As the wedding planner at the Aloha Lagoon resort in Hawaii, Kristy Piper has seen some strange parties...but bride Claire Jackson's wedding party may be the oddest yet! Between a man-hungry bridesmaid, an overbearing mother of the groom, and a feisty tween guest, Kristy has her hands full! But when Claire's former fiancé is found dead—murdered by a luau serving fork!—things go from strange to downright dangerous. To make matters worse, Claire is discovered next to the dead body, sobbing uncontrollably. Is it shock...or guilt?
The local homicide detective is sure Claire is to blame for the death. Luckily he works on "island time," which gives Kristy the opportunity to prove her latest bride-to-be is innocent. With the help of her longtime office manager, her best friend Leilani, and her dreamy new boyfriend, photographer Jake Hunter, Kristy takes it upon herself to wade through an entire wedding party full of suspects. Together, they’ll solve the murder and save the wedding...or die trying!
What critics are
" Hula Homicide Earns 5/5 Wedding Woes…Wonderful!"
~ Kings River Life Magazine
"You are going to want to visit Aloha Lagoon Resort as much as possible, and you will not want to leave!"
~ Cozy Mystery Book Reviews
About Aloha
There's trouble in paradise...
Welcome to Aloha Lagoon, one of Hawaii's hidden treasures. A little bit of tropical paradise nestled along the coast of Kauai, this resort town boasts luxurious accommodation, friendly island atmosphere...and only a slightly higher than normal murder rate. While mysterious circumstances may be the norm on our corner of the island, we're certain that our staff and Lagoon natives will make your stay in Aloha Lagoon one you will never forget! (Summary via Goodreads)
Anytime readers can travel to the Aloha Lagoon Resort in Kauai, Hawaii, it is a good day !! This is a series written by multiple authors but centers around the resort. Each author has their own stories and characters with the common denominator being the resort. And with twenty-two books in this series, there is so much to love !!!
Homicide Honeymoon is the twenty-second book in the series and it is written by B.A. Trimmer. This is the second book written by Trimmer for this series, with the first being Hula Homicide and that is the nineteenth book in the series. You do not have to read these books in order but I highly recommend reading all of them !!
Homicide Honeymoon follows main character Kristy Piper who is the wedding planner for the resort. She is getting ready for a week long wedding and the characters in the wedding party are crazy !! They are so crazy that Kristy has given them all nicknames which helps her to remember them .....
Claire and Patrick are the bride and groom and they have brought their mothers and a few family members and friends to celebrate and have fun for the week leading up to the wedding day. Unfortunately during a scheduled dinner, Claire's ex-fiance Marty crashes the party !! And it seems that Claire's mother, "Cougar" Jessica, her sister "Sleazy" Shelby, and friend and bridesmaid "Flower Child" Skye all have their eyes on him and want to take him to their rooms !!!
Claire and Patrick just want to enjoy the week and the island, hang on the beach, sight see and have good food and drinks and relax before their big day. Unfortunately someone else has another plan for them when at another scheduled dinner with a show, Marty is found stabbed in the chest by one of the serving forks and Claire is the one to find him !!!
Detective Ray Kahoalani is called in when Marty doesn't make it. So instead of a relaxing week, all of the members of the wedding party and guests are now suspects. Sadly because Claire was with him after he was stabbed, Detective Ray centers his attention on her. Everyone is pretty confident that Claire did not murder her ex-fiance days before her wedding and Kristy and her friend, Leilani, boyfriend, Jake, and co-worker, Dorothy, put their heads together and decide to see if they can get the heat off of Claire.
However when a bartender that Kristy wants to talk to also dies, she realizes that she may have more than she can handle. Even though Detective Ray doesn't think the two deaths are connected, Kristy doesn't agree.
There is so much within this book and all of the other books for readers to fall in love with. Just reading about all of the different jobs and people on the island would be enough to love, but then you add in everything to do and the food and cocktails, you will be hooked !!!
I highly recommend diving into the Aloha Lagoon Mystery series and enjoy your time there !!!!
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