{"id":268,"date":"2008-06-26T10:20:04","date_gmt":"2008-06-26T15:20:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cozy-mystery.com\/blog\/cozy-mystery-wedding-theme.html"},"modified":"2018-11-14T13:34:55","modified_gmt":"2018-11-14T19:34:55","slug":"cozy-mystery-wedding-and-wedding-planner-theme","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cozy-mystery.com\/blog\/cozy-mystery-wedding-and-wedding-planner-theme\/","title":{"rendered":"Wedding Theme Mysteries & Wedding Planner Theme Mysteries …"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"Another theme that is very popular in the summer months is Weddings<\/strong>. This summer (August 2008), I am actually going to be touched by that theme… My niece is getting married in Chicago, and I am so excited about this! She is an innately good person… and I wish all good (as in WONDERFUL!) things for her.<\/p>\n

The authors who I am going to include in the Wedding Cozy Mystery Theme <\/strong>are:<\/p>\n

Beverly Allen<\/a> (aka Barbara Early): Bridal\u00a0Bouquet\u00a0Shop Mystery Series<\/strong>… Audrey Bloom co-owns a flower shop in Virginia that specializes in wedding arrangements.<\/p>\n

Stephanie Blackmoore<\/a>: Wedding Planner Mystery Series<\/strong><\/p>\n

Ginger Bolton<\/a> (aka Janet Bolin): Goodbye Cruller World<\/em><\/a> (Deputy Donut Mystery Series<\/strong>)<\/p>\n

Mary Jane Clark<\/a>\u00a0:\u00a0Piper Donovan Wedding Cake Mystery Series<\/strong><\/p>\n

Peg Cochran<\/a>\u00a0(aka Meg London):\u00a0Bought the Far<\/em>m<\/a>\u00a0(Farmer\u2019s Daughter Mystery Series<\/strong>)<\/p>\n

Marla Cooper<\/a>: Destination Wedding Mystery Series<\/strong>…<\/p>\n

Kathy Cranston ….. Weddings are Murder<\/em><\/a> (Bee’s Bakehouse Mystery Series<\/strong>)<\/p>\n

Deborah Donnelly<\/a>: Donnelly has a masters in library science… I believe that her Carnegie Kincaid is the only wedding planner I know of who is also a sleuth, and who lives on a houseboat! (Carnegie Kincaid Mystery Series<\/strong>)<\/p>\n

Laura Durham<\/a>: Durham is a Duke graduate with a degree in English who became a wedding planner. That paved the way for her Annabelle\u00a0 Archer Mystery Series<\/strong>>>> Annabelle\u00a0is also a sleuth and wedding planner…<\/p>\n

Amanda Flower<\/a>\u00a0(aka\u00a0Isabella Alan<\/a>):\u00a0Maid of Murder<\/a><\/em> (India Hayes Mystery Series<\/strong>)<\/p>\n

Agatha Frost<\/a>: Champagne and Catastrophes<\/em><\/a> ( Peridale Cafe Cozy Mystery Series<\/strong>)<\/p>\n

Lee Hollis<\/a>: Death of a Wedding Cake Baker<\/em><\/a>\u00a0(Hayley Powell Mystery Series<\/strong>)<\/p>\n

Nancy J. Parra<\/a> (aka Nancy Coco) writes the Perfect Proposals Mystery Series<\/strong>.\u00a0Pepper Pomeroy was an event planner until she tried coordinating a perfect marriage proposal, which quickly made her change her specialty.<\/p>\n

There are, of course, several mysteries that feature weddings in their plots<\/strong>…<\/p>\n

Donna Andrews<\/a> included not one, but three weddings in Murder with Peacocks<\/a><\/em>, her first Meg Lanslow Mystery<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Catherine Bruns<\/a>:\u00a0Frosted with Reve<\/em>nge<\/a>\u00a0from her Cookies & Chance Mystery Series<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

V.M. Burns<\/a>: Wed, Read and Dead<\/a> from her Mystery Bookshop Mystery Series<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Meg Cabot<\/a> has\u00a0The Bride Wore Size 12<\/a><\/em>, which is the fourth in the Heather Wells Mysteries<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

JoAnna Carl<\/a> (aka Eve K. Sandstrom) wrote a wedding-setting mystery in her Chocoholic Mystery Series<\/strong> named\u00a0The Chocolate Bridal Bash<\/a><\/em>.<\/p>\n

The Jane Jeffry Mystery Series <\/strong>by Jill Churchill<\/a> gave us A Groom with a View<\/em><\/a>\u00a0<\/em>andThe Accidental Florist<\/em><\/a>, while Goldy Bear (of the Goldy Bear Mystery Series<\/strong>) had her own wedding to plan in The Last Suppers<\/a> <\/em>by Diane Mott Davidson<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Kate Collins<\/a>: Seed No Evil<\/a><\/em>, of the Flower Shop Mystery Series<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Elizabeth Spann Craig<\/a>:\u00a0Tying the Knot<\/a><\/em>\u00a0Southern Quilting Mystery Series<\/strong><\/p>\n

Isis Crawford<\/a> (aka Barbara Block) has\u00a0A Catered Wedding<\/a><\/em>\u00a0in her\u00a0Mystery with Recipes Series<\/strong>, while\u00a0Joanne Fluke<\/a>‘s Cookie Jar Mystery Series has <\/strong>the\u00a0Peach Cobbler Murder<\/a>\u00a0<\/em>as its wedding themed-mystery.<\/p>\n

Isis Crawford<\/a> (aka Barbara Block) A Catered Cat Wedding<\/em><\/a> (Mystery with Recipes Mystery Series<\/strong>)<\/p>\n

Krista Davis<\/a>:\u00a0The Diva Takes the Cake<\/a><\/em> – Sophie’s sister is getting married >>> again. (Domestic Diva Mystery Series<\/strong>)<\/p>\n

Kathleen Delaney: Murder Half Baked<\/a><\/em>\u00a0(Ellen McKenzie Mystery Series<\/strong>)<\/p>\n

Laura Durham<\/a> wrote To Love and to Perish<\/a><\/em>, which is the third in her Annabelle Archer Mystery Series<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

K.J. Emrick<\/a>….. Till Death Do Us Part<\/a>\u00a0<\/em>(Darcy Sweet Mystery Serie<\/strong>s)<\/p>\n

Christy Fifield<\/a> (aka Christy Evans) ….. Murder Ties the Knot<\/a><\/em>, from the Haunted Souvenir Shop Mystery Series<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Joanne Fluke<\/a>:\u00a0Wedding Cake Murder<\/a><\/em>\u00a0(Hannah Swensen Mystery Series<\/strong>)<\/p>\n

Earlene Fowler<\/a>: Steps to the Altar<\/em><\/a>, in which sleuth Benni Harper<\/strong> is responsible for planning both her grandmother’s and best friend’s weddings<\/p>\n

A. Gardner<\/a>:\u00a0Wedding Souffl\u00e9 and a Dead Valet<\/a> <\/em>is in her Poppy Peters Mystery Series<\/strong>. Poppy is a\u00a0former ballet dancer who then goes on to be a pastry chef.<\/p>\n

Margaret Grace<\/a> (aka Camille Minichino, Ada Madison, & Jean Flowers): Matrimony in Miniature<\/em><\/a> (Miniature Mystery Series<\/strong>)<\/p>\n

Sarah Graves<\/a>: Death by Chocolate Malted Milkshake<\/a><\/em>\u00a0(Death by Chocolate Mystery Series<\/strong>)<\/p>\n

Yes, even the Gregor Demarkian Mystery Series<\/strong> (by Jane Haddam<\/a>\/Orania Papazoglou) has a wedding inspired mystery: Deadly Beloved<\/a><\/em>.<\/p>\n

Jean Hager<\/a>‘s Iris House Bed & Breakfast Mystery Series <\/strong>gave us both Sew Deadly<\/a> <\/em>and The Bride and Doom<\/a><\/em>… While Bride and Groom <\/a><\/em>was offered up for our reading enjoyment from Susan Conant<\/a>‘s Dog Lover’s Mystery Series<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Gemma Halliday<\/a>: Mayhem in High Heels<\/a>\u00a0<\/em>from her High Heels Mystery Series<\/strong><\/p>\n

Miranda James<\/a> (aka Jimmie Ruth Evans, Honor Hartman, & Dean James): Dead with the Wind<\/a><\/em>\u00a0– The Southern Ladies<\/strong>, An\u2019gel and Dickce Ducote, are off to a wedding!<\/p>\n

Diane Kelly<\/a>: Death, Taxes, and a Shotgun Weddin<\/a>g<\/em>\u00a0from the Tara Holloway Mystery Series<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Colette London<\/a>: Dangerously Dark<\/a>\u00a0<\/em>from her Chocolate Whisperer Mystery Series<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Alyssa Maxwell<\/a>:\u00a0A Murderous Marriage<\/a><\/em>\u00a0(Lady and Lady\u2019s Maid Mystery Series<\/strong>)<\/p>\n

Maggie McConnon<\/a> (aka Maggie Barbieri): Wedding Bel Blues<\/em><\/a> (Belfast McGrath Mystery Series)<\/strong><\/p>\n

Jenn McKinlay<\/a> (aka Josie Belle & Lucy Lawrence): Wedding Cake Crumble<\/em><\/a>\u00a0– Cupcake Bakery Mystery Series<\/strong><\/p>\n

Staci McLaughlin<\/a>:\u00a0Marriage is Pure Murder<\/a><\/em>\u00a0from her Blossom Valley Mystery Series<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Leslie Meier<\/a>‘s Lucy Stone Mystery Series <\/strong>had the Wedding Day Murder<\/a><\/em>, and who can forget M. C. Beaton<\/a>‘s Agatha Raisin <\/strong>and The Murderous Marriage<\/a><\/em>… with its crazy ending!?! M. C. Beaton also has There Goes the Bride<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n

Liz Mugavero<\/a>\u00a0(aka Cate Conte):\u00a0Murder, She Meowed<\/a><\/em>\u00a0(Pawsitively Organic Mystery Series<\/strong>)<\/p>\n

Cynthia Riggs<\/a>: Widow’s Wreath<\/a><\/em> (Martha’s Vineyard Mystery Series<\/strong>)<\/p>\n

Sara Rosett<\/a>: Marriage, Monsters-in Law, and Murder<\/a><\/em> – This wedding has two mothers-in-law getting a little more involved than they should! This is from the Ellie Avery Mystery Serie<\/strong>s.<\/p>\n

Sara Rosett<\/a>:\u00a0Death at an English Wedding<\/a><\/em>\u00a0– from the Murder on Location Mystery Series<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Arlene Sachitano<\/a>: Double Wedding Death<\/a><\/em> – from the Harriet Truman\/Loose Threads Mystery Series<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Denise Swanson<\/a> writes the Scumble River Mystery Series<\/strong> which has a Wedding Theme mystery called Murder of a Wedding Belle<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n

Teresa Trent<\/a>: Buzzkill<\/a><\/em>\u00a0(Pecan Bayou Mystery Series<\/strong>)<\/p>\n

LynDee Walker<\/a>:\u00a0Lethal Lifestyles<\/a><\/em>\u00a0(Headlines in Heels Mystery Series<\/strong>)<\/p>\n

Marty Wingate<\/a>: Between a Rock and a Hard Place<\/a>\u00a0<\/em>(Potting Shed Mystery Series<\/strong>)<\/p>\n

I am sure that there are other Cozy Mystery novels with Wedding Themes <\/strong>that I have read, but I just cannot seem to remember their titles… If you know of a novel that\u00a0I have been remiss in adding to the Cozy Mystery Wedding Theme list… please send a comment and I will gladly add it.<\/p>\n

\u2666To access more Cozy Mysteries by Theme<\/a><\/strong> click on this link.\u2666<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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