Scarlett and Viv are asked to restore a hat that their Aunt Mim made years before. They promise an estimate will be delivered quickly. But when Scarlett can't reach the bride to be, she tracks her down at her workplace. Scarlett finds Ariana cowering in a corner of the back garden.

Ariana's employer is dead, after falling or being pushed from the roof of the building. The place immediately take Ariana into custody. Scarlett is convinced that no one with the good taste to want to wear one of Mim's hats on their wedding day could be a killer.

Scarlett starts tracking down who else might have had a movtive for killing the famous lawyer, Anthony Russo. As she and Viv collaborate on the investigation, they learn there are many people who might have wanted Russo dead but much of the evidence still points to Ariana.

With Ariana in prison and the wedding coming up, Scarlett doesn't have a lot of time to solve the mystery of the this death.

Ms. McKinlay has another winner on her hands. AT THE DROP OF A HAT will have the reader laughing as Scarlett and Viv get drunk as they interview an old girlfriend of Mr. Russo. The interaction between the characters is amusing and Scarlett's attempts to discover why Viv won't date are dismal failures.

The surprise ending will leave readers anxiously awaiting the next book in the series. I can't wait to follow Scarlett through her next set of adventures.