The Ten Little Bridesmaids cozy mystery serial is an homage to the best-selling mystery of all time. It is full of thrilling, heart-stopping, can’t-put-the-book-down cliff-hangers. And this is part one:
When Quincy McKay said she’d rather die than be a bridesmaid, she didn’t mean it literally.
A getaway to a remote island mansion, with her fiancé Alex, becomes anything but a vacation when Quincy provides flowers for his friend’s wedding. After she drops off the bridal flowers at the Harmony Lodge, her duties as one of ten bridesmaids begin. Each of the other bridesmaids has a secret in their past, and as the group becomes more secluded from the outside world, one by one, those secrets are revealed. And one by one, each bridesmaid dies.
Is it all a silly game, or will Quincy and her friends become the last casualties of something far more sinister?
Annie Adams is the author of THE FINAL ARRANGEMENT, book one in The Flower Shop Mystery series. She lives with her husband, two giant dogs, and two too giant cats in Northern Utah at the foot of the Wasatch Mountains. When not writing she can be found arranging flowers or delivering them in her own Zombie Delivery Van.
Great start to the serial, and continuation of the series. I'm a little down by Quincy and her low self esteem, it seems that K.C. and Alex combined can't bring it up. Hopefully, it gets better as the story goes on. She has no reason to feel so low!
I only gave this book (or episode) 3 stars because I now have to buy the rest of the series to find out what happens next....I enjoyed what I have read so far but would have preferred it to be one complete book instead of indiviual episodes.
I truly enjoyed the book. Annie Adams kept you interested throughout the book. However, it was so well written & ended on an awesome cliffhanger...I can hardly wait until the next one comes out, which I hope is soon!!
A story book wedding to be held in an historic island mansion sounds like a romantic story. But when Quincy is hired (ok Rosie's Posies is hired, Quincy is the boss) to do the flowers along with another florist, you know there will be problems. Quincy's fiance is in the bridal party, and when one of the bridesmaids can't be in the wedding, Quincy is also pressed into service as a bridesmaid. The only problem is-well there are so many problems I don't know where to start. With the accidents? The flirting? The nasty attitudes? The spooky house? The isolation? I think you will just have to read it for yourself. I turns out to be unlike any wedding preparation I have ever heard of or imagined! You will laugh at K.C., Q's shop assistant, as she is determined to party no mater what happens. The romantic weekend Quincy had imagined isn't happening, and everything is in an uproar. At least the bride and groom are happy. To find out about the rest of the 20+ people staying in the isolate home, you have to read the book. My complaint is the same others have expressed-it is much too short. The author has done a great job in setting us up for the murder and all the motives of the bridal party. The cliffhanger is almost unbearable! I hope the next book comes out very quickly The writing is good and fraught with innuendoes . I can't wait to see what happens next!
I am so glad I discovered Annie Adams a few books back. Here, she continues her knack of combining light texture with what in other hands might be a run-of-the-mill murder mystery. Her characters are well-drawn and Adams' writing style keeps them smoothly intermingling. In this first episode a crime may or may not have been committed but so much other fun stuff is happening, the reader hardly notices. What a rewarding, relaxing read!