Author: Sandra Bretting
Publication Date: May 24, 2016
Publisher: Kensington Publishing Corporation
Series: Missy DuBois # 1
Hat designer
Missy DuBois opened her shop, Crowning Glory, along Louisiana's Great River
Road to cater to the sophisticated Southern bride. But bless her heart, who
knew creating stylish wedding veils would lead to murder?
Hired to craft a veil for a socialite getting married at Morningside Plantation means Missy can bask in the height of antebellum atmosphere. But when the bride is found dead in a women's bathroom, Missy the milliner finds herself entangled in one unfashionable murder. With the list of suspects thicker than the sweltering Louisiana heat, including a gaggle of bridesmaids shedding nary a tear and a family with no shortage of enemies, it seems anyone at the mansion may have done away with the bride-to-be. While Missy has Southern charm to spare, she's going to need more than manners and a manicure to put a hat pin on this murderous affair . . .
Hired to craft a veil for a socialite getting married at Morningside Plantation means Missy can bask in the height of antebellum atmosphere. But when the bride is found dead in a women's bathroom, Missy the milliner finds herself entangled in one unfashionable murder. With the list of suspects thicker than the sweltering Louisiana heat, including a gaggle of bridesmaids shedding nary a tear and a family with no shortage of enemies, it seems anyone at the mansion may have done away with the bride-to-be. While Missy has Southern charm to spare, she's going to need more than manners and a manicure to put a hat pin on this murderous affair . . .
“I always forget you were Scarlett O’Hara in a
past life.”
Never let it be said Southern men didn’t know
how to dress.
“The house used to be a plantation with a
bunkhouse for slaves. Think about it…there are probably hundreds of restless
spirits here.”
What a perfect new mystery series featuring a
lovable southern belle! Melissa “Missy” DuBois is a custom hat maker and her best
friend, Ambrose “Bo” Jackson, is a prominent clothing designer. The two of them
travel to Morningside Plantation for a wedding weekend. The first and biggest
problem arises when the bride-to-be, Trinity Solomon is found murdered. Thus, Missy
and Bo begin to take matters into their own hands and feel it is necessary to
try and solve this murder. Missy is such a personable character. I loved her
southern charm and the affect she has on the people around her. She is very relatable
simply because she seems so down to earth. It seemed to me that she wants a
deeper relationship with Ambrose; I was really able to pick up on this later in
the story, and I am looking forward to watching their relationship grow as the
series continues.
I love when a mystery author gives readers a plethora
of possible murderers to choose from! I loved having to decipher everyone’s
alibis and see who I thought in my mind the killer was, and turned out I was
wrong! I wish the scene when Missy found the killer would have been a bit more
dramatic or described in more detail, but I was still anxious and thrilled to
see Missy kick the bad guy or girl’s butt (you have to read the story to find
out which). Oh and I forgot to mention, there is supposedly a ghost that is
haunting the mansion located on the plantation. This was an interesting twist
too and a nice little detail that Bretting added to entice mystery lovers that much
more. I am looking forward to the release of her next book in December!
***A free copy of this book was provided to me
by the author in exchange for my honest review***
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