“I like Lucy Stone a lot, and so will readers.” –Carolyn HartIt’s Christmas in Tinker’s Cove, Maine, and Lucy Stone is excited about her acting debut in the town’s production of A Christmas Carol. But a real life Scrooge has everyone feeling frosty, and with a murderer on the loose, Lucy will have to unwrap her sleuthing skills faster than she can say, “Bah! Humbug!” Lucy normally loves planning … normally loves planning for the holidays, but this year, Tinker’s Cove has fallen on hard times. With so many residents struggling to make ends meet, Christmas festivities are a luxury some can’t afford. But the story’s not so bleak at Downeast Mortgage, whose tightfisted owners, Jake Marlowe and Ben Scribner, are raking in profits from everyone’s misfortune. Half the town is in their debt, so when the miserly Marlowe is murdered, the mourners are few and the suspects are many. . .
“Engaging. . .a satisfying conclusion.” —Publishers Weekly
“Longtime Lucy Stone readers will be happy to catch up on life in Tinker’s Cove in this cozy Christmas mystery.” —Library Journal
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This is two books in a row now for the Lucy Stone Mysteries where my complaints about the content are similar. I hope this isn’t a trend for the series.
What I liked about “Christmas Carol Murder”:
Good action – The scenes with some suspense and intensity were actually fairly well executed. They grabbed my attention and held it as they played …
One more sleuthing adventure with Lucy Stone has arrived. I enjoy the books in this series and how the family members age at an appropriate rate. While Lucy loves her family, it is interesting to see how the different personalities react with other family members as well as teenage angst and maturing into young adults affects the family …
I love Lucy Stone mysteries, and the Christmas ones are some of my favorites!