Definitely put-downable.

On short notice Emma is hired as the event planner at a murder mystery party, by old high-school mean girl Tabitha. At the party, Tabitha’s husband Tip is murdered. Fair enough, Tabitha has reason to be upset. But not enough reason to start spreading rumours that Emma and her aunt Nora (who was a guest) are the murderers. If there was any evidence to back up that claim, the police would have arrested them. They would not be walking around freely.

Yet, people are believing Tabitha, because it is hurting Emma and Lucy’s business, a book store. Or perhaps people are not sure what to believe, and are just stepping aside to be on the safe side no matter.

Emma and Nora feel they must investigate. Meanwhile, Emma’s also planning another party: a launch party at her bookstore.

There were too many characters to keep track off, and most of them didn’t seem very nice, so I didn’t want to invest time in remembering them anyway.

I liked Nora, and perhaps I would have liked Emma a little better if she would have stood up to her clients more, rather than remind herself ‘the customer is always right’. No, the customer isn’t. But perhaps that’s easy for me to say; I don’t work as an event planner.