Five Belles Too Many

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By Debra H. Goldstein

Publisher Description

When Sarah Blair’s mother participates in a reality show competition for brides in Wheaton, Alabama, things get a little too real as a murderer crashes the wedding party . . .

Sometimes Sarah’s mother, Maybelle, can be higher maintenance than her Siamese cat RahRah. Maybelle and her friend, Mr. George Rogers, have been chosen to be one of five couples competing for a small-town “perfect” wedding and dream honeymoon on a Southern Belles reality show—and guess who has to be chaperone. Even more vexing, the producers have decided to put up the crew and participants at the restaurant/bed and breakfast owned by Sarah’s nemesis Jane Clark.

But when someone turns up dead with Jane kneeling by the body with blood on her hands, she goes from being Sarah’s chief rival to the police’s chief suspect. Neither Sarah nor her twin, Chef Emily Johnson, can stand Jane—still, they don’t think she’s a murderer. The producers vow the show must go on, but to protect their mother and the other contestants, Sarah vows to find the true killer before someone else gets eliminated . . .

Includes quick and easy recipes!

“The Sarah Blair mysteries are such a perfect blend of wit, fun, intrigue, and mouth-watering food descriptions that cozy fans will be eager for another helping.”
—Ellery Adams, New York Times bestselling author

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3 Reviews

4.0

Bookish Bunny

Created over 2 years ago

“Five Belles Too Many is the 5th installment in Debra H. Goldstein’s Sarah Blair mystery series. Sarah’s mother and her friend George have been selected to participate in the reality show – Southern Belles. The winner gets a paid for wedding, or money for their honeymoon. While her mom knows it’s a long shot, it still sounds like a lot of fun. For everyone except for Sarah...and her nemesis Jane who isn’t pleased when Southwind gets pulled in for the meals. Jane’s in trouble, but things are only going to get worse when she’s found over a body. Looks like Sarah is going to have her hands full. Five Belles Too Many is an engaging cozy mystery novel that had me trying to figure out – who could the killer be and why? Well, the number of suspects – many. Anyone could be the culprit when things start coming to light. The characters in this book are engaging and really help pull you into the story. You almost believe that you could cross paths with them should you go to this small town. The mystery is well done and kept me page-turning trying to figure out who the culprit is. While I wasn’t able to piece all together to figure it out first, the author definitely took me on a ride with this book. With delicious foods (and yes, recipes) and a twisted mystery this book is a must read. I’m rating this book 4.5 out of 5 stars. If you have enjoyed the previous books in this series then you’re not going to want to miss out on this addition. I’m looking forward to the next mystery and what the author has in store for Sarah and those around her.”

Melina Mason

Created over 2 years ago

“This is the fifth installment in the Sarah Blair Mystery Series. In this installment, Sarah’s mother, Maybelle and her fiancé, George, have been invited to be on a new reality TV show, Southern Belle Perfect Wedding Competition. Sarah is Maybelle chaperone for the show and the female contestants, and their chaperones are staying at Jane’s place. When one of the producers is found dead at Jane’s Place, Jane is the prime suspect. I enjoyed visiting the town Wheaton, Alabama again and catching up with all of its quirky inhabitants. Some new characters are introduced in this book as there is a reality wedding show being filmed at both Jane’s Place and Southwind’s. Sarah is developing more and more along with the other regular characters in the series. There are some complex relationships in this book as well, like Sarah’s relationship with Cliff, a local handyman. The setting of this series is nice, a suburb of Birmingham. The plot of this one was well thought out and flowed well. I enjoyed reading about how a reality TV show is made while reading this book. The mystery was great in this one and had me guessing to the very end. I look forward to more in this series.”

Maggie Chavarria

Created almost 3 years ago

“Five Belles Too Many is the fifth installment in the Sarah Blair Mystery series. This book follows Sarah as she participates as a chaperone for her mother, Maybelle, while she competes in the Southern Belles reality show. Two murders happen during the filming of the show, and Sarah works to piece together who has committed the murders. This is the first book I have read in this series, and I did not feel like I wasn’t missing too much backstory. I feel like there were a lot of different characters in the book, mostly because there were numerous contestants and people working for the reality show – so it wasn’t clear who the murderer was until closer to the end. I feel that some parts of the book got slow because there was a lot of internal dialog from Sarah, but also a lot of repetition of events happening, especially in the beginning of the book. Once the story got going, it was a much better read. Overall, I enjoyed the book, and I thought there was a good number of suspects to keep you intrigued. I think it would be nice to continue reading the books in the series to find out more about where Sarah and her town’s stories take them.”

About Debra H. Goldstein

Judge Debra H. Goldstein writes Kensington’s Sarah Blair mystery series. She is also the author of Should Have Played Poker and IPPY Award winning Maze in Blue. Her short stories, including Anthony and Agatha nominated “The Night They Burned Ms. Dixie’s Place,” have appeared in numerous periodicals and anthologies. An active Birmingham, Alabama, civic volunteer, Debra also serves on the national boards of Sisters in Crime and Mystery Writers of America, and is president of SEMWA and past president of SinC’s Guppy Chapter.