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Binding: PaperbackDewey Decimal Number: 813.6 EAN: 9780451214928 ISBN: 0451214927 Label: Signet Manufacturer: Signet Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 288 Publication Date: May 03, 2005 Publisher: Signet Studio: Signet Related Items:
Editorial Review: Product Description: Helen Hawthorne's new job at a bridal salon becomes downright funereal when a bride-to-be's mother is murdered. Now, Helen must find the killer before this turns into another dead-end position for her-literally. Average Rating:
 Rating:  - Reading About Weddings Can Be MurderThis is the first book I have read in this series. I thought I'd really like it, but I was extremely disappointed. It was dull and predictable. The vocabulary seemed odd like a person from other than the gold coast was speaking. Either the vocabualry was overworked or the author is British. It just didn't fit with the setting. After reading other reviews, I am not giving up on the series, (I have already bought 3 others)Maybe the rest will be better. Rating:  - Less Mystery Than HumorRuth Rendell and P.D. James write murder mysteries that are dead serious. M.C. Beaton (real name Marion Chesney) writes mysteries that are tinged with humor. Elaine Viets writes humor with a touch of mystery added. At least this is so with her "dead-end job" series two of which I have read so far. Viets lived and worked in St. Louis, Missouri before moving to Florida. So did her sleuth in this series, Helen Hawthorne. Helen is educated and had a high paying job in St. Louis; but ... Read More Rating:  - Excellent reading!These lite-mystery series books are a delightful change of pace from the usual books I read. This book moved along swiftly with just the right balance of intrigue and humor. I really enjoyed this story, felt sorry for Desiree, and did not figure out the crime until the solution was revealed! Rating: - Best in the SeriesMany years ago I enjoyed Elaine Viets' columns in the local St. Louis newspaper and I was delighted to find her talents had expanded into fun mystery fiction. The "dead-end jobs" series is funny and engaging and always good for a quick read. This, the 4th in the series i think, has really developed. The characters are more real and believable and because of that I care more about them. I'm looking forward to the next! Rating: - Whose Wedding Is This?Helen Hawthorne's new job is at Millicent's Bridal Salon. Somehow Helen thought a Bridal Salon would be a nice place to work. Happy brides wanting to make their special day perfect. That was before she met a running stream of Bridezilla's and their mothers. The worse is Desiree Shenrad, a true mouse and her tyrannical, rich and obnoxious mother Kiki, who not only makes all the decisions on the wedding, but seems to have even picked out the groom. It doesn't seem that ... Read More 
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