Marriage Can Be Murder — Maureen Mackey

After solving a sensational murder case, Professor Samuel Pope and Francie Steele embark on a year-long courtship. Sam finally pops the question to his one-time student, and a wedding date is set. But before Francie can savor this turn of events, one of Sam's academic colleagues, the supposedly happily-married Lily, dies in a puzzling "suicide," which Francie suspects is murder in disguise. At the request of Lily's grief-stricken cousin, Francie investigates Lily's death. This complicates Francie's already-hectic life. In addition to developing her relationship with Sam, Francie is working, raising her five-year-old daughter, finishing her college degree, and trying to put the brakes on her mother's plans for a wedding extravaganza. As Francie explores the lie behind Lily's wedded bliss, she faces her own marital misgivings head-on, and in the process puts her life at risk.