Sailing in a Sea of Words

Book: All Dressed in White

Author: Mary Higgins Clark & Alafair Burke

Genre: Fiction/Mystery/Romance

Summary: Five years ago Amanda Pierce was excitedly preparing to marry her college sweetheart in a lavish ceremony at The Grand Victoria Hotel in Palm Beach. Then, with their guests and families on site, Amanda disappeared. In present-day New York City, Laurie accepts an uninvited visitor into her office: Amanda's desperate mother, who begs Laurie and her Under Suspicion television team to investigate Amanda's disappearance. It's an appeal Laurie, a widow too familiar with the grief felt by the families of victims of unsolved crimes, can't refuse. Soon she and the team are re-creating the night of the disappearance at the Florida resort with Amanda's friends and family in attendance, hoping to shed new light on the mystery, as the series has done in the past. With Amanda's former fiance now married to one of Amanda's bridesmaids, her jealous sister now integral in the family business, playboy groomsmen still behaving badly, a too-friendly wedding photographer, and rumors about the "beloved" bride herself, Laurie and Under Suspicion host Alex Buckley quickly realize everyone has a theory about why Amanda vanished into thin air - and a reason to direct Laurie's attention elsewhere. One thing is certain: whoever was behind Amanda's disappearance plans to keep the truth hidden "until death do they part. . ." - Simon & Schuster, 2015

This book was different from other mysteries I've read, that's for certain. Was it good? Eh, not to my estimation. It would satisfy most readers I'm sure, but it's too easy and simple for me.

Laurie and her team, answering the plea of a desperate mother, venture to try and find out what happened to a missing bride. Their actions stir up old memories and old demons, so Laurie finds that the mystery might not be so cold after all.

The plot is simple and plain. It doesn't get overly complicated and stays on a surface level. Laurie and her team don't really do their own detecting; they simply stumble upon the right information, the right people, and the right places.

This also seems to be the second book in the series and while it would be beneficial to read the first book, it's not required; not unless you want to know the backstory of the relationships between the team members.

It reads like your typical episodic mystery series. While it won't be a story of detailed, complicated intrigue, it's a nice little mystery to entertain the reader on a rainy day or on the beach.

I give All Dressed in White a B.

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