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Matchmaker Marriage Mysteries: Books 1-2
Gored of the Rings and Slay Misty for Me are the first two books in the Matchmaker Marriage Mysteries, the continuing adventures of Gladie Burger with all of the regular characters from the Matchmaker Mysteries. It’s perfect for fans of Miss Fortune, Stephanie Plum, and small-town, funny mysteries.
Gored of the Rings
It’s been three years since Gladie married Spencer and settled down as a full-time matchmaker. The three years have been quiet, filled with marital bliss and absolutely no murder. Without a mystery to solve, Gladie has grown bored, even as she has exceled as a matchmaker with more than a little psychic ability. Now, her Grandma Zelda has decided to expand the family business to wedding planning, and Gladie is going to be in charge of it.
Her first customer wants a wedding with all the trimmings, including an axe-throwing room, a tractor parade, and a longhorn bull instead of a limo to the ceremony. When one of the wedding party winds up dead, a freak accident is blamed. But Gladie’s murder antennae are up, and she’s determined to prove that it’s murder and bring the killer to justice.
Slay Misty for Me
It’s September in Cannes, California, which means it’s apple season. The town is enjoying the festivities and the apple pie, but a series of vicious conspiracies has thrown suspicion on a number of the townsfolk. From someone listening to private conversations in their homes to a drug-running funeral home to mysterious words added to dictionaries and killer vacuum robots on the loose, it’s citizen against citizen in the usually idyllic town. But Gladie is trying to stay out of the chaotic conspiracies as she continues her wedding planning business. When she discovers a woman dead by marshmallows after a wedding, Gladie becomes entangled in a murder mystery that might be connected to the conspiracies and might even turn out to be the biggest conspiracy of them all.
Gored of the Rings
It’s been three years since Gladie married Spencer and settled down as a full-time matchmaker. The three years have been quiet, filled with marital bliss and absolutely no murder. Without a mystery to solve, Gladie has grown bored, even as she has exceled as a matchmaker with more than a little psychic ability. Now, her Grandma Zelda has decided to expand the family business to wedding planning, and Gladie is going to be in charge of it.
Her first customer wants a wedding with all the trimmings, including an axe-throwing room, a tractor parade, and a longhorn bull instead of a limo to the ceremony. When one of the wedding party winds up dead, a freak accident is blamed. But Gladie’s murder antennae are up, and she’s determined to prove that it’s murder and bring the killer to justice.
Slay Misty for Me
It’s September in Cannes, California, which means it’s apple season. The town is enjoying the festivities and the apple pie, but a series of vicious conspiracies has thrown suspicion on a number of the townsfolk. From someone listening to private conversations in their homes to a drug-running funeral home to mysterious words added to dictionaries and killer vacuum robots on the loose, it’s citizen against citizen in the usually idyllic town. But Gladie is trying to stay out of the chaotic conspiracies as she continues her wedding planning business. When she discovers a woman dead by marshmallows after a wedding, Gladie becomes entangled in a murder mystery that might be connected to the conspiracies and might even turn out to be the biggest conspiracy of them all.
354 pages, Kindle Edition
Published October 24, 2022
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About the author
Elise Sax
87 books911 followersElise Sax worked as a journalist for fifteen years, mostly in Paris, France. She took a detour from journalism and became a private investigator before trying her hand at writing fiction. She lives in Southern California with her two sons. An Affair to Dismember is her first novel.
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July 13, 2025
A good read
Gladie had been married to Spencer for three quiet years, and now she needed excitement. Her talent was in solving murders, and just in time, A murder arrived. I enjoyed the humour and drama that came with Gladie's investigations.
The characters were very well crafted and entertaining.
Gladie had been married to Spencer for three quiet years, and now she needed excitement. Her talent was in solving murders, and just in time, A murder arrived. I enjoyed the humour and drama that came with Gladie's investigations.
The characters were very well crafted and entertaining.
July 26, 2025
I did sort of enjoy the Matchmaker Marriage mysteries, although to be perfectly frank there’s not much match making going on.
Gladie’s grandmother Zelda is the matchmaker and Gladie plans the weddings. However things seldom go to plan and she ends up investigating murders. Gladie’s gorgeous hunk of a husband Spenser is the town sheriff, however it’s usually Gladie and her friends who solve the mystery, with a little help from her innate psychic ability.
These are a quick read and quite funny but really rather silly series of books. I’m not sure if I will read any more, I felt they were a little too unrealistic for my taste.
Gladie’s grandmother Zelda is the matchmaker and Gladie plans the weddings. However things seldom go to plan and she ends up investigating murders. Gladie’s gorgeous hunk of a husband Spenser is the town sheriff, however it’s usually Gladie and her friends who solve the mystery, with a little help from her innate psychic ability.
These are a quick read and quite funny but really rather silly series of books. I’m not sure if I will read any more, I felt they were a little too unrealistic for my taste.
June 28, 2025
course and crude
The main opening topic that I read was all about sex, ok it was between a man and his wife, but it was constant, constant, constant, in all its suggestiveness, this story was not something I was at all interested in finishing.
I realise that others may find it entertaining, but really it’s just gross.
The main opening topic that I read was all about sex, ok it was between a man and his wife, but it was constant, constant, constant, in all its suggestiveness, this story was not something I was at all interested in finishing.
I realise that others may find it entertaining, but really it’s just gross.
September 29, 2025
X-rated Foolishness
This book is filled with foolish valley talking people, descriptions of sex, gorging on food, and insane actions all meant to be comedy. It's a mystery to me how this could be titled as a mystery. Bad storyline and progression, wrapped in Jewish terms and phrases. This book is not good mystery and not good comedy.
This book is filled with foolish valley talking people, descriptions of sex, gorging on food, and insane actions all meant to be comedy. It's a mystery to me how this could be titled as a mystery. Bad storyline and progression, wrapped in Jewish terms and phrases. This book is not good mystery and not good comedy.
July 17, 2025
A fun read
These are fun to read. They are a little trite and the main character is completely focused on food and solving murders. There are references to sexual things, but it's not overt. Still not for a younger crowd, though.
These are fun to read. They are a little trite and the main character is completely focused on food and solving murders. There are references to sexual things, but it's not overt. Still not for a younger crowd, though.
June 15, 2025
Please see individual stories for review.
June 29, 2025
always entertaining and silly
These books are always so fun to read. I love to laugh out loud when reading and this will do it
These books are always so fun to read. I love to laugh out loud when reading and this will do it
July 18, 2025
Books 1-2 in Matchmaker Marriage Mysteries - Gored of the Rings - Slay Misty For Me!
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September 7, 2025
I didn't like the lead character. She was just tooooo much.
December 11, 2025
Dnf, which is rare for me, but this was way too wild. It felt like a Fever Dream.
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