Dying on the Vine by Marla Cooper blog tour & review
Dying on the Vine
by Marla Cooper
Dying on the Vine: A Mystery (Kelsey McKenna Destination Wedding Mysteries)
Series: Kelsey McKenna Destination Wedding Mysteries (Book 2)
Cozy Mystery
Publisher: Minotaur Books (April 4, 2017)
Hardcover: 304 pages
ISBN-13: 978-1250072559
E-Book ASIN: B01L7BD9VM
Synopsis
When wedding planner Kelsey McKenna goes to the Wine Country Wedding Faire, the last thing she expects to do is take on new clients. After all, she’s just there to help out her friend Brody and maybe score some free cupcakes. But when a young couple in a pinch asks for her help, she just can’t say no.
There’s only one problem: they’d been working with Babs Norton, the self-proclaimed Queen of Wine Country Weddings—and things did not end well. Kelsey wants to make sure there are no hard feelings, but unfortunately she never gets the chance. When she goes to Babs’ office, she finds the wedding planner dead on the floor.
Babs’ high-strung assistant Stefan knows exactly who killed Babs: Kelsey. At least, that’s what he very publicly accuses her of at Babs’ funeral. When Kelsey decides to do a little sleuthing to clear her name, she uncovers a myriad of secrets and lies. And when a second wedding planner is attacked, Kelsey begins to wonder if she might be next.
Set against the stunning backdrop of California wine country, Marla Cooper’s Dying on the Vine is a mystery brimming with gossip, wine, and, of course…murder.
Review
Kelsey a destination wedding planner is in San Francisco at a Wine Country Wedding assisting her freind Brody, a wedding photographer. He has a booth and needs help. Later Brody introduces Kelsey to Haley and Christopher. They are in a need of a wedding planner and who else would be great but Kelsey!
We have Stefan who is the assistant to Babs of Weddings By Babs and who is a pain for Kelsey. She escapes his wrath to find out Kaley and Christopher were to use Babs until Haley’s father fired her. Since the bride has no clue what Babs had planned she agrees to meet with Kelsey the next morning, but what does Kelsey find? A dead Babs behind the couch. At the funeral Stefan announces to all who can hear that Kelsey killed Babs. This makes Kelsey find the real killer.
Kelsey with the help of Brody go off to find the real killer.
Characters are great and glad to see them again in book 2. Looking forward to book 3 and see what happens.
About The Author
As a freelance writer, MARLA COOPER has written all sorts of things, from advertising copy to travel guidebooks to the occasional haiku. But it was while ghostwriting a nonfiction guide to destination weddings that she found inspiration for her current series starring destination wedding planner Kelsey McKenna. Originally hailing from Texas, Marla lives in Oakland, California, with her husband and her polydactyl tuxedo cat.
Author Links
Webpage – www.marla-cooper.com
Blog: www.chicksonthecase.com
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Marla.Cooper.Author/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/kindacozy
Purchase Links
Tour Participants
March 28 – Babs Book Bistro – REVIEW
March 28 – Valerie’s Musings – REVIEW
March 29 – Blogger Nicole Reviews – SPOTLIGHT
March 29 – Books,Dreams,Life – SPOTLIGHT
March 30 – Texas Book-aholic – REVIEW
March 30 – Author Annette Drake’s blog – SPOTLIGHT
March 31 – Readeropolis – SPOTLIGHT
March 31 – Island Confidential – INTERVIEW
April 1 – The Power of Words – REVIEW
April 1 – Bibliophile Reviews – GUEST POST
April 2 – Christa Reads and Writes – REVIEW
April 2 – Mystery Playground – GUEST POST
April 3 – Celticlady’s Reviews – SPOTLIGHT
April 3 – Back Porchervations – REVIEW
April 4 – Book Babble – REVIEW
April 4 – T’s Stuff – REVIEW
April 5 – Shelley’s Book Case – REVIEW
April 5 – 3 Partners in Shopping, Nana, Mommy, & Sissy, Too! – SPOTLIGHT
April 6 – Varietats – REVIEW
April 6 – Brooke Blogs – SPOTLIGHT
April 7 – Community Bookstop – REVIEW
April 7 – Jersey Girl Book Reviews – REVIEW
April 8 – MysteriesEtc – REVIEW
April 8 – Escape With Dollycas Into A Good Book – REVIEW
April 9 – A Holland Reads – SPOTLIGHT
April 10 – The Pulp and Mystery Shelf – INTERVIEW
April 10 – My Journey Back – REVIEW
5 Comments
Joy // Joyousreads
Things definitely escalated quickly. Lol. From wedding planning to a killer on the loose? Curiouser and curiouser.
Celia Fowler
Terror in Taffeta is such a great book, and I know that Dying on the Vine is going to be great! Thanks for featuring it on your blog!
Marla Cooper
Thank you, Celia!
Marla Cooper
Thanks for having me on your blog, Babs! And I was curious… how weird was it reading a book with a major character named Babs?! 🙂
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