As the oldest of nine siblings, forty-something Savannah Reid has attended her share of family weddings. . .and more than one has featured her sister, Marietta, as the bride. But before the fickle Marietta can make it down the aisle with her latest Mr. Right, the youngest of the Reid brood, Macon, is thrown into the slammer -- this time for killing the Honorable Judge Patterson. When Savannah learns that the ornery old geezer had more enemies than Marietta's had husbands, she is convinced that her brother's been framed. She sets out to prove it, with a little assistance from her L.A.-based Moonlight Magnolia Detectives.Shaking the Patterson family tree nets Savannah and her imported West Coast cohorts an assortment of embittered ex-wives, spurned mistresses, and illegitimate offspring. Savannah enlists the luscious local deputy, Tommy Stafford, to help search for the real murderer, clear her brother's name, and put the pouting Marietta's nuptials back on track.