To Love and To Perish: An Annabelle Archer Mystery (Annabelle Archer Mysteries)

A diva wedding planner found strangled with a veil. A list of suspects longer than a cathedral-length train. Being a wedding planner has never been so deadly . . .In the stressful world of wedding planning, Annabelle Archer always keeps her cool. The same can’t be said for Carolyn Crabbe, DC’s grande dame of bridal extravaganzas, who takes the cake in the “Big Day Diva” category. So Annabelle is shocked but not totally surprised when she finds the wedding world’s Queen of Mean dead.When tragedy befalls more of the city’s wedding planners, Annabelle realizes her colleagues have tangled pasts and motives that stack up higher than a celebrity wedding cake. Can Annabelle unveil the killer before she or her sassy assistant, Kate, are the next on the wedding planner hit list?To Love and To Perish is the tenth standalone book in the Annabelle Archer cozy mystery series. If you like charming characters, hilarious-yet-deadly whodunits, and fast-paced mysteries, then you’ll love Laura Durham’s Agatha Award-winning series!

everyone Knows That Planning A Wedding Can Be Murder, But When Top D.c. Wedding Planner Annabelle Archer Finds An Old Nemesis Hanging By A Bridal Veil In A Hotel Ballroom, She's Shocked To Discover That Wedding Planners Can Be Murdered As Well! Carolyn Mccrabe Was D.c.'s Grande Dame Of Wedding Planning And Made More Than A Few Enemies In Her Day, But Because Many Of The Hotel Staff Saw Carolyn And Annabelle Arguing Only Minutes Before The Aging Diva's Demise, Annabelle Is Immediately Pegged As The Prime Suspect. Determined To Shake The Suspicion From Their Beloved Colleague And Friend, Annabelle's Flirtatious Assistant Kate, Flamboyant Caterer Richard, And The Always–fabulous Hairdresser Fern Team Up To Investigate Other Suspects. But When Another Wedding Planner Is Found Murdered––strangled By A Curling Iron Cord At An Industry Party––annabelle Realizes That She Might Not Only Be A Suspect, But A Crazed Killer's Next Victim As Well.

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Everyone knows that planning a wedding can be murder, but when top D.C. wedding planner Annabelle Archer finds an old nemesis hanging by a bridal veil in a hotel ballroom, she's shocked to discover that wedding planners can be murdered as well! Carolyn McCrabe was D.C.'s grande dame of wedding planning and made more than a few enemies in her day, but because many of the hotel staff saw Carolyn and Annabelle arguing only minutes before the aging diva's demise, Annabelle is immediately pegged as the prime suspect. Determined to shake the suspicion from their beloved colleague and friend, Annabelle's flirtatious assistant Kate, flamboyant caterer Richard, and the alwaysndash;fabulous hairdresser Fern team up to investigate other suspects. But when another wedding planner is found murderedmdash;strangled by a curling iron cord at an industry partymdash;Annabelle realizes that she might not only be a suspect, but a crazed killer's next victim as well. "An up-and-comer in the cutthroat world of Washington, D.C., wedding planning, Annabelle Archer always keeps her cool when dealing with hot-tempered bridezillas. The same can't be said for Carolyn Crabbe, D.C.'s grade dame of bridal blowouts, who takes the cake in the Big Day Diva category. So Annabelle's shocked but not totally surprised when she finds the professional wedding world's reigning Queen of Mean strangled to death with a bridal veil in a hotel ballroom"--Page 4 of cover