When this creepy message is found with an elderly, murdered florist in the first pew of a church the day before Merry Wrath's wedding, her hopes wilt like day old, discount flowers. And when the groom, Rex, vanishes into thin air, she can only assume the worst - and she’s not talking about the ugly, Vegas showgirl-like flower girl dresses her Girl Scout troop have picked out.
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The clues come with diabolically difficult puzzles so Merry enlists the help of her former 4th grade teacher - a champion puzzler - while she turns the town upside down, in a frantic search for her fiancé. Once a surprising past is revealed, it doesn’t take long for the investigation to spin out of control faster than ten fourth-graders high on Pixy Stix on a merry-go-round.
With many suspects, few leads, and the clock ticking, will Merry find her groom in time for a happily ever after?
Merry is a former CIA agent who loved her job and was very good at it. But when her identity is exposed three years ago, she was forced into early retirement, given a severance package and told to start over somewhere new. She returns to her small hometown in Iowa, where her best friend, Kelly, still lives. Together they run a Girl Scout troop while Merry tries to adjust to a much quieter life. She's engaged to Rex, a police officer, who lives across the street.
As Merry prepares to marry Rex, a murder disrupts the wedding plans when the town florist is found dead in the church where the ceremony is scheduled to take place. This it's discovered that Rex has disappeared.
Investigating both events, Merry discovers that the murder and Rex's disappearance are linked. Following a series of clues, riddles and hidden connections, she works to identify the killer and locate Rex before the wedding day arrives.
This is the ninth in the Merry Wrath mystery series (there are currently 36). It can be read as a stand alone but it's better to read them in order. It's written in first person perspective in Merry's voice so we can to hear her thoughts (and she has a lot!). I liked the writing style ... it was conversational as if Merry was speaking to us.
I've been reading these books in order and thinking they are okay but I wasn't crazy about this one. Rex has disappeared the day before his wedding and no one seems overly concerned that he is missing. I don't find this to be realistic ... I'd be freaking out if if was me. Merry's parents had come to town for the wedding and head back home when the wedding doesn't happen like it was no big deal. And Dooley's constant eating is getting old. Every second he's in the story he's eating eating eating. He's a police officer so you'd think someone would have a chat about how to act professional but no one does. Finally I found the story and whodunnit and why convaluted.
Despite my not liking this one, I'll keep moving forward with the series.
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