Widow's Wreath: A Martha's Vineyard Mystery

Its a case of cold feetand cold-blooded murderas 92-year-old poet/sleuth Victoria Trumbull gets more than she bargained for after hosting an ill-fated wedding. A wedding on picturesque Marthas Vineyard promises to be the affair of the season when Penny Arbuthnot asks her cousin feisty 92-year-old poet Victoria Trumbull if she can use her property for the reception. Victoria agreesbut she has no idea whats in store for the hapless couple. For one Penny is seriously in debt and desperate to marry money. She thinks shes on the road to riches when she hooks Rocco Bufano whose father is a multi-billionaire. But unbeknownst to Penny Roccos been disowned by dad. Hes also in hock up to his ears and thinks hes bagged the catch of a lifetime in a wealthy Vineyard native. He also knows that someone is out to kill him. In fact several guests have a reason to off Rocco among them an autistic savant with a prodigious knowledge of murder weapons. Victoria has assumed the reception will be a modest lemonade-and-gingersnap affairbut when a body is found in her cellar it may be a happily-never-after in Widows Wreath the fourteenth engaging installment in Cynthia Riggss beloved Marthas Vineyard mysteries.