Mama Gets Hitched: A Mace Bauer Mystery
According to Mama, a Gone with the Wind-themed wedding—complete with Scarlett O' Hara bridesmaid gowns and a ring-bearing Pomeranian—is fine and dandy for her fifth trip down the aisle. But what's a bridezilla to do when her caterer is murdered? Thanks to the nonstop gossip train in their small Florida town, Mama's gator-wrestling daughter Mace is getting the dirt on who did it.\ Unfortunately, the suspect list is longer than the gift registry. Right at the top are the groom's East Coast...
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According to Mama, a Gone with the Wind-themed wedding—complete with Scarlett O' Hara bridesmaid gowns and a ring-bearing Pomeranian—is fine and dandy for her fifth trip down the aisle. But what's a bridezilla to do when her caterer is murdered? Thanks to the nonstop gossip train in their small Florida town, Mama's gator-wrestling daughter Mace is getting the dirt on who did it.Unfortunately, the suspect list is longer than the gift registry. Right at the top are the groom's East Coast Yankee cousins—who may have Mafia ties. With her on-again, off-again beau, Detective Carlos Martinez, Mace must track down the killer before Mama's Special Day turns especially deadly. Praise:"[Sharp's] descriptions of a part of Florida most of us know little about add to the appeal of this entertaining mystery."—Booklist"Who knew that a whodunit would not only keep you guessing-but have you laughing!"—Hoda Kotb, NBC Today Show co-anchor"Sharp delivers a wide swath of humor and a keen sense of Florida's history and present."—Oline H. Cogdill, South Florida Sun-SentinelKirkus ReviewsWedding bells and funeral bells in cow country Florida. It's no fun for Mace Bauer, who works at a wildlife park, and her proper sisters Maddie and Marty to prepare for their Mama's fifth wedding, this one to New York importer Salvatore Provenza. Sure, Sal's cousin by marriage C'ndee Ciancio is helping with the wedding plans, but she's loud-mouthed and pushy, and they'd rather be working with the caterer who was stabbed to death less than a week before the wedding. Moreover, Mace's on-and-off relationship with handsome police detective Carlos Martinez is bound to be strained once more by her habit of investigating murders. The run-up to the nuptials features some eye-popping revelations. C'ndee's hunky Ivy League-educated nephew Christopher is connected to a mysterious Mafia crime family, and C'ndee has been having affairs with both a violent redneck and the caterer. While Mace is pursued by Christopher, who claims his family's misdeeds have nothing to do with him, Carlos seems to be spending an awful lot of time with a leather-clad biker chick. Mace's insatiable curiosity gets her deeper into trouble as she tries to balance her love life with her crime-solving and pull off Mama's Southern Belle wedding. Not as amusing as Mama Rides Shotgun (2009, etc.), but bound to give tourists a look at a Florida that is fast being paved out of existence.
\ Kirkus ReviewsWedding bells and funeral bells in cow country Florida. It's no fun for Mace Bauer, who works at a wildlife park, and her proper sisters Maddie and Marty to prepare for their Mama's fifth wedding, this one to New York importer Salvatore Provenza. Sure, Sal's cousin by marriage C'ndee Ciancio is helping with the wedding plans, but she's loud-mouthed and pushy, and they'd rather be working with the caterer who was stabbed to death less than a week before the wedding. Moreover, Mace's on-and-off relationship with handsome police detective Carlos Martinez is bound to be strained once more by her habit of investigating murders. The run-up to the nuptials features some eye-popping revelations. C'ndee's hunky Ivy League-educated nephew Christopher is connected to a mysterious Mafia crime family, and C'ndee has been having affairs with both a violent redneck and the caterer. While Mace is pursued by Christopher, who claims his family's misdeeds have nothing to do with him, Carlos seems to be spending an awful lot of time with a leather-clad biker chick. Mace's insatiable curiosity gets her deeper into trouble as she tries to balance her love life with her crime-solving and pull off Mama's Southern Belle wedding. Not as amusing as Mama Rides Shotgun (2009, etc.), but bound to give tourists a look at a Florida that is fast being paved out of existence.\ \
