A mystery set in March 1904. As the wedding music starts, the bride begins her long walk to the arms of her groom. But she will not finish the journey. The beautiful bride emerges stunned, blood on her dress. She stands alone, blood dripping from a dagger at her fingertips.Unknowing, his back to this scenario, the organist plays on...The processional music is the soundtrack for the murder that shatters the wedding day. The celebrated political socialite goes from bride to victim to suspect in a matter of hours. Only one man, flamboyant and mysterious, stands between her and a noose or an asylum in this 1900s high society mystery thriller where political intrigue complicates all efforts to discern the truth.
Written by same author as The Mystique Woven In Our Land Another historical murder mystery, and the "Lt. Sinclair Plate in Sand Waves Mystery Books".
This Book gives use examples of:
- Always Second Best: Coria, Elicia's younger sister, she was beautiful but Elicia was more beautiful, she was talented but Elicia more talented, she was popular but Elicia more popular. She hated her sister.
- Better Manhandle the Murder Weapon: Elicia not only grabs the murder weapon, but she carries it down the stairs for all to see at the wedding, along side her bouquet.
- Blood-Splattered Wedding Dress: Elicia comes down the stairs at her wedding in one of these.
- Heroic Lineage: The Detective Dell Plate descended from the amateur detective Shears Plate of The Mystique Woven In Our Land and is the ancestor of Lt. Sinclair Plate of the "Lt. Sinclair Plate in Sand Waves Mystery Books"
- Historical Detective Fiction: The book is a whodoneit set in 1900s East Texas, with a side of Gothic spookiness.
- Ominous Pipe Organ: The bridal march keeps playing as the bride comes out covered in blood. An Ominous Piano takes over after the characters relocation to the spooky house.
- Old, Dark House: While not old in 1904, the mansion is creepy with the house have no walls downstairs, a secret basement, and windowless bedroom.
- Revenge Before Reason: One of the suspects has risked all the success their for their revenge.
- Who Murdered the Asshole: The victim is a State Senator who everyone owed a favor to, among other things.
- Worst Wedding Ever: The wedding is ruined by the murder of a member of the wedding party.
