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My thoughts:
The cover of this book gave me the feeling that it would be a fun read and it was.
Here is the second in an enjoyable series that offers both mystery and comedy. It is a good combination.
This time mayhem again comes into Eleanor Dash’s life. The events unfurl around a wedding. There is murder and a group of guests all staying on Catalina Island who are suspects. Will Eleanor be able to fix things? What will happen along the way? Read this one to find out. Then wait for the next in the series.
As a side note: Eleanor Dash is quite similar to Elinor Dashwood in Sense and Sensibility while Emma is an eponymous Austen heroine.
Many thanks to NetGalley and St. Martin’s Press/Minotaur Books for this title. All thoughts are my own.
Pub date: 13 May 2025
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No One Was Supposed to Die at This Wedding: A Novel (The Vacation Mysteries, 2)
Editorial Reviews
Review
A USA Today Bestseller
An Indie Next List Pick (May 2025)
An Amazon Editors’ Pick for Best Mystery, Thriller & Suspense (May 2025)
One of Zibby’s “Most-Anticipated Books of 2025”
One of Goodreads’s “Most Anticipated Spring Mysteries and Thrillers”
One of Publishers Weekly’s Summer 2025 Reads
One of She Reads’s “For The Girlies Who Love Drama in Their Fiction Not Their Life”
One of Library Journal’s “Book Pulse: Top Books Of the Week”
One of Sacramento Bee’s “ California Island-Set Novels Take the Locked Room Mystery to Splashy New Levels”
“Fast and funny… Mack complements the twisty plot with Eleanor’s brisk and biting first-person narration, chock-full of amusing asides (often in footnotes) that examine the movie business and the craft of mystery writing. This one goes down smooth.”―Publishers Weekly
“Eleanor continues to be a sarcastic narrator who uses footnotes to speak to the reader. The novel is again full of pop references, romance, and a mix of suspects. It is an easy read that will keep you interested . . . to find out who did it.”―Booklist
Many thanks to NetGalley and St. Martin’s Press/Minotaur Books for this title. All thoughts are my own.
Pub date: 13 May 2025
From the publisher:
The second in a witty, USA Today bestselling series following author Eleanor Dash as she goes from wedding guest to murder mystery investigator at her best friend’s wedding on Catalina Island.
Attending your best friend’s wedding should be a piece of (wedding) cake, but not for Eleanor Dash, bestselling author of the Vacation Mysteries series. Because murder seems to follow her every time she goes on vacation and is definitely her uninvited plus-one to the special occasion.
Emma Wood, Eleanor’s best friend since childhood, is starring in the movie adaptation of When in Rome, Eleanor’s first novel. Emma is also marrying Fred Winters, a major movie star and Emma’s co-star, who just happens to be playing Connor Smith, Eleanor’s ex and leading man of the series.
Filming wraps and they invite the whole cast and crew to their wedding at nearby Catalina Island. There may be a storm headed their way—because of course there is—but nothing will stop their nuptials . . . that is until Emma receives a note that says “Someone is going to die at the wedding.”
Eleanor is a professional at this point, and she’ll do everything she can to uncover the murderer so true love can prevail . . . before it’s too late for her and the rest of the storm-trapped wedding party
Editorial Reviews
Review
A USA Today Bestseller
An Indie Next List Pick (May 2025)
An Amazon Editors’ Pick for Best Mystery, Thriller & Suspense (May 2025)
One of Zibby’s “Most-Anticipated Books of 2025”
One of Goodreads’s “Most Anticipated Spring Mysteries and Thrillers”
One of Publishers Weekly’s Summer 2025 Reads
One of She Reads’s “For The Girlies Who Love Drama in Their Fiction Not Their Life”
One of Library Journal’s “Book Pulse: Top Books Of the Week”
One of Sacramento Bee’s “ California Island-Set Novels Take the Locked Room Mystery to Splashy New Levels”
“Fast and funny… Mack complements the twisty plot with Eleanor’s brisk and biting first-person narration, chock-full of amusing asides (often in footnotes) that examine the movie business and the craft of mystery writing. This one goes down smooth.”―Publishers Weekly
“Eleanor continues to be a sarcastic narrator who uses footnotes to speak to the reader. The novel is again full of pop references, romance, and a mix of suspects. It is an easy read that will keep you interested . . . to find out who did it.”―Booklist
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