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'Til Death Do Us Part (Bailey Weggins Mysteries)
by Kate White
Product Group: Book
Publisher: Warner Books (2004-05-04)
ISBN: 0446531758
EAN: 9780446531757
Dewey Decimal #: 813.54
Binding/Media: Hardcover - 320 pages
Edition: First.
SKU: 87511
Condition: Used: Good
Comments: Minor shelf wear, great buy!
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Editorial Reviews
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Product Description
When Bailey Weggins receives a phone call from Ashley Hanes, she assumes Ashley needs a fashion or publishing related favor. After all, Bailey only met the woman once when they were both bridesmaids in a wedding, and they didn't have anything in common. But Ashley needs more from Bailey than help getting into a Chanel sample sale. It turns out that two of the bridesmaids from the wedding have died in what appear to be freak accidents. One was electrocuted in her bathtub and the other had a fatal reaction to antidepressants. Ashley is sure the two cases aren't just a horrible coincidence and convinces Bailey to investigate. Before you can say "'Til death do us part," Ashley's lifeless body is found at the bottom of a flight of stairs, and Bailey realizes that she easily could be next on the killer's list.
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Customer Reviews
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Reading with Tequila
Rating  (4)
Date: 2010-06-04
'Til Death Do Us Part, the third book in the Bailey Weggins' series, puts Bailey in the scariest position ever - she's a bridesmaid. Making matters worse, the bride's become nasty and someone is killing off the rest of the bridesmaids. Bailey, of course, investigates.
I love this series and the whole wedding aspect made the story that much more interesting for me. 'Til Death Do Us Part is written in the same fast-paced yet light style as the previous books and with each book Kate White manages to write an even craftier mystery.
Bailey is still fierce and independent in 'Til Death Do Us Part, but she's not as humorously assertive as she had been previously. I'm not sure if the softening of the character was in relation to the more subdued nature of Connecticut as opposed to New York or if this was a more conscious, permanent shift. I hope it was more about location because Bailey's ability to stand-up for herself while still keeping the mood light is one of her major appealing qualities.
'Til Death Do Us Part is a great addition to a series you definitely don't want to miss.
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A Page-Tuner that Keeps You Guessing
Rating  (5)
Date: 2010-04-05
4 out of 4 customers found this reveiw helpful
Bailey Weggins, writer for Gloss Magazine, is asked to be a bridesmaid for Peyton Cross, a friend from her college days. Peyton is a smart mouthed woman who runs a catering service. Apparently she's alienated quite a few people in her life. But when you marry money, you can get away without being nice.
Two of Peyton's former bridesmaids Jamie and Robin die, seemingly by accident. Jamie's CD player fell into the tub while Jamie was bathing, frying both itself and Jamie. Robin died when something she ate reacted with the anti-depressants she was taking.
Were they accidents?
Ashley Hanes, another bridesmaid, thinks maybe not. She thinks there is more to it than meets the eye and asks Bailey (remember she was a bridesmaid too) to look into it. Bailey agrees, but then if there is a bridesmaid killer on the loose, she could be on the list, but her current boyfriend, assures her the two deaths were accidental and it was only by coincidence that Jamie and Robin died only a few weeks apart from each other.
However, when Ashley is found dead, a victim of still another accident, a fall, Bailey knows these are no accidents. What's more, someone is going to be coming for her. So, no it's imperative that Bailey find the killer.
I loved this book. Bailey is a great character and Peyton was too, though she's not very likable. I liked the fact that Kate White played fair with the clues, even though I didn't figure it out till the end. I like page-turners that keep you guessing and that's what this book is.
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Very lackluster and formulaic
Rating  (3)
Date: 2010-03-02
Bailey Weggins sets out to discover is foul play is involved with some bridesmaids that were in a wedding together and who are all dropping dead in mysterious circumstances.
The author of this book seems as though she has a mystery template that she checks off and then inserts the particular paragraphs to complete a murder/mystery novel.
Protaganist is a single Manhantannite working in magazines - check, protaganist has a gay friend to tell her troubles too - check, protaganist is an independent feminist- check, protaganist has a friend who is Martha Stewart wannabe - check, protaganist is a hard driving New York magazine columnist who only wears black - check. The story is so formulaic I found myself wondering where the online template was to just fill in the blanks.
Also most of the characters, except for the gay friend, are very unlikable. Even the protaganist, Bailey Weggins, is unlikeable. She drives away a perfectly good boyfriend because he is worried for her safety. She takes umbrage at this and becomes quite upset with his worries for her. My guess is the author is trying to portray a hard driving Manhattan feminist who is totally independent. I think she succeeds in making the character very unlikeable. Baily Weggins also makes alot of sarcastic comments about various people that I think are supposed to be funny but end up again coming off as very critical and again making the character unlikeable.
The mystery is not that much of a mystery, the characters are not developed and certainly not very likeable. All in all, there are much better mysteries out there to read.
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Really page turner
Rating (5)
Date: 2007-04-10
I am not a big reader at all, but I picked up this book at good will and I LOVED IT!!!! White keeps your attention through out and has you guess the whole time. I even felt my heart race once ;-) its a great book and I have already ordered two more of hers
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good book
Rating (4)
Date: 2007-02-12
0 out of 1 customers found this reveiw helpful
Kate white is very good - it's a fiction that catches your attention
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