Food and cocktails columnist Hayley Powell is off on a girls’ getaway with her two best friends. But soon they’ll have to get away from a killer…The quaint fishing village of Salmon Cove, Maine, seems like the ideal location for a girls’ weekend with Hayley’s gal pals, Liddy and Mona. Liddy’s on the rebound from a breakup, but when she meets a handsome tourist, it looks like a little … like a little romance might liven things up.
Unfortunately, Liddy’s new sweetheart is found dead on the beach the next morning at the town’s Lobster Bake, next to an overturned cooking pot. The liberated lobsters may be scrambling back to the sea, but Hayley’s not about to let a murderer escape so easily. To crack the case, she’ll need to blow the lid off some serious undercover activity—or risk becoming ensnared in a killer’s trap…
Includes seven delectable recipes from Hayley’s kitchen!
Praise for Death of a Bacon Heiress
“[A] fun mystery that will have readers enraptured.” —Kings River Life magazine
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Well…I did it. I made myself finish this book and I may have sprained my eyeballs what with all the rolling they did. Let’s get right to it, shall we?
What I liked about “Death of a Lobster Lover”:
The actual mystery – The sole redeeming value to be found in this book. I liked the twists and turns of the main case. (The side cases…not so much.) I mean, the solution was right there, staring me in the face, and I still sat there clueless until it was revealed.
What I didn’t care for:
The characters – All of them. I had initially thought there was improvement on this front a couple of installments ago, but any progress made backtracked.
The casual disrespect for marriage – Not only that, but the way they chose to resolve it? Terrible. This alone ruined most of the book for me.
The writing – It’s awkward. It lacks any sense of intelligence. It feels stilted and, even in Hayley’s newspaper columns, fails to sound even somewhat professional. I feel like I’m reading a rough draft…written by a high school student. (No disrespect to high school students, some of whom likely write better than what I encounter in this series.)
As I was in the process of completing the ninth book (plus one novella) in this series, I kept telling myself I was going to give this series one more installment before writing it off, but now that I am finishing off this review, I believe I’m just going to tap out here. Nine (and a half) books tells me everything I need to know: I don’t care for the mean-spirited tone taken by this series. I don’t like a single one of the train-wreck cast of caricature characters. There is nothing and no one to root for when everyone is petty and immature and impetuous. There are far too many unread books out there for me to keep questioning why I am forcing myself to continue with this series as I slog through book after book; I already have one series that fits this bill (into which I am even more deeply entrenched at this point and unwilling to give up after twenty-plus installments despite the fact that it aggravates me endlessly–looking at you, Lucy Stone) and maybe that needs to be a lesson learned going forward. Sorry, Hayley, I gave it my best effort, but you’re just not my cup of tea.
I was going to rate this 5 stars but Liddy annoyed me so much I took 1 star off. It was very intriguing and got my mind thinking but I admit I cried at the end. Great addition to the series.
Hayley is off on a girls weekend to Salmon Cove, Maine with best friends Liddy and Mona but it doesn’t turn out to be the relaxing weekend they all hoped. Mona’s family cabin turns out to be in less than pleasing condition and there are no rooms available anywhere else in town. After Liddy meets a man and Mona runs into an old friend they decided to stay. While attending the Lobster Bake Hayley trips over a body and the girls weekend turns into one filled with murder and mystery. The dead man is none other than Jackson Young, the reporter that Liddy met and the reason she wanted to stay. When the police tell them they can’t leave town Hayley is ready to investigate and figure out who killed Jackson and why so they will be able to leave. When Jackson turns out not to be who he said he was and Liddy disappears Hayley must dig deeper to unearth clues. Who was Jackson Young really? Will she find Liddy in time? Jump right into this exciting mystery and see if you can figure out whodunit! I enjoy the relationship that the friends have, at times they feel more like sisters than just friends. I liked how Lee took the story to a different location, it gives a freshness to the series and it’s a fun way to change things up. I would definitely recommend this series and look forward to what is to come next for these characters.