McCrumb spends 6 chapters building backstory to the main event of the book-Elizabeth and Cameron’s wedding-before she introduces the mystery. Again, Elizabeth has only a minor part to play in its solution, but then she does have only a few weeks to prepare for her wedding.

McCrumb’s assignation of humor in her charaters is done well—Geoffrey’s one-liners are especially worth laughing out loud to. The inheritance subplot was another amusing diversion, if only for its patheticness.

While this was an entertaining (and quick) read, I’m becoming even more disappointed in the author’s characterization of Elizabeth. I suppose we got a fair picture of how shallow Elizabeth is in the early books, but I’d hoped to see some signs of maturation, given her field of study (forensics).