Veiled in Death

Written by Stephanie Blackmoore

Narrated by Christa Lewis

Wedding planner Mallory Shepard doesn’t have time to organize her own nuptials—she’s too busy solving a mystery that involves a veil knit by Betsy Ross!

• Language: English
• Publisher: Dreamscape Media
• Release date: Sep 29, 2020
• ISBN: 9781666542530

Stephanie Blackmoore

Stephanie Blackmoore is an experienced author who was raised in Pittsburgh. Once an attorney, she went on to become a librarian in Florida before becoming a writer. A fan of snow, pierogis, and everything black-and-yellow, she currently lives with her husband, son, and two spirited cats in Missouri.

Reviews for Veiled in Death

[margaret hagstrom · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

Great narration and good writing. The ending seemed to be rushed to tie up loose ends. So not as satisfying as her earlier books. But I liked the characters.

[Manal Osmally · Rating: 3 out of 5 stars]

So Once again we have another Cozy Mystery Series Stephanie Blackmoore delievers a Story where you are so keen to follow the main charcthers while enjoying the Crimes

Book 1

So we start by having Mallory who is a Lawyer and engaged to Keith with is another Lawyer, both of them works in fims close by, Both of them planning to get married....

And we have helen – Keith Mother – who is from the look of it a minace to socity with her brand jackets and Queen B attidute.

And we have Silvia – Keith Grandmother from his father's Side – who is an angel knocking on her 90s and making sure Helen knows her place while dotting on Mallory

The Story starts during one of the meetings for the Wedding where helen is taking over every little decsison evern thought she is not the one paying mind you !!

We go over to the cancelled meeting with silvia and then Silvia's untimly death, and then to the grand discovery that kieth is cheating on mallory

We jump over to mallory running away and cancelling the wedding, her sister comes to the rescue blah blah blah and then she gets a phone call from garth – one sexy lawyer – who asks her to come to his office to discisus something related to silvia's last wishes.... and guess what.... she give her a house, she gave her the family hosue

The mystery really doesn't take place till like the middle of the book, the whole boook serves more like the main intro into the charcters and their relations, it's like drawing a huge tree of people who are conntected either by location or by relation.

I like the intro, it gives insides into the situation at hand, even if it was a bit prolonged... but you would want to know as much as possible about the charcter who is leading the book you reading...


I have a lot to say about each and every charcter but let's push that to later..

Pros
• The sort of mysteries that is being presented in this book is rather complex as there's more than one mystery, some of them are related to the charcters some of them are complex murders, and some of them are even funny titbits here are there
• We are flying through the situation rather than being embided into it, because your main charcters is not in place yet, she is finding her footing which is creating a fluid motion in the book.
• I like the charcter planning, it provides you with varity while you are building connections with the charcters.
• The mytery is complex and have rich layers to it rather than it being more about solving the murder.

Cons
• With the charcter planning comes the predictiblity of the siutation which cannot be avoided, if you are introducing a next door boyfriend whoes father is the police chief and his daugther is your sweet heart that means that all the books shall include the set of the charcters whether they come into play or not.
• There were so many dymanics for the mysterys in this single book. It was like a gooose chase in a way.


I think It's a very enjoyable mystery and I am pretty hooked on this series.


Book 2

Well, I am going through them like water at this rate, I am really hooked on the writing and the details, it gives you a rich visiual image that sometimes is lacking with Cozy Mysteries.

SO you are few months from the first book - the B&B is undergoing invations, they have weddings booked and they are going through money like water and – drum roll – they have to push for a sudden wedding and the B&B might be hunted

Phewww...... what a start......

Pros
• The intro is captivating, I have to give her that.. I really like the starting line of each and every book.... it's like opening the scene with a running action instead of building up to a running action
• There's a load of charcters being intoduced and of course they are connected in one way or another
• The whole ghost thing was really ellaborate, for a second I thought the B&B was really hunted, or someone was trying to push mallory into selling it
• I have a feeling we are sticking with HELEN AND KIETH for a while, which while I might like that storyline, I am not keen on having Helen in every book thank you very much
• I flet like we are being intoduced to the next book in a way, like there's a sit up for the next book betwwen the lines here, we just don't know it yet

COns
• We are adding to the pre introduced charcters, which while it makes it a familiar story to the reading, it limits the possibilty of it being a stand alone .
• While this crime has several layers hidden in it, the final murderer feels rushed in a way, it like you ran out of people to suspect and catch and you have to catch someone who was not susbected in the first place.
• THere were slightly more - almost too much layers to this myster – in more than one way it's like trying to braid someone's hair and then getting all tangly and lost and end up with something good but a bit twisted


Book 3

Hmmmm, I don't like all the charcters in this books and let me tell you why right away

We are being intoduced into a famous wedding where everyone knows everyone and noone is good for the bride..

Pros
• The 3 musckateer referance was really sweet.
• Rachel is either my favouirte or I want to punch her there's no in betwwen
COns
• There's sooooo many attachments to the pervious books, which makes it semi-impossible to read this one and understand anything
• While I might like the familiarty of the books at this stage, I am weary of the way we keep having someone's EX looming around and dectating stuff and causing issues....
• HELEN, just get her of the book already, I understand that because she is up and running in the town she has a lot in her hands, but isn't that really too much already.

Aside from all of that, I believe that because the writing is layered and offering a rich storyline, we have few things to address at this stage of the series
• The timeline, I am a bit lost on how much time has passed since the intial moveing in
• ALL THE CHARCTERS STAY, like I would have loved to get rid of some of them, but if you introduce someone into this series, you know they are going to keep poping out in your face
• The only time rachel didn’t sleep with the man, it turns out he is not the killer, she is like a killer magnate at this stage.


Book 4

I DON'T LIKE KEITH and he might be getting what he desrves, so let's jump in

Pros
• FInally we have the book which either make it for the lousy couple or break it – please get them out of my face
• There's a serisouly smart word play for the name of the book and the content and you have no idea how funny that is
• I like the make it ir break it atmosphere of the book, it kinda gives a finality to the series - that's so sad!!
• I really feel like we are trying to crunch down all the characters we have encountered in the books, it was a tight fit but it was a fit altogether

Cons
• Why are we are ending this series ????
• The change in keith was so sudden that it kinda felt fake - hmmm like a switch flip....