Mayhem in High Heels

MAYHEM IN HIGH HEELS GEMMA HALLIDAY Mystery Romance Making It Rating: 4.5 Enchantments Maddie Springer's busy planning her dream wedding to Ramirez--that is until she discovers her wedding planner dead in her sample cake. Now Maddie's juggling wedding planning--with best friend Dana and Marco at the helm--and playing detective all before her big day arrives. Will her dream wedding turn into a disaster? Add in the return of Felix, who Maddie finds herself grudgingly working with as she investigates Gigi's murder and there's a chance there might not be a wedding at all if things go awry. I really enjoyed MAYHEM IN HIGH HEELS and honestly am sad it's the final book in the series. While Maddie decides to investigate Gigi's murder, tabloid reporter Felix comes back into her life, managing to create more tension between Maddie and Ramirez at an already stressful time, especially since Ramirez isn't all that interested in helping out with the wedding prep. One of my favorite things about Maddie in this book was her sudden attack of hiccups anytime anything related came up, which led to some real funny moments. I loved how Maddie struggled to juggle her investigating with wedding planning and the mystery of Gigi's murder was well laid out, never once hinting on the true killer or possible motive until it all clicks into place late in the book. One of the best scenes in the book is Maddie's bachelorette party, which truly had me laughing at where her best friend Dana decided to hold it and what the group activity was! What happens to Mrs. Rosenblatt is truly hilarious. Fans will no doubt enjoy the last in this fun series but be sad to see it end. Ms. Halliday makes her home in the San Francisco Bay area where she's hard at work on her next book. Visit her online at www.gemmahalliday.com Lisa Enchanting Reviews January 2009

Excellent book and right on time. Pleasure to do business with them at all times.

L.A.P.D. Homicide Detective Jack Ramirez has a romantic side hidden somewhere within him. He took Maddie Springer to Paris and popped the question! Maddie knew that all the wedding preparations were going to give her some headaches, but little did Maddie know that those headaches would soon turn into migraines! Maddie got the perfect wedding planner, Gigi Van Doren, to handle all the little things that come with weddings. But Maddie's mother keeps trying to add a couple of extra hundred people to the guest list, people Maddie has not seen or heard from in over ten or twenty years! Finally, Maddie and Jack show up to take the final taste test on what was to be their wedding cake. However, they walked into the Beverly Hills wedding studio to find Gigi dead, the knife still in her back, and face down in the butter cream frosting. Maddie's friends, Dana and Marco, take over all wedding preparations. But with Jack handling the murder case, Maddie knows that she would be lucky if he even remembered to show up for their wedding. The only thing to do is solve the case before their wedding day! Time for Maddie, Dana, and Marco to play Charlie's Angels again. ***** I have grown to love the Maddie Springer mystery series. As with all the mysteries before, this one is filled with lots of humor while still keeping the reader's attention on solving the case. I found myself laughing aloud at the most unexpected times. Full of spite fire, humor, and sass, this mystery will keep your eyes glued to the pages. ***** Reviewed by Detra Fitch of Huntress Reviews.

Los Angeles Homicide Detective Jack Ramirez and shoe designer Maddie Springer were in Paris causing the usual MAYHEM IN HIGH HEELS (see ALIBI IN HIGH HEELS) when he proposed and she accepted. Maddie expected nuptial problems from her mom, but did not anticipate wanting to name a hemorrhoid after her. Mom wants to invite half the planet including people neither Maddie nor mom have spoken with in the last decade or so. To keep the ceremony under control and not need the Coliseum, Maddie hires wedding planner Gigi Van Doren to take care of the gala, but especially to run interference with her mom. Maddie and Jack arrive to test taste their wedding cake in Gigi's Beverly Hills studio; only instead of a sweet and a planner they find a corpse. Someone stabbed Gigi in the back leaving her face buried in the butter cream frosting. Maddie's friends Dana and Marco replace Gigi as the planners while Jack leads the official investigation into the murder. Maddie knows when he works a case he has tunnel vision so to insure he makes it to the ceremony, if for no other reason than not having to explain otherwise to the mother of the bride from hell, she decides to solve the case assisted by her new wedding planners. The fifth "High Heels' amateur sleuth tale ( see ALIBI IN HIGH HEELS , KILLER IN HIGH HEELS, SPYING IN HIGH HEELS and UNDERCOVER IN HIGH HEELS) is the usual madcap amusing investigation.. As always Maddie's chick lit big mouth manages to get her into trouble with the cops. However, much of the amusing asides come from mom who wants her daughter's nuptial to be the wedding of the century rivaling last century's biggest one, Luke and Laura. Although the usual dueling homicide investigations (amateur and professional) are a bit thin, fans of the series will enjoy the latest hilarious "High Heels" hi-jinx. Harriet Klausner

Maddie Springer is getting married in this last installment in the HIGH HEELS series by Gemma Halliday to the hot, sexy homicide detective Jack Ramirez. When her wedding planner is found murdered all mayhem breaks loose. Will Maddie's wedding day be flan or flambé? MAYHEM IN HIGH HEELS is a hilarious, suspenseful murder mystery. It is brimming with all the key characters from the HIGH HEEL series. Maddie Springer is anxious; hiccups ensue, as she tries to locate a killer after her stylish wedding planner, Gigi, is murdered. Maddie's fiancé Ramirez is in charge of the case. As the two of them work against time to solve the murder, bets are made, and they learn that their love for one another runs deep. Maddie's best friends Dana and Marco assist her with her wedding and unraveling the murder mystery much to her apprehension. What a hilarious pair of friends, but they are true friends in every sense of the word! I love how Gemma Halliday intertwines laughter and romance with grit, suspense and murder. Her characters have incredible depth, which makes you feel like you know them on a personal level. Her story, MAYHEM IN HIGH HEELS, sparkles with charm unlike any other murder mystery. Each story in this series is exceptional and adds edgy style to today's romance mystery genre. This madcap tale of an offed wedding planner with romance and suspense contains more laugh-out-loud antics than a Peter Sellers, Pink Panther movie!