Murder and Misdeeds

Fonnie Beachum Mystery #3

by Helen Goodman

Fonnie Beachum is the delighted mother of the bride at the scenic North Carolina beach wedding of her grown daughter-- and the ceremony is perfect. The reception, however, proves deadly. When one of the guests, a prominent attorney, collapses mid-canape, murder enters the picture. Fonnie, a retired nurse recovering from a stroke, doesn't get arouns as fast as she used to, but her mind is razor sharp and she's quickly picked up on the strange tensions among the guests... even before one of them disappears. Fonnie suspects the missing woman knew too much-- about either the dead man's activities or his killer. But before she can start piecing together the new clues, her own wedding companion, Keisha, goe missing as well. Now Fonnie is doubly worried, and racing to solve a mystery as twisted as the killer who has decided to arrange for Fonnie's early departure

Genres: Mystery

251 pages, Mass Market Paperback

First published October 1, 2007

Reviews

[Marty · Rating 3 out of 5]

Fonnie Beachum was happily celebrating the marriage of her daughter. Fonnie was delighted that her divorced daughter had found a wonderful man, a widower. The wedding reception was still going strong even though the bride and groom had left on their honeymoon when one of the groomsmen, a prominent attorney collapsed and died. Unfortunately, it turned out to be murder and the wedding guests had to extend their stay at the seaside motel until the local police had checked them out. Things got even worse when another of the wedding guests, a vivacious young woman, went missing. Who would be next???

[Meredith · Rating 1 out of 5]

Highly predictably. Vaguely racist. Unlikable characters.

[kaitlyn · Rating 4 out of 5]

i didn’t read it in one sitting but i did read it in one day

[Patt · Rating 4 out of 5]

I enjoyed this quick mystery. It was fast moving and not too predictable. I was able to figure out some of the mystery, but the actual murderer fooled me till the end. I notice there are more mysteries by this author which I may look for in the library. Fonnie, the main character, was very likeable and appears to be the thread that holds the series together.

[Anne · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book was good. It had a good storyline that keept you reading to find out what happens, but it isn't one that I plan on re-readding a bunch of times, once was good.

[Madison]

it was an ok kinda book.

[Marilyn · Rating 4 out of 5]

Good

the murders that happened after a wedding and murder;kidnapping.the suspects were several.the investigation continues to have more than one person a suspect