Description:

The Kensingtons invite you to the society wedding of the decade. There’s just one hitch. You might not make it out alive.

When a celebrity bridesmaid is murdered weeks before an exclusive society wedding, forensic attorney Holly Stone is drafted as an unlikely undercover replacement. As she works to unpick the lives of the notoriously private Kensington family, glamour-averse Holly discovers a new worst enemy in bridezilla Adrianna. Heir to a multimillion dollar fortune, Adrianna is set on throwing the event of the decade, and she won’t let anything get in her way.

But beneath the veneer of poise and sophistication, Adrianna and her bridesmaids have secrets worth killing for.

As the wedding day gets closer, it’s clear that one of the five hand-picked bridesmaids has committed murder – and a destination wedding is a perfect place to strike again. Soon, Holly finds herself on the playground of the rich and famous, but if she wants to find answers, she’ll have to make it out alive.

Adele’s Review:

The Bridesmaid is a well-written, entertaining thriller. Cate Quinn’s well developed characters challenge stereotypes as the story progresses and humanizes each one. This reviewer admired that plot device more than any other element of the book.

The protagonist, a blue-haired goth girl forensic specialist in spider print dresses is not someone I’d typically want to befriend, and the ultra-rich Kensington family and friends enjoy a lifestyle as foreign to me as life on the moon. At the start of the story, they eye each other with similar misgivings, but by the end of the novel the stereotypes fall away, exposing vulnerabilities we all share, and sweep the reader along with them. The mystery is layered and complex, but the elements come together by the end of the book.

Goodreads Link: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/7829418231

Amazon Link: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0DXS6W8J5