A Wedding to Die For
A Yellow Rose Mystery

By Leann Sweeney

      Abby Rose is new at her chosen profession, adoption P I. Her current case, finding the biological mother of a client who wants her birth parent at her wedding, isn't going well. Abby is unable to produce the woman by her client's wedding day. The situation takes a turn for the worse when the bride's adopted father is murdered at the reception. Abby is surprised when she is instructed to continue her search for the birth mother. It's a search that will lead Abby into danger, as well as put her at the scene of yet another murder.

      A Wedding to Die For is written in the first person with Abby dispensing comical asides as she investigates. This initially made for a pleasing sense of intimacy, as I almost felt as if Abby was speaking directly to me. However, after a while, Abby's wisecracks became less endearing, as did the author's overwhelming attention to minutia. Each new location, each character's appearance, dress, and house, was described in exhausting detail. When such detail aids in the unraveling of the mystery, it's necessary. When it does not, it becomes an unnecessary distraction.

     Although A Wedding to Die For unraveled a little to slowly for my particular preference, the underlying mystery is interesting. Readers with more patience and a love for a plethora of detail will no doubt find Leann Sweeney's A Wedding To Die for an enjoyable read.