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I'm sharing snippets from the 4th Alex O'Hara cozy mystery, The Case of the Wedding Wrecker. This follows immediately after last week's snippet. Police deputy Dawson (aka Deputy Dawg, Alex's nemesis since 2nd grade) interrupted the wedding ceremony by arresting Nick for murder.
Snippet:
Murder?
I couldn’t
speak. Pop and Nick’s dad made up for it.
“What’s the
meaning of this?” Tony Palzetti demanded as he leaped over Maria’s feet to get
out of the pew. In four strides, he stood next to Nick. Maria stumbled then
followed him to the altar.
“You’ve got to
be out of your mind.” Pop, a tad slower than Nick’s parents, jumped up and raced
to flank Nick on his other side.
And a little more:
Dan Hoesen,
chief of Far Haven PD, strode up the aisle to us. He pushed his way between the
Pops. “Deputy?”
The
congregation shuffled and murmured at this development.
“Th-There’s
some mistake,” I managed to squeak out.
“No mistake.” Deputy
Dawg twisted Nick around and handcuffed him. Right there on the altar.
“Mommy, why’s that man putting handcuffs Uncle Nick?” Dottie’s oldest son called out. With both his parents at the altar, Trey and his siblings sat in the first pew with their grandmother.
"Yeah, why?" hollered his brother. Their grandmother tried to hush the boys. Then, toddler Emmy started to wail.
“Explain
yourself,” the chief ordered.
“You couldn’t
have waited until after their vows, you idiot?” Maria smacked the deputy on the
arm with her purse.
Dawg whirled
around and glared at her. “I can arrest you, too, for assaulting an officer.”
Father Jack
made futile gestures. “Folks, please settle—”
“Deputy, what
is going on?” Chief Hoesen grew red in the face. Nobody was listening
to him. He raised his voice. “What do you mean murder?”
The congregation
stilled.
“He killed Mike
Amerson,” the deputy declared.
I heard a gasp behind
Nick. Todd’s face had paled. Mike Amerson was his stepfather.
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Uh oh! Alex definitely has her work cut out for her after she gets over the shock of this happening. You're keeping me very intrigued with this story!
ReplyDeleteI'm so glad. Thanks, Jess.
DeleteWell written chaos. I bounced from character to character - like a camera would trying to record everything.
ReplyDeleteTweeted.
As always, thanks for tweeting, Daryl.
DeleteSuch lovely complications at such an inconvenient time. But a HEA never runs smoothly!
ReplyDeleteNot for Nick and Alex.
DeleteRather a crowd at the altar, though most of them seem to be on her side.
ReplyDeleteDefinitely a crowd.
DeleteWhat?! Oh my goodness! My jaw is still hanging open!
ReplyDeleteLOL Good.
DeleteYou certainly brought the drama! Wow! But I love it and can't wait to see what happens next. Great snippet!
ReplyDeleteThanks so much, Veronica.
DeleteAnd so we finally have it all. And only Alex to try to find out what really happened. Can she get past this awful thing and get to the bottom of the murder? I can't wait to find out! Tweeted.
ReplyDeleteRight now, she's stunned. The girl with a ready quip can barely speak. She'd better figure out what happened quickly.
DeleteNot the sort of events one hopes for at a wedding! Tweeted the post.
ReplyDeleteNope. Definitely not.
DeleteAn interesting turn of events.
ReplyDeleteThanks.
DeleteOh Lord! This is a bad scene for sure, but then Maria--bless her heart--stepped up and assaulted an officer with her purse lol (there was some laughter here--inappropriate or not) lol
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