Customer Reviews

A good read - By: , 02 Jun 1998
In two months, Amanda West is to be married & all she wants from her mother Molly, a director of a meal delivery programin Ohio, is to arrange for a Civil War reenactment ceremony. At the same time, the local sheriff adds pressure on Molly & her spouse Ken when he asks them to hide Amanda's best friend Bonnie from her abusive husband, who has escaped from prison.

Bonnie goes into the tunnels underneath her mother's pre-Civil War mansion & discovers a skeleton. Though most people believe it is the remains of a long forgotten Union soldier, some folks wonder if murder might have occurred more recently. With the reenactment around the corner, Molly tries to solve the mystery of the bones to insure that no other victims surface.

MOTHER OF THE BRIDE, the latest entryin the Molly West series, is an intriguing book because of Patricia Tichenor Westfall's ability to bring alive Appalachian Ohioin both the present & the past eras. The lead character & the support cast add much charm to the story line. The mystery is good though not quite on a level of the sub-plots that add so much authenticity to the novel. Anyone who enjoys an amateur sleuthin a unique setting will want to read this book & Molly's previous story, FOWL PLAY because both are quite entertaining.

Harriet Klausner