Death Up the Aisle

A glamorous winter wedding, an ill-fated honeymoon and a hesitant bride who doesn't know enough about the man she's just married.

London, Christmas Eve. 1927. Shivering in her wedding dress, Mrs Mortimer's special day takes a turn for the worse when she embarks on her honeymoon and ends up in prison.

There was, on reflection, something decidedly fishy about the wedding - and the funeral that followed, but investigating a murder you're supposed to have committed, is easier said than done when you're under lock and key.

Can Aunt Bathsheba help to solve the crime - and might her strange coterie of ladies offer any assistance? Who exactly is the solicitor, and is he as good as he thinks he is? And might Georgie's little terrier, Crumpet, be the key to her survival?

Set in London and the Cotswolds, this cozy 1920s mystery series is the first of the Mrs Mortimer books, although it can be enjoyed as a stand-alone story in its own right.