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Title: A Death in the Wedding Party

Author: Caroline Dunford

Narrator: Karen Cass

Format: Unabridged

Length: 6 hrs and 23 mins

Language: English

Release date: 08-01-17

Publisher: Soundings

Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Historical

Publisher's Summary:

1911. Love is in the air. Despite an unfortunate resemblance to her horse, Lady Richenda Stapleford has accepted an offer of marriage. Euphemia too has accepted one of her beaux. But the course of true love does not run true for upstairs or downstairs.

Euphemia, the estranged granddaughter of an Earl, who launched her career as a maid in the household of the corrupt MP Lord Stapleford, has now risen to the rank of housekeeper. When a senior member of the wedding party is murdered, it falls to Euphemia to solve the crime.

Members Reviews:

Fun, with flaws

The story is good; the writing is better than just good; and the book itself (I read the Kindle edition) is a testament to the fact that using spell check is no substitute for a good copy editor/proofreader. I enjoyed the book, but kept tripping over misplaced commas, dropped words, words that were obviously meant to be deleted as the author revised, and the really annoying misuse of the word "guy" instead of "gey" for an intensifier. I don't consider this sort of thing to be picking nits; anything that causes the reader to stop and think more about the words and less about the story is a problem for the writer--and these were problems that showed up several times in each chapter.

Aside from that, however, the Stapleford family is looking forward to marrying off Richenda, and to that end Richenda has invited a member of minor European royalty to be her maid of honor. The Royal in question, however, is not interested, which puts the bride in a very embarrassing position, so the family asks Euphemia, who's the only person they know with a real grasp of protocol, to pinch-hit and impersonate her. Death, of course, ensues, and Euphemia, Rory, Merry, and Bertram all attempt to find out exactly what happened and whodunit.

Poor editing or lazy author

Author in too much of a hurry to not demand excellence in editing? Publisher should be ashamed there has been sufficient time to make the corrections, especially in an e-book. These errors were continual and interfereâd with the read. This author should have more respect for her readers. Don't skip any future production stages. There are plenty of places to catch errors.

Please do not spend your money. The author did not spend her time well.

Misused words, extra words or not enough words in sentences, fractured grammar, and incomplete or misleading sentences throughout the book make it seem as if the author dictated this book to her computer with some sort of voice recognition software and never bothered to re-read it herself! Please do not spend your money on this book or your time reading it. The author did not spend any of her time making it worth your while. I read it on my Kindle so can only give my opinion on that version..

Ye Gads!

Did the author, Ms. Dunford, fall off her horse while riding to hounds and while addlepated continue to write this book? It is a mish-mash of poor editing, spelling and grammer. It certainly is a "faux-par (sic)"! However, the heroine of the story continues to be delightful and in spite of my sighs and many groans I liked the story. I certainly hope the author recovers enough to continue to delight us with more books. I do wish the "who dunnit" not be so obvious. Please give us more complicated mysteries for the heroine (and us) to wrap the little grey cells around.

ok

First of htese I have read and interesting enough for me to go on to the next one.