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It's not so bad that Mama is getting married - she's done it four times before. It's not that she's marrying a bad guy - Salvatore "Sally" Provenza is a great guy, if a little unusual for this part of Florida. It's not even that it's going to be a BIG wedding. It's the details. The GWTW theme, including hoop skirts and a ring-bearing Pomeranian (no, that part isn't GWTW but who's going to tell Mama that?). All of this Mace can stand. Even Sally's larger-than-life shirt-tail relatives descending, C'Ndee Ciancio in particular, to help Mama plan this wedding. What Mace really can't handle is Ronnie Hodges getting murdered. Ronnie is the caterer. This brings Detective Carlos Martinez back into Mace's life. Another thing Mace can't handle. He turns her knees to jelly and her mind to mush; it makes solving this case even more difficult for Mace. Ronnie Hodges is the only caterer in town. Was he murdered by some Yankee who wanted to take over the business? Was he murdered by his grieving wife, who apparently had a motive? Who is the lovely woman that Mace keeps seeing with Carlos? So many questions and so many answers. Which answer is correct? Will Mace figure it all out before the wedding is a total disaster? Himmarshee is a hotbed of gossip. Everyone knows everyone, and they all talk. Mace has to wade this minefield in order to find the truth. Sharp has done another good job with HITCHED. Her characters scream for a mini-series; what fun this would be to cast! The interpersonal relationships are believable, especially if one has read the previous book in the series. The plot works and the setting is good. Florida in June - what better way to crank up the heat around a wedding gone crazy? HITCHED is a wonderful continuation in a good series. Keep ‘em coming. § P.J. Coldren lives in northern lower Michigan where she reads and reviews widely across the mystery genre when she isn't working in her local hospital pharmacy.
Reviewed by P.J. Coldren, July 2010
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