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    For Better Or Hearse
    For Better Or Hearse
    For Better Or Hearse
    Audiobook6 hours

    For Better Or Hearse

    Written by Laura Durham

    Narrated by Stephanie Spicer

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    About this audiobook

    *Agatha Award-winning Series!*


    A devious murder at Annabelle’s latest wedding could put her business on ice. But chasing down the culprit could get her killed.

    For a wedding planner, temperamental chefs are nothing new. Unfortunately, a dead chef crashing a wedding reception is enough to put Annabelle’s business on ice. As the bodies of rival chefs begin to pile up, the suspect list shrinks along with Annabelle and her zany crew’s chances for survival if they’re caught poking around in the murderer’s kitchen. Who wants the city’s culinary masters dead, and is Annabelle’s determination to find the killer a recipe for disaster?

    For Better Or Hearse is the second book in the Annabelle Archer cozy mystery series. If you like charming characters, fast-paced comedy, and behind-the-scenes glimpses into the wild world of weddings, then you’ll love the follow-up novel to Laura Durham’s Agatha award-winning mystery debut.

    Buy For Better Or Hearse to read Annabelle’s next adventure today!


    Praise for the Annabelle Archer Series:

    "A delightfully witty blend of murder and matrimony"- Donna Andrews, author of "Gone Gull" and "How the Finch Stole Christmas"

    "Cozy mystery lovers should briskly march up their bookstore aisles to grab a copy of Better Off Wed."-- Susan McBride, author of "Come Helen High Water"

    "Laura Durham has given her readers a reason to celebrate."-- Elaine Viets, author of "The Art of Murder"

    "Delightful mystery . . . Cozy readers will love this invitation to a wedding to die for."-- Nancy Martin, author of "Bye Bye Blackbird"

    “Laura Durham and her flair for witty characters and murder amidst matrimony are a match made in mystery heaven.”

    --Ellen Byerrum, author of Hostile Makeover

    “Laura Durham has succeeded in crafting a series featuring a thoroughly believable and lovable set of characters, much akin to Janet Evanovich’s Stephanie Plum and her motley crew.”

    -Roundtable Reviews

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherBroadmoor Books, LLC
    Release dateOct 8, 2018
    ISBN9781949496932
    For Better Or Hearse
    Author

    Laura Durham

    Laura Durham has been named Washington, D.C.'s top wedding planner for the past three years by Washingtonian magazine, has been featured in numerous national wedding magazines, and is the author of a wedding planning guide. After graduating from Duke University and stumbling into wedding planning nearly ten years ago, she's lost count of the number of weddings she's planned. So far, though, no one has been murdered at any of them. She is the author of two previous mysteries featuring Annabelle Archer: Better Off Wed, which won the Agatha Award for Best First Novel, and For Better or Hearse.

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    • 4/5
      Pretty funny. 2nd book in series. I guessed the identity of the murderer pretty early on. Some of the characters were amusing, but some were just annoying. But the hysterical brides from hell were really great.CMB