For Lucy Stone, the best thing about Christmas in Tinker’s Cove has always been the annual Cookie Exchange. But the usual generosity and goodwill is missing from this year’s event which turns out to be a complete disaster. Petty rivalries and feuds that have long been simmering finally come to a boil, leaving a bad taste in the mouths of many guests, including Lee Cummings who accuses Tucker … accuses Tucker Whitney of stealing her recipe for low-fat, sugar-free cookies. But the icing on the cake is when Tucker is found strangled in her apartment on the following morning.
Who could’ve wanted Tucker dead badly enough to kill her? Despite all of the ingredients for danger, Lucy sets out on the trail of a murderer and soon uncovers a Christmas secret best left wrapped.
“As usual, Meier deftly combines a realistic depiction of Lucy’s life as a hard-working mother with a satisfying mystery plot.” —Publishers Weekly
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Another entertaining visit with Lucy Stone. I can’t say I was fooled by whodunnit — while I didn’t have proof or reason, I was immediately suspicious of the individual — but there were some other twists I did not at all see coming. One of the things I particularly like about this series is that they don’t sugarcoat life. The town is suffering …
4 stars to Leslie Meier’s candy canes of christmas past, a novella in the “Lucy Stone” mystery series. What a fun book! It started out a little concerning as 20% into this 100+ page story, there was no mystery yet… but then it suddenly got cooking with tons of side stories. Definite series read.
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Lucy Stone is reminiscing one holiday with …