Happy Saturday! Threads the Halls by Lea Wait will be out on Tuesday, October 31 along with Slay Bells Ring by Karen Rose Smith (and many others). So many delightful books to add to my TBR pile.
Holiday Murder by Leslie Meier
contains Mistletoe Murder and Christmas Cookie Murder (two Lucy Stone Mystery novels). Go back to the very beginning
of the Lucy Stone Mystery series in Mistletoe Murder. Lucy works nights in the Country Cousins call
center while her children are at home sleeping with her husband, Bill. Lucy steps outside the call center (needs the
cool air to help wake her up) and finds Sam Miller, one of the Country Cousins
founders, dead in his car. The police
suspect suicide, but Lucy is not so sure.
Lucy works with Officer Barney Culpepper to discover what happened to
Sam. In between she must get ready for
Christmas (clean the house before family arrives, wrap presents, bake cookies)
and help her mother, Helen who is still grieving for her husband who passed
away earlier in the year. Can Lucy wrap
up her investigation in time for a happy Christmas with the family?
Christmas Cookie Murder is the
sixth book in the Lucy Stone Mystery series.
Lucy Stone is assisting Sue Finch at the day care center when Officer
Barney Culpepper stops by with news that Tucker Whitney was found
strangled. Tucker was Sue’s assistant at
the center. Dr. Steve Cummings is the prime
suspect and ends up arrested. Lucy, who
just loves a good mystery, starts nosing around trying to find clues to the
real killer’s identity. Who could have
wanted Tucker dead and why?
Holiday Murder was just
delightful. I had read both books
previously, but it was nice to revisit them.
I had forgotten many of the details on how the series started (like Lucy
working at Country Cousins). I found
Holiday Murder to be well-written, contain great characters and have a nice
flow. Leslie Meier has a great writing
style which makes for an easy to read story that is enjoyable and entertaining. I like how the author mingles the mystery
with Lucy’s daily life. It is a great
combination. We get to know Lucy, Bill,
her kids and their friends. My rating
for Holiday Murder is 5 out of 5 stars (I loved it). I was hooked on this series from the moment I
picked up and read Mistletoe Murder (many years ago when I discovered the
series in my local library). There is a
preview of Turkey Trot Murder at the end of the book. For those of you who have not read the whole
series, pick up Holiday Murder for two delightful Christmas cozy
mysteries.
By the way: How do you write a book about Halloween? With a ghostwriter! I couldn't resist. I will be sharing my review of Seashells, Spells and Caramels by Erin Johnson on Sunday. May you have a haunting day and Happy Reading!
Kris
The Avid Reader
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