Part of Meg Langslow, book 1
First published 2006
Meg Langslow returns to her small Virginia hometown to serve as maid of honor for three different weddings. Each bride has handed her the entire planning burden. One insists on a Native American herbal purification ritual. Another demands live peacocks strutting across the lawn. Meg navigates eccentric relatives and demanding neighbors while getting occasional help from the town's gorgeous newcomer, who everyone whispers is gay. The summer social calendar fills with parties and picnics, but Southern charm turns deadly when an offensive outsider starts threatening to expose everyone's secrets. Someone silences the blackmailer permanently. More suspicious deaths follow. Meg discovers her wedding planning duties now include hunting a killer who might target her next. She must solve the murders before her own funeral becomes the final catered event of the season.
Genres: fiction, mystery, crime, contemporary
Vibes: cozy, emotional, suspenseful
Tropes: amateur-detective, found-family
Setting: Virginia
Period: 21st-century
311 pages · Mass Market Paperback · St. Martin's Paperbacks