Wedding planner extraordinaire Annabelle Archer is used to dealing with difficult personalities -- neurotic brides, despotic mothers, and prima donna bridesmaids. However, being chased from a swank hotel kitchen at knifepoint by a shrieking Chef Henri takes the cake. Soon after, Washington's most thoroughly despised culinary artist is discovered dead, impaled on an ice sculpture -- a crime which surprises no one, since revenge is, after all, a dish best served cold.

Unfortunately, the police think the hotel's sometimes temperamental but always stylish catering exec (and Annabelle's good friend) Georgia Rhodes did Henri in -- so the planner and her posse set out to put the real murderer on ice. But when the corpse of a rival culinarian turns up in a walk-in freezer -- and more nasty chef-deaths quickly follow -- the suspect list suddenly shrinks . . . as do Annabelle and her cronies' chances for survival, if they get caught poking around in a killer's kitchen.

my take: had read first in this series awhile ago.. not too widespread or popular... its a very light funny cozy mystery... set in DC, lots of wedding backdrops/hotels/people who work there & them (weddings)... little romance angles.. typical the lead woman character & the detective who always gets called in on the case have a flirtous/cute conversation/banter... but nothing seems to ever come of it... lots of funny/off-beat characters in this one.. multiple murders/a few twists/somewhat surprising ending... more conversation driven but definitely NOT boring, a very fun/quick read of a mystery that's conclusion wasn't very obvious. will look forward to the 3rd (& final as far as i can tell) of this series with Annabelle & her friends...