4.5 stars.

Something Buried, Something Blue is the second installment in Wendy Corsi Staub's Lily Dale Mystery series featuring innkeeper Isabella "Bella" Jordan. This cozy mystery has slight supernatural elements and features a cast of eclectic yet charming characters and while it is the second book in the series, it can be read as a standalone.

Having fully committed to remaining in the Spiritualist community with her young son Max, Bella reluctantly agrees to put together a destination wedding for a friend of her neighbor and friend, Odelia Lauder. Johneen Maynard and her fiancé Parker Langley have been searching for an out of the way place for their upcoming nuptials and Lily Dale turns out to be the perfect place for their big day. Unfortunately, Johneen is a bit of a Bridezilla but Bella and Odelia organize a lovely ceremony for the couple. However, Odelia soon begins receiving rather ominous messages from her Spirit guide that seem to indicate that Johneen could be in danger and Bella is concerned about an impending storm that threatens their plans for an outdoor ceremony. She becomes even more frazzled when her overbearing mother-in-law unexpectedly arrives and Odelia is a no show for last minute wedding preparations. Bella breathes a sigh of relief once the couple exchange their vows but is Johneen truly out of danger? Who (or what) is responsible for the strange occurrences that have been plaguing the Valley View Guesthouse since the wedding party's arrival? Bella is determined to find out the truth but will she inadvertently put herself in harm's way as she searches for answers?

Once again, Bella is out of her element but she rises to the challenge of planning the upcoming wedding. She is hoping a successful wedding will provide a way for the guesthouse to make some much needed revenue during Lily Dale's off season so she works hard to satisfy her unpleasant bride to be. Bella is still rather skeptical of the townspeople's psychic abilities, so she tries to come up with rational explanations for Odelia's foreboding messages about the upcoming ceremony. After the guests arrive, she is so focused on the last minute details that she is convinced she is imagining some of the odd things she has been experiencing. Bella is also trying to figure out what is behind Millicent's sudden visit and surprisingly, her mother-in-law's misgivings about her new friends raises a few suspicions of her own in the aftermath of the wedding.

Something Buried, Something Blue is a perplexing addition to The Lily Dale Mystery series. Aided by a little psychic intuition and some good old fashioned detective work, Bella uncovers the truth about the mysterious events and Wendy Corsi Staub brings the novel to an exciting, pulse-pounding conclusion.
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I recieved this book free in exchange for a review. SOMETHING BURIED,SOMETHING BLUE BY WENDY CORSI STAUB is the second in the Lily Dale mystery series. Bella Jordan the main character is living now in Lily Dale, a community of psychics mediums and generally nice people. She agrees to host, organize an try to pull off a wedding for a bridezilla and her soon to be husband.

Somewhere buried in 287 pages is a mystery, but after reading the book its a mystery where ! We did finally manage to find a victim after fourteen chapters of the book. I love a good mystery and I love to be kept in suspense but fourteen chapters is just a tad too much reading trying to slog thru to find four chapters (the last four) on the deadly deed and who done it. ( )