The Silent Bride - Softcover

Glass, Leslie

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0451410378 ISBN 13: 9780451410375

Publisher: Onyx, 2002

Synopsis

With the wedding of her own close friend rapidly approaching, NYPD detective April Woo and her partner, homicide specialist Mike Sanchez, race against time to find a madman who is targeting New York City's glamorous young brides, cutting them down in the midst of the wedding ceremony. Original.

About this title

From Publishers Weekly:

The seventh installment in Glass's April Woo mystery series (Tracking Time, etc.) finds the 31-year-old NYPD detective on the trail of a deranged killer after a wealthy, young Orthodox Jewish bride is gunned down on her wedding day. Police initially suspect it's a religious hate crime, but Woo and her Latino lover, Lt. Mike Sanchez, swiftly shift gears when another bride is shot dead in front of St. Patrick's Cathedral less than a week later. In the midst of the investigation, Sanchez proposes to Woo despite his disapproving Catholic mother and Woo's own traditional, overbearing parents. Complicating matters further, Woo is asked to serve as maid of honor for her demanding sister-cousin, Ching, whose upcoming wedding has now been pronounced cursed by Woo's superstitious mother, Skinny Dragon. The author's flair for capturing cultural idiosyncrasies and developing quirky characters is highlighted best by her cast of suspects, which include a famous Chinese dress designer (Ø la Vera Wang), a flamboyant florist with a penchant for adopting attractive young refugee boys from war-torn countries and a kleptomaniac wedding planner who's also an expert marksman. With its rich characterizations and well-drawn setting, this rollicking mystery is a plentiful source for comic thrills and suspenseful chills.
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Review:

"Once again, Leslie Glass delivers a fascinating, high voltage, suspense procedural." -- Toby Bromberg, Romantic Times, June 2002

If you haven't yet succumbed to the Woo/Glass one-two punch, this story about murder and marriage should win you over. -- Chicago Tribune

About this edition

• Publisher: Onyx
• Publication date: 2002
• ISBN 10: 0451410378
• ISBN 13: 9780451410375
• Binding: Mass Market Paperback
• Number of pages: 400