The atmosphere at Millicents is anything but joyous. The bride, Desiree, is unhappy, browbeaten by her sex crazed mother, Kiki. Every aspect of the wedding is engineered by Kiki with Desiree having nothing to say. The wedding is a disaster with Kiki not putting in an appearance.

      Helen opens a closet to get a wedding gown and finds instead a dead Kiki. Her death is ruled a homicide. There are numerous suspects: the bride who inherits a fortune; Kiki's ex-husband who saves a fortune in extravagant wedding expenses; the best man who receives promised money to save his theatre; the chauffeur who was Kiki"s boy toy who will inherit a million dollars; and the groom who will become a kept man by being married to the heiress. When Helen's fingerprints are found on the wedding dress, which turns out to be the murder weapon, she becomes the prime suspect since she had been overheard threatening Kiki. She has to prove her innocence by finding the real murderer.

       This is a fast moving story with much snappy dialogue. There are many laughs with Helen's sense of the ridiculous and her sense of humor. The scenes of the preparation of the wedding party and the wedding rehearsal are hilarious. The descriptions of the members of the wedding party are the source for laughter and disbelief.

     This is a light-hearted story guaranteed to bring enjoyment and laughter to the reader.