Murder at the Wedding by Christine KnappMy rating: 4 of 5 stars
Maeve O’Reilly Kensington is a midwife struggling with infertility who's married to William. William has disappointed his family by opening a catering business instead of having a well-esteemed career like the rest of the family. They are desperately wanting to start a family but so far, it's just not in the cards for them.
The wedding of the year is coming up soon and Will is hired to cater it. Everything must go as planned so that he doesn't have to take out another loan and prove his family just how much of a failure he is. The bride's father is the head of the Obstetrics unit where Maeve (rhymes with "brave) is employed. During the toast, Dr. Whitaker appears to be having a medical emergency and subsequently dies. Now everything that Will had planned to perfection is under a ton of scrutiny and his business may tank.
Maeve and her sister Meg begin to put together a variety of theories as to "whodunit", against their brother Patrick's better wishes. He desires for his sisters to let him do his job as a police officer and that they keep their day jobs as a midwife and realtor respectively. Not about to let a good situation pass by, Maeve and Meg do get involved and help to bring down the murderer.
First of all, I appreciate that this author has medical experience and that the terms and procedures described are done so accurately. That being said, a disclaimer should be issued for this book as it does have triggering issues for those who've experienced infertility or the loss of a child(ren). There are a few scenes that did not pertain to the overall solving the murder that could have been left out, however, they also give a "real-life" view into the role of a midwife. I did find the story engaging and appreciated the nice little twist at the end, although the murderer was pretty high on my list the whole time.
I look forward to more books in this series.
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