Artist Nick Orman's murder casts a dark veil over what should be a joyous time, and the situation escalates from grim to downright disastrous when June is arrested for the horrifying crime. Maggie knows there's no way June was involved in Nick's death, so she adds "exonerate best friend" to her to-do list for the week. Can she free June and still find the energy to navigate the rocky terrain of event planning?
As if June's incarceration weren't upsetting enough, Maggie also encounters trouble on the home front when, alarmed by some secretive behavior from Austin and his parents, Emily goes from blushing bride to worrywart. Will Emily alter her plans for meeting Austin at the altar, or can the couple untie the knots of uncertainty around their union?
Assisted by her handsome beau, James Bennett, and her beloved friends in the Somerset Harbor Historical Society, Maggie vows that everything will go off without a hitch. In order to prove her dear friend is innocent, Maggie must unmask a murderer - all the while handling the nuptial-related crises piling up like wedding gifts. If she isn't successful, "'til death do us part" could take on a more ominous meaning than she could have ever imagined.
Will Maggie's loved ones get their fairy-tale ending, or will it be happily never after for the residents of Somerset Harbor?« less