Killer Wedding

By Jerrilyn Farmer

This is the third in a mystery series of which I haven’t read the first two books. That never bothers me though. This was a pretty good mystery book. I liked the characters and the plot was decent enough. However, I had the following criticisms. First, the detective character (Madeline Bean) is a caterer, but the book contains no recipes. Now I know mystery books with recipes are a dime a dozen, but I still think if you’re going to describe food in detail, you need to give a girl a recipe. Second, Madeline has no real flaws. Every detective in a mystery book needs some sort of flaw—they should be chubby, or addicted to caffeine, or afraid of commitment. Madeline is darn near perfect, and that’s annoying. I would read more from this series if they came my way (thanks, Mom), but I wouldn’t go out of my way to seek them out.