As an astrologer Julia Bonatti knows she should trust what she sees in the stars, but serving as a bridesmaid for her friend Geneva diverts her attention. This has catastrophic consequences - a missing bridesmaid, a disrupted wedding and then a murder. Pulling all the pieces together Julia works through the stars to find the killer. As always Connie di Marco has written a gem.

Julia Bonatti, astrologer and newspaper columnist never expected to be a guest at a murder. Well...not exactly...Julia was a member of her dear friend Geneva's bridal party.
When cleaning up the aftermath took longer than expected, she was invited to the family home, and though reluctant, her own bed called, she accompanied the family home.
When gunshots woke her up, she ran down to investigate with others similarly startled to find Brooke's husband in the garage by a gun and her sister Moira dead.
As a favor to Brooke and Geneva, Julia investigates on her own, sifting through facts and planted red herrings. Criminal connections to drug runners and another body raise the stakes. As she closes in, so does the murderer....on her.
This is an engrossing cozy.

I liked ASPM more than I did the first book in the series (The Madness of Mercury). I felt there was a true mystery this time. The author does a good job tying in astrology and fleshing out the story by developing Julia's personal life and showing her doing more than just following clues.

That said, my rating is 3.5 because I don't find Julia a very engaging character and the author hasn't given her a solid group of secondary characters to play off of. Yes, at least three characters reoccur from book 1, but they don't add anything really to the book.

I received my copy from Netgalley in exchange for my honest review.