Lucy Stone’s late-winter blues usually vanish by the time Tinker’s Cove goes green for its annual St. Patrick’s Day celebration. There’s just one wee problem that not even the luck of the Irish can fix—murder! After returning from her father-in-law’s funeral in Florida, Lucy can almost hear the death knell of her part-time reporter job the instant she meets new hire Rob Callahan. He’s young, … Rob Callahan. He’s young, ambitious, and positioning himself to become the Pennysaver’s next star reporter. Adding insult to injury, Lucy only gets assigned the local St. Patrick’s Day parade once Rob passes on the story. But before beer flows and bagpipes sound, Rob becomes suspected of destroying more than other people’s careers . . .
It’s a shock when Rob is suddenly charged with sending a corrections officer from town to a fiery death. Contrary to the evidence, Lucy seriously doubts her office rival committed murder, and she’s willing to follow that nagging hunch into the darkest corners of the community if it means shedding light on the truth . . .
As an unnerving mystery unfolds, a strange woman reveals news that could change everything for Lucy and her family. Troubles in her personal and professional life are colliding, and Lucy comes to realize that she’ll sooner discover a four-leaf clover than confront a killer with the gift of the gab and live to tell about it . . .
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Irish Parade Murder by Leslie Meier is the 27th A Lucy Stone Mystery. I have been enjoying Lucy Stone’s adventures since the beginning. Lucy is a part-time reporter with The Pennysaver in Tinker’s Cove, Maine where she lives in a quaint farmhouse with her husband, Bill plus her two youngest children, Sara and Zoe. The family is devastated when Bill’s father passes away. They all go to Florida for the funeral and comfort Edna, Bill’s mother. Lucy returns to work to find Ted is making changes at The Pennysaver. Ted has brought on a new reporter, Rob Callahan who is interested in making a name for himself quickly. Rob forgets that Tinker’s Cove and Gilead are small towns (gossip travels faster than the speed of light and small-town politics are at play). Rob finds himself in hot water when he is charged with the murder of a local corrections officer. Lucy may not be a fan of her rival, but she is not going to let him be railroaded. Lucy has another mystery to solve at home. A woman claims to the daughter of Bill’s father and provides a DNA report. Lucy and Bill are worried the woman is a scam artist. They also cannot find Bill Sr.’s will, which could lead to devastating consequences. Irish Parade Murder is a lively cozy mystery. This latest A Lucy Stone Mystery reminds me of the earlier books in the series. The whodunit involving Rob was multifaceted. I had a good time following the investigation. Lucy delves into the local Irish Catholic community where values have not changed in fifty plus years (things move slowly in Rome). I thought Irish Parade Murder was well-written with developed characters and a charming, small town setting. I look forward to Lucy Stone’s next adventure. Irish Parade Murder is a spirited cozy mystery with political plotting, rival reporters, a DNA dilemma, step dancing sisters, an AWOL will, and happy green hair.
I like all her books.
I’ll admit I wasn’t a huge fan of the last book in the series, so I started reading this with that in mind., Luckily, I thoroughly enjoyed this newest book in the series. There are a lot of issues going on for Lucy this time around both professionally and personally. Can Lucy rise to the occasion and figure it all out?! I received a copy of this book from NetGalley and the publisher and I’m voluntarily providing an honest review.
Another fun book in the Lucy Stone mysteries! Lucy’s life is changing both personally and professionally. Ted has bought The Gabber, the newspaper of neighboring town Gilead and plans to eventually combine it with The Pennysaver. He also hires a young reporter using money from The Truth Project and Lucy is finding it difficult to like the young man. When a corrections officer is killed in a fiery accident, the young reporter is arrested and Lucy is sure he is being set up. Another dead body surfaces and it appears something is being covered up. On the personal front, after her father-in-law’s funeral, Lucy and Bill receive a letter from a young woman who is claiming to be Bill’s half-sister. Both Lucy and Bill are skeptical of the claim, but Bill’s mother seems determined to believe the woman. An intriguing mystery with lots of Irish fun. I still love Lucy, Bill, the kids, and the townspeople of Tinker’s Cove even though all of Lucy’s kids are mostly grown now. I hope to continue reading more great books in this series!
Once again Lucy Stone gets involved in the middle of mayhem and murder. This time while working as a local news reporter, she becomes embroiled in a case of police corruption and an opioid epidemic. I love the caring nature that Lucy displays and her attempt to make things right. Her relationships with her family and friends keep things light. This is another win for Leslie Meier. Can’t wait to see what she’ll get involved with in the next book!
Thank you to NetGalley and Kensington Publishing Corporation for my advanced review copy. All opinions and thoughts are my own.
I have read quite a few books in this series and generally love them. Several books in this series have addressed issues that are going on in the world, but this book seemed a little heavy on politics. Small amounts of current affair topics are fine but I read to escape reality I don’t want a ton of it in the book I’m reading for fun. Lucy’s husband has always been kind of irritating but he wasn’t that bad in this book. I still enjoy Lucy’s character and the mystery is well-written with its twists and turns. I will keep reading this series, but I just hope some of the secondary characters go in a different direction in the future.
All thoughts and opinions are my own, and in no way have I been influenced by anyone.
Lucy Stone always looks forward to the Tinker’s Cove annual St. Patrick’s Day celebration. Rob Callahan is a newly hired reporter at the Pennysaver’s paper where Lucy works. He is ambitious and young and hopes to replace Lucy as the next star reporter for the paper. That is until he is a suspect in a murder case of a corrections officer. Though Lucy doesn’t like him, she still feels that she needs to investigate since she thinks that he is innocent. I really enjoyed this book and I want to thank Net Galley and Kensington Publishers for an ARC e-book in exchange for an honest review. #Irish Parade Murder # Net Galley
I enjoyed this cozy mystery in the Lucy Stone Series. What I love about these books by Leslie Meier is that you can read them in any order and you don’t have a lot of catching up to do. This was a truly enjoyable read and I would reccomend this book to anyone who enjoys a fun cozy mystery. (
Another good read in the Lucy Stone series. This book brings a death in the family, a potential new family member, a seemingly crooked county sheriff, a grieving widow, a somewhat arrogant new co-worker, a missing person, and a murder. It’s up to Lucy to put all the pieces together.
Lucy Stone and I go way back. I have read this series from the beginning. I love how her character is a small town part time reporter/part time housewife. We have watched her family grow and move out. When her father in law dies in Florida, Lucy and her husband attend the funeral. Upon her return, Lucy sees the writing on the wall and feels her reporter days may be over. Newly hired reporter, Rob Callahan, is wanting her star reporter title. However, when misfortune befalls Rob, Lucy must work to clear his name of murder. With a cluster of suspects, will Lucy be able to find the murderer? I received a copy through Netgalley. A review was not required.
Irish Parade Murder (Lucy Stone #27) by Leslie Meier was another wonderful installment in the Lucy Stone series. This is a series that I keep coming back for and never get enough. I highly recommend to anyone wanting a great read that you can pick up anytime.
Lucy Stone has long been this reader’s favorite cozy heroine, and in Irish Parade Murder, the 27th book in the series, author Leslie Meier does another admirable job of combining mystery with family, community, and current events. From the death of her father-in-law and the possible existence of a heretofore unknown relative, to a new hotshot reporter in town, Lucy’s kept on her toes all while trying to figure out if there’s any connection to the death of a local corrections officer in a fiery automobile accident, her new office rival, and the local St. Patrick’s Day parade. Lots of fun in this suspenseful cozy! A+++
Thank you to Leslie Meier, NetGalley and Kensington Books for the opportunity to read and review Irish parade Murder.
With some authors, 27 books in the material and characters can become stale and boring. Not Lucy Stone and her family and friends in Tinker’s Cove. In this book, Lucy is confronted with a new reporter trying to assist in bringing the newspaper up to date and stepping on a few toes while doing it. Their are newcomers who want to become a part of the traditional St. Patrick’s Day Parade but for some reason the parade committee finds a reason to turn them down. Lucy is assigned a story about the Parade Grand Marshall candidates and begins to hear stories of unfairness and a sense of good old boy nepotism. When the new reporter is accused of killing a crooked deputy, Lucy works to find out the truth and save not only the newspaper’s reputation but also the reporter from an unfair time behind bars. Always engaging, with a good mystery and some humor thrown in, this book will be perfect for you next read this spring.
Oh no! Ted has hired some city-slicker reporter and he is trying to sabotage Lucy! Just the beginning. Pick this book up today for another Lucy Stone and friends adventure. Meier keeps chugging away with this series but some of the books just don’t have the pizzazz they used to and Toby and his family have kind of been dropped off the earth. Still enjoyable but……..
I received an ebook ARC from NetGalley and this is my voluntary, honest review.
Back home after attending her father-in-laws funeral Lucy is met with some changes at the paper. The paper has hired a young new reporter, Rob Callahan, who has tons of new ideas and wants to change things to suit him. When assignments are given out and Lucy is only given the story that the new star has passed on she knows she herself needs to turn the tides to her favor and away from Rob. Rob soon finds himself in trouble when he is charged with the death of a corrections officer. Lucy may not like the young man but she is positive he doesn’t have it in him to kill another person. Lucy must travel down a dark path to figure out just who the killer is and why they committed such a crime. As more and more things come to light Lucy begins to wonder what all she’ll find and how what she does find will affect her and her family not to let her job.
I am enjoying this series. This story line has lots of Irish in it along with some crooked problems that need taking care of. Join Lucy, Bill, Phyllis, and Ted has they handle the situations they are drawn into. Who will come out the winner? I love these characters and can’t wait to make another trip to Maine to see what they are up to. I received this book from NetGalley, but my opinion is my own.
Irish Parade Murder by Leslie Meier is a small-town America cozy mystery. Ted Stillings, the publisher of the Pennysaver and Lucy Stone’s employer, was behaving oddly. Several days later they figured it out. He had gotten involved with the Truth Project, a philanthropy group, which believed that the demise of the small town newspaper was hurting the country, leaving people ignorant of what was happening locally in their government. They had helped him purchase a neighboring newspaper as well as hire a hotshot, city report to help him run it. Lucy was not happy but had too much going on to worry too much about it. Bill’s father had died and left his mother alone. A woman had popped up who had a DNA report claiming Bill, Sr. as her father and they all wondered what she was up to. Rob, the new guy, wasn’t interested in school board meetings. He wanted dirt. Lucy now had more to cover and she noticed some things that upset her with the Sheriff’s office, but she was moving slowly. There was a lot going on. Rob, the reporter as arrested for murder. When she tried to get in to see him she was denied. When she saw the sheriff, there was a veiled threat, the second she had received. Then came the night she was stopped, tackled to the ground, handcuffed, and threatened by the sheriff. She was rescued, thank goodness.
This was a little edgier book than the earlier ones I have read. Lucy Stone is a great character. So much like any middle-aged woman one might meet in a small town. She has the same problems real people have. She is not glamorous. She has a nice husband and decent children, who have friends into all kinds of things, but so far they have been fine. It is what a cozy is meant to be. This one was a terrific read, with the infighting so common to small towns, and the corruptions. People who are power hungry can be power hungry in a small town. They don’t have to be in congress. It was an exciting read, although a little frightening. I enjoyed it.
I was invited to read a free ARC of Irish Parade Murder by Netgalley. All opinions contained herein are solely my own. #netgalley #irishparademurder
Lucy is worried about her job, newspapers are shutting down are over and Ted her boss keeps meeting with men in business suits. Fortunately, at least for now she has her job but a new reporter Rob has come in and wants all the choice stories. As true of all of Lucy’s tales there’s family involved. Her father-in-law has died in Florida and her mother-in-law is taken with a women who claims she’s a daughter of Bill Sr.’s.
It appears that something may be wrong in the Sheriff’s Department and the reporters start investigating. This is one of my favorite books in this series.
Irish Parade Murder by Leslie Meier is book 27 in the Lucy Stone Mystery series. It can be read as a stand alone.
Lucy and her family have recently returned from Florida having attended her father-in-law’s funeral and things are about to change not only in her family, but also in her place of employment.
The Pennysaver has bought out the Gabber and hired a new reporter, Rob. He is out to make a name for himself in Tinker’s Cove. Lucy is given the small stories to report on.or so it seems. But Rob starts stepping on toes and Lucy also has stepped on some. Then when Rob gets arrested, Lucy knows he is not guilty and sets out to get answers even if it puts her in the cross hairs. Then throw in a possible fraud taking place in her family.
This well written Cozy has plenty of plot twists. The story also touches on corruption, bad cops, set ups, and possible fake DNA results. The characters are relatable.. I had a hard time putting it down. You will be ready to celebrate St Paddy’s day.
I was given an ARC from Kensington via NetGalley for an honest review..
This is the first book I’ve read in a very longstanding series – I just counted them and there are at least 34 dating back to 1994. I didn’t feel like I was lost-the necessary backstory is there but I didn’t have a backstory of Lucy’s life and where she got to where she was.
To be honest, it took me some time to get into the book and I didn’t care much for Lucy at the beginning But she was going through a lot–the death of her father in law, the fear that the local newspaper she worked for was going to close, and the addition of a young know it all to the newspaper. And we followed along with her angst and anger-she reacted the way a normal person was.
Lucy is given an assignment that the new hot shot Rob felt was beneath him but as she digs she uncovers a potential abuse of political power, pervasive bigotry and sexual harassment. Then Rob is framed for a murder with very circumstantial evidence. and Lucy tries to dig further even though there is little or no cooperation.
There is also another mystery with a woman that is going on the same time. Don’t want to spoil that one.
I did enjoy the mystery once it got going. You can tell who the bad guy is but the way he is apprehended is thrilling.
The author is trying to make some social statements-might be a trigger for you depending on your beliefs.
I received a copy of this book from the publisher via NetGalley. However, the opinion expressed is my own.