The
Wedding Wipeout
By
Jacob M. Appel
“Wedding Wipeout”, by Jacob M. Appel, is a light
hearted murder mystery with as its two main characters, Rabbi Kappelmacher and
his assistant, Steinmetz. The story
starts when two elderly sisters, Florence and Lorraine, are left a substantial
amount of money with one stipulation; that they should never marry. If one of
them did, they would break the will and the entire estate would go to the
unmarried sister. They lived together as
old spinsters for forty-three years, until Florence fell in love and decided to
marry, breaking the trust. On the
wedding night, Florence mysteriously died.
When Rabbi Kappelmacher was made aware of the puzzle, he was immediately
interested in solving it, and decided that he, along with his assistant, would
crack the case.
Mr. Appel creates a list of characters ranging from a mischievous
Rabbi and his sidekick, Steinmetz; to the nosy neighbor, who’s as bitter as she
is nosy; to the playboy nephew, Fred.
“The Wedding Wipeout” kept me laughing from the beginning of this
amusing story to its surprise ending. I
give this delightful book five stars and cannot wait to read Mr. Appel’s other
works.
