{"id":20075,"date":"2022-07-02T18:47:44","date_gmt":"2022-07-02T22:47:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/?p=20075"},"modified":"2025-10-01T18:31:53","modified_gmt":"2025-10-01T22:31:53","slug":"a-brides-guide-to-marriage-and-murder","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/archives\/20075","title":{"rendered":"A Bride\u2019s Guide to Marriage and Murder"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3a9NRqt\">A Bride\u2019s Guide to Marriage and Murder<\/a><\/em> (2022) <a href=\"https:\/\/klishis.com\/Books\/mystery\/Freeman_Dianne.php\">Dianne Freeman<\/a> (Countess of Harleigh Mystery)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3a9NRqt\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/klishis.com\/reading\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/A-Brides-Guide-to-Marriage-and-Murder.jpg?resize=184%2C300&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"A Brides Guide to Marriage and Murder\" width=\"184\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-20076\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/klishis.com\/reading\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/A-Brides-Guide-to-Marriage-and-Murder.jpg?w=306&amp;ssl=1 306w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/klishis.com\/reading\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/A-Brides-Guide-to-Marriage-and-Murder.jpg?resize=184%2C300&amp;ssl=1 184w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 184px) 100vw, 184px\" \/><\/a>Set in London in 1900.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve been picking up books, then putting them down, and noe and Murder and it was precisely what I was in the mood to read.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s a cozy mystery. This is book five. Main character is getting married. There is a murder. But despite all the ridiculousness of those things piled together, everything comes together and it&#8217;s simply an immersive and fun story.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cThen please be so good as to stay very still.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>He removed the lens cover and focused on the watch in his hand, holding one finger in the air. I wished I\u2019d thought to ask him how long we were to remain still as my nose truly wanted a scratch.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cHas Mr. Hazelton returned home?\u201d <\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe has and he awaits you in your bedchamber.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>Goodness, that sent a little shiver of delight through me. It was still my wedding day, after all. I was headed for the stairs when it hit me. \u201cI\u2019m afraid I don\u2019t know where my bedchamber is, Jarvis.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cHis own wife?\u201d George looked ill. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cWives have been known to murder their husbands.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>He clutched at his chest. \u201cAnd you tell me this on our wedding night?\u201d <\/p>\n<p>I made a dismissive motion. \u201cYou probably have nothing to worry about.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>\u201cProbably?\u201d His voice rose on the last syllable.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>It was just the story I needed to read.<\/p>\n<p>Publisher: Kensington Books<\/p>\n<p><strong>Rating: 8\/10<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Bride\u2019s Guide to Marriage and Murder (2022) Dianne Freeman (Countess of Harleigh Mystery) Set in London in 1900. I&#8217;ve been picking up books, then putting them down, and noe and Murder and it was precisely what I was in the mood to read. It&#8217;s a cozy mystery. This is book five. Main character is [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[12,30,190,292,48,204,8],"tags":[464,463,557],"class_list":["post-20075","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-8-10","category-british","category-cozy","category-ebook","category-female","category-good","category-mystery","tag-countess-of-harleigh-mysteries","tag-dianne-freeman","tag-victorian"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/piQkW-5dN","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":13858,"url":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/archives\/13858","url_meta":{"origin":20075,"position":0},"title":"A Lady&#8217;s Guide to Mischief and Murder","author":"Michelle","date":"January 20, 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"A Lady's Guide to Mischief and Murder (2020) Dianne Freeman (Countess of Harleigh Mystery) Set in England in 1899. 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