What do you think?
Rate this book
Death by Wedding Bells: A Hilarious Feel-Good Cozy Mystery
A dead wedding planner, a derailed ceremony, and four generations of O’Malley mayhem.
When Navy bride Jolene O’Malley arrives on San Malvino for her dream destination wedding, everything looks picture-perfect—until the planner turns up dead in a bathtub and the big day starts falling apart. With no vendors paid, no backup plan, and a guest list full of tension, her father Reg—a dry-witted ex-SEAL—steps in to keep things from imploding.
Together with his wife Alex (a retired army therapist turned island sleuth), Reg must navigate high-maintenance relatives, suspicious locals, and one very uncooperative guest with something to hide. With time running out, it’ll take military discipline and a bit of island luck to pull off a wedding and catch a killer at the same time.
Welcome to San Malvino. Where “till death do us part” is not just a phrase.
When Navy bride Jolene O’Malley arrives on San Malvino for her dream destination wedding, everything looks picture-perfect—until the planner turns up dead in a bathtub and the big day starts falling apart. With no vendors paid, no backup plan, and a guest list full of tension, her father Reg—a dry-witted ex-SEAL—steps in to keep things from imploding.
Together with his wife Alex (a retired army therapist turned island sleuth), Reg must navigate high-maintenance relatives, suspicious locals, and one very uncooperative guest with something to hide. With time running out, it’ll take military discipline and a bit of island luck to pull off a wedding and catch a killer at the same time.
Welcome to San Malvino. Where “till death do us part” is not just a phrase.
79 pages, Kindle Edition
Published July 22, 2025
10 people are currently reading
6 people want to read
Ratings & Reviews
Friends & Following
Create a free account to discover what your friends think of this book!
Community Reviews
Displaying 1 - 3 of 3 reviews
August 19, 2025
When Jolene and her fiancé Nathan came to the island for her wedding, it was so funny how Nathan kinda bonded with Gary, of all people and crazy Polly the parrot. And Reg’s 92 year-old grandpa was cracking me up flirting with all the women. “Hey I’m a widower on vacation” lol. Jolene’s wedding planner was murdered and it honestly didn’t take me long to figure out whodunit. The characters weren’t too far behind me so it became a matter of how to trap the person.
It was truly a group effort and definitely paid off when Jolene and Nathan ended up with a really nice wedding and reception. There were some excellent one and two-liners flying like crazy in this installment. Can’t wait to read the next book!
It was truly a group effort and definitely paid off when Jolene and Nathan ended up with a really nice wedding and reception. There were some excellent one and two-liners flying like crazy in this installment. Can’t wait to read the next book!
August 8, 2025
Wedding and Blackmail
Reg's daughter is coming to the island to get married. Reg's grandfather the General his father the Admiral along with other family members arrive for the wedding.Everything is coming fine until Jolene finds her wedding planner dead in the bath tub. Alex and Shannon take over helping Jolene fix the wedding plans while Reg, Lucien, Mendoza and Reg Sr. decide to track the killer before the wedding. Good story and characters
Reg's daughter is coming to the island to get married. Reg's grandfather the General his father the Admiral along with other family members arrive for the wedding.Everything is coming fine until Jolene finds her wedding planner dead in the bath tub. Alex and Shannon take over helping Jolene fix the wedding plans while Reg, Lucien, Mendoza and Reg Sr. decide to track the killer before the wedding. Good story and characters
November 27, 2025
This episode is about Reg's biological daughter Jolene. She and her fiance Nathan have come to San Malvino for their wedding. However, before they reach the altar, Reg and the crew must find out who murdered the wedding planner, Shira. I gave this book a five star rating.
Displaying 1 - 3 of 3 reviews