- Hardcover: 288 pages
- Publisher: Severn House Publishers Ltd (31 Mar 2000)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 072785559X
- ISBN-13: 978-0727855596
- Product Dimensions: 21.6 x 14.4 x 2.8 cm
- Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 1,716,421 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Sarah Kelling has always delighted in the fact that her husband Max Bittersohn's family embraced her with warm and welcoming arms. To repay their kindness, she throws Max's nephew a glorious wedding on her family's sprawling seaside estate. But then, what starts as the perfect day for a marriage soon deteriorates into a multi-pronged disaster. First, Max is knocked unconscious by someone looking to steal the bride's gold and ruby necklace. Then, a hot air balloon crashes into the tent, leaving a corpse in its wake. And, to add insult to injury, someone attempts to steal a vintage Rolls. It will take all of Max's formidable skills as the world's greatest expert on art theft to get to the bottom of these nuptials-turned-nasty.
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
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By the standards of this fun series this book is no high quality addition.It is plainly silly in places and I, for one, am getting sorely tired of uncle Jem. the new characters introduced have no life about them and act unbelievably in situations. And what is this obsession with food ? This series is running out of steam, let's have some real characters and some exciting plots and a return to the high quality of "The Family Vault"
4 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
It was fantastic that some of the loose ends from the beginning of the series were finally wrapped up. It is time to move on - forget Alexander and have a sibling for Davy. This episode was interesting and exciting and made me wish for more!!!
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11 of 11 people found the following review helpful
Absurdity and Desperate Emotions Nicely Intermingled...
30 Jan 2000
Format:Hardcover
Maceod has such a talent for zany details and irrelevant (therefore,quite realistic!) conversation that it's easy to ignore the emotional content of her mysteries. As a devoted series reader,I've always been grateful for the way the spotlight moves from Sarah & Max to others in their circle and then back again -- it keeps the series fresh, I think.
This time, the focus is on Sarah & Max (and Davy) with a vengeance! The joyous confusion of Max's nephew's wedding is a grand setting for the return of an old,sad problem (set with rubies) from Sarah's first marriage. After confusion piled on confusion ("Damn it," sputtered Max, "can't we stop conversing in questions?") causes us and the characters to wish for something decisive to happen...it does...they do -- whatever! And then things don't STOP happening...
MacLeod keeps the drama of real and painful emotions balanced with the melodrama of the ridiculous. The people and the plot are delicious, and although I didn't want to put it down, I wasn't afraid to go to sleep,either. Silly & scary is a great combination! The wrap-up is classic MacLeod: confection, compassion and confusion.
If you're new to this series I would recommend that you read "The Family Vault" and "The Palace Guard", at least, before you tackle any of the others. My own preference would be to line 'em all up and knock 'em back one after another (Uncle Jem must be rubbing off on me), but it isn't essential...and certainly most of Sarah & Max's relatives would never be that logical!
7 of 7 people found the following review helpful
The Last One
26 Oct 2001
Format:Mass Market Paperback
All of Charlotte MacLeod's books are zany and frequently require the reader to leap in joyful, but strange directions. The characters are charming if rarely life-like and that is part of the attraction. If you haven't read the books in both major series, please do. We will have no more. Ms. MacLeod is tragically "retired from writing" as a result of Alzheimer's.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Wonderfully cozy
17 Dec 1998
Format:Hardcover
It was fantastic that some of the loose ends from the beginning of the series were finally wrapped up. It is time to move on - forget Alexander and have a sibling for Davy. This episode was interesting and exciting and made me wish for more!!!
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