Better Dead Than Wed

Better Dead Than Wed A Mystery Featuring Maggie Suit and Kurt Van Doren What would the holidays and a homecoming be without a murder? That is what our resident sleuths wonder as they get themselves involved in finding the killer of Vince Packard, an old adversary of Kurt’s which interrupts a lovely holiday party. Arriving home at Christmas from a lengthy training mission in Africa, Kurt finds Maggie dealing with her job, decorating their old Victorian, helping Holly with her wedding plans and trying to negotiate peace between her niece, Kelly and her husband. Vince’s murder at a luxurious New Year’s Eve bash hosted by a surgical start up venture stirs up Maggie’s sleuthing genes. In this third installment of Kurt and Maggie’s adventure Kurt shows a good instinct for guessing at secrets and Maggie does a great job of jumping to conclusions. Our hero tries to keep their sleuthing under control but his own investigation gets him involved in a meeting with one old flame and another with a glamorous suspect . Our heroine fails to discern the killer’s identity until she is confronted with her worse phobia. Mix in an overbearing CEO, a nasty retired politician, Vince’s mysterious mistress, the grieving widow, a local TV huckster and you have all the makings for a busy winter for our couple. Who killed Dr. Packard? Why is Kurt flirting? Are Maggie and Kurt drifting apart? What is the old Senator’s part in all of this? Does Holly get to the altar? A surprise wedding announcement complicates the investigation. Better Dead Than Wed holds all the answers.