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READ Murder at Morningside Missy DuBois Mystery #1 CHARACTERS µ Murder at Morningside Missy DuBois Mystery #1 REVIEW Ê RISHTALIKHENGEHUMNAYA.CO Ö Sandra Bretting Hat designer Missy DuBois opened her shop Crowning Glory along Louisiana's Great River Road to cater to the sophisticated Southern bride But bless her heart who knew creating stylish wedding veils would lead to murder Hired to craft a veil for a socialite getting married at Mornings. Murder at Morningside is the debut book in the Missy DuBois Mystery series written by Sandra Bretting Missy is a wedding hat designer in Louisiana who is in love with her best friend Ambrose a wedding dress designer and who has a penchant for being a little too nosy and finding dead bodies After I won the third and fourth books in a giveaway contest last year I read them and thought they were good I wanted to catch up on the beginning before the fifth one is released in the future so here we go for this 35 star bookIn this caper Missy and Ambrose are staying at an inn where a couple is being married They are onsite for final wedding ensemble fittings and preparation but taking advantage of the old southern home s beautiful buildings and grounds After overhearing a few odd conversations they enter a hat contest to see if it will help grow Missy s start up business During the opening ceremony Missy comforts a distraught woman who can t find her stepdaughter She s later found by a maid but the girl is dead in a bathroom stall it s the bride Missy and Ambrose were working for but had never met Missy gets to know the staff family and friends at the estate and finds herself suspecting a few people of affairs gaslighting and intent to harm But which one really did the bride in Missy discovers the truth with the help of her high school friend who s now a detective in the parishAs far as mysteries it s good There are red herrings strong clues misunderstandings and interesting discoveries I enjoyed learning about the history of the area during the Civil War and how different kinds of hats are created Missy is a vivid character with all the typical amateur sleuth personality traits and portrayed as a bold southern woman maybe a little too much exaggeration but I m not from the South so I can t be 100% certain That said I felt some of the writing and ways in which Missy got her information were a bit forced or stilted I remember thinking the same thing in the other books I read It s not bad just borders on awkward in certain sections I still want to read the full series as there s a lot of dimension and detail in the settings relationships and characters which draw you in easilyBretting is strong in describing action and culture and she has a good grasp of when and how to throw in southern slang or common vernacular A few times it made me cock my head a bit in curiosity but I ve actually heard some of these sayings so it s just that it s a difference place than I m used to That s what makes it fun as I feel transported somewhere else while reading her books The cover is snappy and cute The series has a good hook I gotta wonder what s ultimately gonna happen between Ambrose and Missy as in books three and four they seem to be dating In book one she s in love with him and he s smitten Maybe when I read book two I ll figure it all out But he s definitely got something he s hiding Heroism Begins with Her Inspiring Stories of Bold Brave and Gutsy Women in the US Military knew creating stylish wedding veils would lead to murder Hired to craft a veil for a socialite getting married at Mornings. Murder at Morningside is the debut book in the Missy DuBois Mystery series written by Sandra Bretting Missy is a wedding hat designer in Louisiana who is in love with her best friend Ambrose a wedding dress designer and who has a penchant for being a little too nosy and finding dead bodies After I won the third and fourth books in a giveaway contest last year I read them and thought they were good I wanted to catch up on the beginning before the fifth one is released in the future so here we go for this 35 star bookIn this caper Missy and Ambrose are staying at an inn where a couple is being married They are onsite for final wedding ensemble fittings and preparation but taking advantage of the old southern home s beautiful buildings and grounds After overhearing a few odd conversations they enter a hat contest to see if it will help grow Missy s start up business During the opening ceremony Missy comforts a distraught woman who can t find her stepdaughter She s later found by a maid but the girl is dead in a bathroom stall it s the bride Missy and Ambrose were working for but had never met Missy gets to Buried Mountain Secrets know the staff family and friends at the estate and finds herself suspecting a few people of affairs gaslighting and intent to harm But which one really did the bride in Missy discovers the truth with the help of her high school friend who s now a detective in the parishAs far as mysteries it s good There are red herrings strong clues misunderstandings and interesting discoveries I enjoyed learning about the history of the area during the Civil War and how different Buried Mountain Secrets kinds of hats are created Missy is a vivid character with all the typical amateur sleuth personality traits and portrayed as a bold southern woman maybe a little too much exaggeration but I m not from the South so I can t be 100% certain That said I felt some of the writing and ways in which Missy got her information were a bit forced or stilted I remember thinking the same thing in the other books I read It s not bad just borders on awkward in certain sections I still want to read the full series as there s a lot of dimension and detail in the settings relationships and characters which draw you in easilyBretting is strong in describing action and culture and she has a good grasp of when and how to throw in southern slang or common vernacular A few times it made me cock my head a bit in curiosity but I ve actually heard some of these sayings so it s just that it s a difference place than I m used to That s what makes it fun as I feel transported somewhere else while reading her books The cover is snappy and cute The series has a good hook I gotta wonder what s ultimately gonna happen between Ambrose and Missy as in books three and four they seem to be dating In book one she s in love with him and he s smitten Maybe when I read book two I ll figure it all out But he s definitely got something he s hiding

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READ Murder at Morningside Missy DuBois Mystery #1 CHARACTERS µ Murder at Morningside Missy DuBois Mystery #1 REVIEW Ê RISHTALIKHENGEHUMNAYA.CO Ö Sandra Bretting Aggle of bridesmaids shedding nary a tear and a family with no shortage of enemies it seems anyone at the mansion may have done away with the bride to be While Missy has Southern charm to spare she's going to need than manners and a manicure to put a hat pin on this murderous affair. Murder at Morningside by Sandra Bretting is the first A Missy DuBois Mystery novel Melissa Missy DuBois and her friend Ambrose are at the Morningside Plantation to assist with a wedding of Trinity and Sterling Ambrose is doing the gown owns Ambrose s Allure Couture and Missy the veil owns Crowning Glory Unfortunately before the bride and groom so can say their I Do s the bride is found dead in the bathroom what a horrible place to kick the bucket Who would want to kill a pregnant woman about to be married Missy noticed the baby bump earlier in the day Missy had met Ivy Solomon step mother of the bride earlier at a tea and hat contest Missy now feels that they are friends and sets out to find the killer friends after an hour Trinity was well liked but her father Herbert Solomon was not because of his oil refinery and cheapskate ways Would someone kill Trinity to get back at her father Then there is the strange ghost being seen around the hotel Will Missy be able to find the killer You will have to read Murder at Morningside to get the answerI found Murder at Morningside to be contrived very fake Missy DuBois is a true Southern woman or what people believe a Southern woman to be who keeps using various southern expressions like bless her poor little heart and butter my biscuit I have yet to hear one southern person say any of these phrases Maybe I live in the wrong state I was not a fan of Missy she was okay but no very believable as a real life character How can you consider someone a friend after knowing them an hour It seemed like a lame excuse to look into a murder it would have been better if she had just admitted she was to curious for her own good The characters were not developed We get basic information on them but they were not brought to life There is uite a bit about a fashion show that Missy volunteers herself and Ambrose to organize and run in a very short amount of time from scratch which is unlikely The book is easy to read but I just did not enjoy it The mystery was child s play to solve the killer was extremely apparent I give Murder at Morningside 25 out of 5 stars I am not a fan of these silly mystery novels which I do not know they are until I read them I will not be reading the next book in the series for which I am sure the author will grateful I received a complimentary copy of Murder at Morningside from NetGalley in exchange for an honest evaluation of the novel

READ Murder at Morningside Missy DuBois Mystery #1 CHARACTERS µ Murder at Morningside Missy DuBois Mystery #1 REVIEW Ê RISHTALIKHENGEHUMNAYA.CO Ö Sandra Bretting Ide Plantation means Missy can bask in the height of antebellum atmosphere But when the bride is found dead in a women's bathroom Missy the milliner finds herself entangled in one unfashionable murder With the list of suspects thicker than the sweltering Louisiana heat including a g. The clever cover caught my eye as this a new author for me Missy DuBois a custom hat designer goes to Morningside Manor to fix the veil for a bride and her bridesmaids The bride is found dead in one of the bathrooms before the wedding Missy befriends the Mother of the bride and decides to help the police find the answer I appreciate the detail descriptions of the hats I still wondering about the plot and feel the characters were one sided I felt that Missy went places and did things that are illegal that put herself and others in unnecessary dangerDisclosure I received a free copy from Kensington Books through NetGalley for an honest review I would like to thank them for this opportunity to read and review the book The opinIons are my own