Review: Wedding Planner. (Annie Banner Crazy Mysteries).  by. TG Davis
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 10 5, 2013
The beginning involves the wedding planners, a mother, Dana, and her daughter, Annie, meeting with a,wealthy family living in amansion on a beautiful oak shaded estate.  They  were pleasantly greeted by the lady of the house and taken outside to the gorgeous patio overlooking a gigantic crystal clear pool. The bridal couple were present to attempt to firm up the the final arrangements for their wedding to take place toward the end of August, which was fast turning into an utter fiasco.  The caterers were preparing dishes for the bride and groom to sample.  Discussions concerning the amount of guests, where the ceremony and reception would be held, the music following the American Idol main attraction was controversial, a live band or a D J,  flowers to be chosen, some difficult to locate requiring gathering  information from out of the country florists which were extremely expensive which irritated the  bride's father who was paying all the bills, but the costs were not in the least bothering anyone else planning the event, which all proved most confusing to the wedding planners, who grew more confused by the minute, trying to make sense of what was being said and happening. They had a sterling reputation to uphold, who grew more confused trying to make sense of what was being decided, if anything.  All the while the meeting was in progress, arguing could be heard coming from inside the house, people were physically fighting, arguing extremely embarrassing to the bride and those trying to plan a wedding  for this ultra rich family.  Quickly the meeting  turned sour as the bizarre family gathered arguing, shouting, revealing unpleasant family secrets, embarrassing the engaged couple who were trying to plan their wedding with some dignity but kept running into strange barriers contrary to a peaceful environment. What to choose for the music for the reception and dancing required much debate as did finalizing the food menu. the screaming coming from the pool house  where it was soon discovered a man had been murdered  puncturing through his eye.  The plot was too preposterous.  The cast of characters more bizarre, acting crazy.  What I thought would be an interesting novel about the planning of a wedding turned into a fiasco, with the police coming, the family turning against the wedding planners, refusing to even consider it could be a family member, it had to be an outsider trying to blame the innocent wedding planners it seemed so ridiculous ! had trouble believing the rest of the story, even knowing this was supposed to be a crazy novel.  I wish I could give this a better review but I really did not like it enough to be that generous.  it showed promise.the first half but then, for me it fell apart and I lost interest.Carole Beighey"